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AI coding assistants aren’t really making devs feel more productive
New research runs counter to the hype around AI coding assistants.
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The right way to make AI part of your tech strategy
With everyone scrambling to bake AI into their technical strategy, leaders may be resorting to unreliable and unscalable methods.
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In partnership with SwarmiaDiagnosing productivity issues in your engineering organization
Join LeadDev’s first-ever virtual workshop for a strategic guide to maximizing engineering effectiveness in your org.
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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.
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.
Maintain team performance during unexpected change
You’ll have to experience change management at least once in your career. Make sure your teams can maintain performance through it all.
Berlin • November 3 & 4, 2025
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Essential reading
Should the daily stand-up die?
Will the real agile developers please stand up? Please stand up. Please, stand up.
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Engineering owns velocity
In this talk, I’ll explore what engineering leaders need to do to credibly own velocity and deeply align their work with the company strategy.
Launching a Gen AI powered travel companion: A case for tiger teams
Explore Booking.com’s journey in launching a Gen AI travel companion in 3 months, powered by a tiger team approach for rapid, focused product development and innovation.
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?
How to drive pace in your team ??♀️
Alicia Collymore delivers actionable advice that’ll help you to improve your teams’ delivery and pace without a data-first approach.
Planning for success when scaling rapidly
Create goals, prioritize effectively, set expectations, and drive alignment.
The conference for engineering leaders shaping the future of software
Berlin • November 3 & 4, 2025
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What I’ve learned from two years of managing remotely
Managing from a distance can be hard. Here are five lessons on how to make it work.
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Bringing together a social model of open source
There’s more to open source than what fits into a license. Julia Ferraioli paints a picture of OS based on the people who consume, contribute to, and maintain it.
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What is a developer experience team?
DevEx teams are becoming increasingly common in tech companies. Here’s everything you need to know about how they work.
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How to communicate the state of your open source project
Identifying and sharing the status of open source projects
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Everything you need to know about scaling an engineering team
The do’s and don’ts of rapidly scaling your team
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Four things you need to know about managing toil as you scale
A snapshot of our series, ‘Managing toil as you scale’
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What is toil and why is it damaging your engineering org?
An introduction to toil and why it matters for SRE teams
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Running efficient, effective, and engaging retrospectives
Supercharging your team from one sprint to the next.
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Taking risks in production
Being an engineer, we all have at least one common thread: We like to build things. That is why writing code and architecting platforms that scale for millions of customers is appealing.
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Designing effective OKRs
When they work well, OKRs have the potential to be a powerful tool that can clarify vision at all levels of the business, all while providing autonomy for smaller functions to set their own goals and objectives.
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Strategies for Rapidly Pivoting to Remote Work
Over 74% of engineering teams now have team members who work remotely. And while remote work has the potential to bring many benefits, it also has unique points of tension that, if handled incorrectly, can damage the health of your team.
