Latest videos
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AI-native development: How to actually get the most out of your agents
This talk covers spec-driven development as a way to give agents better constraints, large language model (LLM) gateway and routing strategies for managing which model handles which task, test-driven development adapted for an agent-first workflow, and verification practices built for the volume and pace of AI-generated code.
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Building trustworthy agents at scale
This talk explores that journey: how we built testing pipelines for non-deterministic systems, defined “ethical success criteria,” and aligned engineers, product managers, and legal teams around shared principles for responsible AI.
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How to kill the code review
This talk explores why traditional code review is struggling to keep up with AI-driven development. It introduces a five-layer trust model designed to help engineering teams validate AI-generated code, reduce reliance on manual review, and ship faster without sacrificing quality or control.
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How we migrated from manual deploys to agent-driven development in under six months
This talk will dig into the technical and social details of Imprint’s migration to safely transition from manual deploys to continuous deployment with substantial agent-written PRs in under six months.
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From SDLC to AI-DLC: Changing how software is built
AI agents may be making code faster to write, but they’re also shifting the bottleneck further down the delivery process. This talk explores why proven practices like progressive rollout, observability, feature flags, and automated rollback are becoming essential for teams adopting AI at scale.
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The manager’s path in the age of AI
Which management skills AI is genuinely changing, which stay non-negotiable, and how to tell the difference.
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The state of AI in software development: Insights across 500+ organizations
In this talk, Justin Reock, Deputy CTO at DX, will share a data-driven “state of the union” on AI in engineering, grounded in both quantitative data from thousands of developers and on-the-ground observations.
Highlights from our conferences
Measure for Change
Picking metrics is one thing. But the harder decisions lie in what to do with them afterward.
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Drive product gaps as an engineering leader
Discover practical strategies for engineering leaders to influence product development effectively, even in the absence of strong product management and a clear company vision.
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Growth in a downturn
In this talk, Smruti Patel asks, if hyper-growth is marked by spending more to make more, what does building for enduring growth look like?
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Idea to Innovation
Join me as we embark on a journey to dissect the anatomy of innovation, uncover strategies to unlock the full potential of ideas, and transform them into impactful realities. Let’s build a strong culture of innovation, and make sure that it is not just a buzzword but a tangible outcome.
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Slack enterprise key management: Senior to staff lessons
Explore the key lessons and skills Audrei gained during their first Staff+ project, Slack Enterprise Key Management. This talk offers insights for anyone growing in their Staff+ career.
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How we introduced quality engineering and made everything better!
How modern quality engineering reduced deployment time dramatically while improving developer experience through iterative, sustainable change.
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In partnership with Coder LeadDevThe high cost of AI immaturity
How to assess where your org sits on the AI adoption scale, and the strategic levers you can pull to move it forward.
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Up and down the management track: Equalising your leadership style across the pressure of scale
A real-world guide to shifting your mindset and skills as you move between managing people, managers, and entire organizations.
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Moving accessibility from debt to done at giffgaff
How accessibility became part of everyday engineering, improving inclusion and business impact without slowing delivery.
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Crowdsourcing platform engineering
How Cash App built a culture of shared ownership in platform engineering–where empathy, collaboration, and visibility drive developer experience and delivery velocity.
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In partnership with TailscaleInclusion: What works, and why I’m still talking about it
Explore practical ways to make inclusion part of everyday teamwork, from communication styles to better collaboration and decision-making.
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In partnership with DXThe state of AI in software development: Insights across 400+ organizations
Learn where AI actually boosts developer productivity, how leading teams measure impact, and practical ways to separate measurable gains from hype.
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In partnership with UnblockedYour agents lack context: Here’s how to fix “You’re absolutely right!”
Learn how to build the context layer AI agents need to produce organization-aware, permission-safe, genuinely useful code.
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In partnership with PagerDutyProduction AI agents: The gap between promise and reality
Learn what it really takes to move AI agents from impressive demos to safe, reliable production systems.
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Mentoring that actually changes careers
A practical, human take on mentoring that actually helps people grow, by sharing real experience and honest guidance.
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Quantifying technical debt to modernise critical systems
A data-driven approach to exposing hidden technical debt and modernizing critical legacy systems without risky rewrites.
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Escaping the feature factory: Building strategic team identity
How to turn a ticket-driven engineering team into a strategic partner by shifting identity, metrics, and mindset toward outcomes.
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The mechanics of scaling: Why delivery slows as you grow, and what to do about it
In this talk, I will show how rising incidents, fragile systems, slower delivery and constant firefighting are often signs of hitting systemic limits rather than execution failure.
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Finding the 80/20: Lessons from delivering our first LLM feature
How to choose what actually matters when shipping your first LLM feature, balancing evaluation, trust, and delivery without overengineering.
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Inclusive leadership across cultures: Practical patterns for global engineering teams
Concrete, repeatable patterns for leading global teams across cultures, reducing friction, building trust, and helping diverse voices contribute fully.
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Things fall apart – Architecture to avoid progressive collapse
How to design systems so small failures stay contained, preventing cascading outages and large-scale architectural collapse.
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30 to 70 PRs a day: How we managed to not wreck our systems
Practical platform practices that compound over time, helping teams ship faster, improve reliability, and make AI-assisted delivery actually work.
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In partnership with GitkrakenMake AI productivity gains stick
How to build a measurement framework for what comes after AI adoption.
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In partnership with QodoIs AI killing your software quality standards?
Maintaining code quality in an AI-first world.
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In partnership with CodeRabbitWhat to do when there’s too much code to review
AI coding tools and agents are pushing organizations to produce more code than ever, but with mostly the same number of humans to review. Something’s got to give.
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In partnership with xMattersYour blueprint for automated incident recovery
Learn how high-performing teams are orchestrating incident response for more rapid recovery.
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In partnership with HarnessCase Study: Feature Flags IRL
Learn how this ecommerce company increased mobile conversions by 30% with careful, rollbackable experiments.
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In partnership with CircleCIHow to get leadership buy-in for technical initiatives
Learn how to translate technical initiatives into executive decisions in this interactive workshop with CircleCI CTO Rob Zuber.
