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Productivity isn’t always fast
It can often feel like we aren’t being productive unless we’re working at max speed. But slow productivity is here to subvert that idea.
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Content sponsored by Statsig
Unlock your engineering velocity with data
Breaking down the three phases of data maturity and how they help move your product forward.
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Why you shouldn’t move fast and break things
It’s an oft-repeated motto within the industry – but a severely limited way to build good software.
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Estimates as probabilities
This talk introduces a probability approach to estimations, aiming to transform delivery discussions into stress-free, trust-based conversations between tech teams and stakeholders.
Editor’s picks
Unleash impact using outcome-driven delivery
Delivering impact in today’s landscape is a loaded task.
Increase speed and reduce risk with these engineering strategies
Once upon a time…your product was small. And fast. How do you keep that feeling going?
How to speed up code reviews
Code reviews don’t have to be painful. Here’s how to embrace tools and more collaborative processes to raise the bar on your review cycle.
Managing the chaos of context switching
It’s time to examine the good, the bad, and the very ugly elements of context switching. Even better, we’ll take a look at some strategies for managing it.
That’s a wrap for LeadDev Berlin 2024!
Watch all of the talk videos from an incredible two days with a digital pass.
Essential reading
Should the daily stand-up die?
Will the real agile developers please stand up? Please stand up. Please, stand up.
On our Velocity playlist
Goldilocks doesn’t need your story points or your t-shirts
Ben Murray believes there is only really one question you need to ask: is this task small enough?
Overcoming security hurdles to push engineering velocity
How can you get your engineering teams to stop bypassing security requirements?
Keeping up momentum in remote teams
How can you increase your speed of delivery when managing remote engineering teams?
Moving quickly inside a large organization
Pablo Jablonski shares key learnings from building and shipping Spaces within Twitter, and how those learnings can be applied to any new team looking to move quickly within a larger organization.
Planning for success when scaling rapidly
Create goals, prioritize effectively, set expectations, and drive alignment.
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More about Velocity
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Content sponsored by Codacy
Increase developer velocity without compromising on security
Reacting to security incidents is slowing you down.
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How developers and managers think about productivity differently
How can managers zero-in to focus on an individual engineer’s productivity as opposed to a “one size fits all” team approach?
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What is Devin and can it really replace developers?
The release of the AI software engineer by Cognition has spooked developers around the world.
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How to create a ways of working agreement
Having a ways of working agreement makes onboarding easier and helps to create clarity on team members’ remits.
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How to write better AI prompts
Writing the right AI prompt for tools like ChatGPT can be the difference between unusable and usable code.
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Researchers say generative AI isn’t replacing devs any time soon
Can large language models solve complex software engineering tasks? Not yet according to a recent study.
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How to speed up code reviews
Code reviews don’t have to be painful. Here’s how to embrace tools and more collaborative processes to raise the bar on your review cycle.
Top Velocity videos
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Influencing your company’s culture from the driver’s seat
Sarah Abrantes talks about how to uncover the real culture at your company and how you can make a genuine lasting impact on it.
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Upskilling leadership teams
Vitor Reis dives into strategies on how to grow the next generation of leaders in your organization so you can build a stronger foundation for driving the long-term success of your business.
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50 shades of PR dark matter
In this short and fun talk (yes it’ll be fun!) – Avishag Sahar laments about the top blockers of PRs, but cheer up – because I’ll also provide insights into how to unblock them.
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Take back control of code quality
In this talk, Joel Chippindale shares stories from his experiences in leading engineering teams that illustrate the dynamics between team members and with stakeholders that lead teams to lose control of code quality.
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Skills that empower engineers to drive business impact
Lydia Seidlitz focuses on skills for engineers to master in order to foster a business and product mind set.
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Practical tech-debt prioritization
Sahana Carlsen explores practical steps to influence stakeholders, be realistic about resourcing, and involve the entire team in making critical decisions on quality projects and technical debt.
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Goldilocks doesn’t need your story points or your t-shirts
Ben Murray believes there is only really one question you need to ask: is this task small enough?
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Supporting Major Launches as a Staff+ IC
Erin Sardo covers what makes a good Release Captain including topics like how to think about rollout stages, rollback strategy planning, environment planning for sustained QA, cross-functional dependencies like help content and customer service traffic, delegation and aggregation.