Latest videos
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Refactoring LIVE – In conversation with Rands
Luca Rossi sits down with Michael Lopp, aka Rands, to explore engineering leadership in the age of AI.
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In partnership with StoryblokWhat are engineers getting paid for now?
As organizations ‘hire’ more agents, we need to talk about how we evaluate and value human engineers.
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In partnership with HarnessHow do you know your AI investment is worth it?
Delivering more stuff doesn’t mean you’re delivering more value to end users.
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Four dimensions of burnout: An anti-burnout framework for the AI era
A practical framework to help engineering leaders recognize burnout early, rebalance demands, and recover while staying effective and healthy.
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Guardrails, not gates: Scaling juniors in the AI era
How automated guardrails let junior engineers ship faster with AI, while protecting quality, safety, and senior reviewer sanity.
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AI in the trenches: Real-world wins without breaking things
How to integrate AI into real engineering workflows to boost delivery speed while keeping systems stable and teams confident.
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Building for reliability
Reliability emerges from systems, teams, and decisions. Learn how to design, operate, and scale it intentionally.
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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Journeys in diversity – what difference really means
Discover what true inclusion means by exploring practical ways to support neurodivergent colleagues and create genuinely diverse teams.
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We brought AI into our sprints, here’s what changed
Explore how integrating AI into product sprints changed team habits, improved delivery, and revealed what works and what breaks in practice.
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Rethinking interviewing in an AI era
Explore how to redesign technical interviews for an AI era by focusing on real-world thinking, communication, and human-centered evaluation.
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Migrations done right: Success stories and lessons learned
Learn proven strategies for executing large-scale system migrations safely, using incremental rollouts, clear planning, and strong stakeholder communication.
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Latency, load, and leadership: Building a team nervous system
Discover how to build feedback systems that detect early stress signals, enabling healthier, more resilient, and productive teams.
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Building AI into critical systems: Lessons learned
Learn how the Financial Times built AI into paywalls and retention systems, navigating trade-offs, risks, and real-world complexity at scale.
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No promotion. Now what!?
Explore how to navigate promotion denial with resilience, clarity, and strategy to reignite career growth and fulfillment.
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Try, try again
Learn why intelligent retries are essential for resilient systems, and how to implement them safely with proper limits and timing.
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Your career isn’t stuck – you’re playing by the wrong rules
Discover what true inclusion means by exploring practical ways to support neurodivergent colleagues and create genuinely diverse teams.
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Onboarding as a manager: How AI changed my first months
Learn how AI can support new engineering managers by accelerating context gathering, easing overwhelm, and enhancing team understanding.
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In partnership with HarnessAllow anyone to code with AI
How to build a culture that enables even the most skeptical developer to experiment with AI coding tools and fail fast.
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Mind the gap: Navigating the staff+ performance cliff
Explore why new Staff+ leaders often feel lost and how to rebuild confidence, clarity, and impact after the transition.
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In partnership with Augment CodeHow Tekion enabled 1,300 employees to work with agents
Join Jawahar Prasad, senior director of engineering at Tekion, to hear how they are enabling thousands of users to work with AI agents.
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Taking a seat in the C-Suite: Transitioning from the highest-level operational roles to the executive team
A look at the transition to executive leadership, examining the skills, mindset, and priorities needed to succeed.
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Transforming tradition: The journey to product-led growth
Learn how Dow Jones is embracing a product-first mindset to drive radical transformation and deliver innovative customer and consumer experiences.
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In partnership with DXLeadership in AI-assisted engineering
Explore proven leadership strategies for AI-assisted engineering, fostering adoption, productivity, psychological safety, and measurable organizational impact.
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Building a cost-conscious culture: Technical and team strategies
Discover proven strategies to optimize cloud infrastructure costs and build a cost-aware engineering culture without slowing delivery.
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Build features, not fragile foundations
Learn how to balance feature delivery with technical debt reduction to maintain system health, velocity, and long-term stability.
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In partnership with ReveloEngineering leadership playbook, 2025: Three lessons every engineering leader needs this year
Learn three key lessons to lead AI adoption, build remote teams, and strengthen engineering culture.
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Uncovering silent struggles in leadership roles
A candid session revealing common hidden leadership challenges, with practical strategies to address and overcome them effectively.
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The AI-augmented team: Rethinking roles, skills, and leadership
Explore how AI assistants and agents are reshaping team structures, required skills, and leadership in modern engineering organizations.
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Making AI work for you: Examining and enhancing your developers’ workflows
Learn how to assess, adapt, and optimize developer workflows with AI to enhance collaboration, productivity, and measurable impact.
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Lessons learned using Generative AI for product development
Discover practical lessons on applying generative AI to product development, including model choices, evaluation methods, integration challenges, and innovation strategies.
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Beyond sentiment: A practical framework for evaluating and growing the leaders who report to you
This talk offers a practical framework for evaluating and growing the people managers who report to you through impact, competencies, and systems.