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Holly Cummins discusses why "nothing is new under the sun" in tech. She maps historical architectural tradeoffs to modern cloud, microservices, and AI hype cycles. She connects financial debt (post-ZIRP) and technical debt to epistemic and sleep debt, showing engineering leaders how to navigate shifts in assumptions, embrace sustainability, and revive proven engineering disciplines.
Chris Richardson discusses leveraging Team Topologies and internal platforms to accelerate microservices delivery. He explains six key platform patterns - from security and observability to build and deployment - and shares strategies for minimizing cognitive load on stream-aligned teams while avoiding common platform engineering pitfalls.
Quotient CEO Lizzie Matusov explains why soaring AI spend often fails to improve software delivery. She presents a research-backed AI maturity framework designed to help engineering leaders move beyond vanity metrics like token usage, align organizational AI adoption, and address critical bottlenecks across the software development life cycle to deliver measurable business outcomes.
Daniel Doubrovkine explains why traditional LeetCode whiteboard interviews fail to evaluate senior engineering talent. He discusses his own experience bombing basic algorithm tests despite decades of leadership, and shares actionable frameworks for redefining the interview loop. Discover how evaluating human judgment, system design, and hands-on AI collaboration yields far better hiring signals.
Max Korbacher explains why successful internal development platforms cannot be built on tech alone. He discusses the pitfalls of infrastructure-first thinking, the importance of a clear product mindset, and how to measure real value using DevEx and SPACE metrics. Learn how to align your team, manage tech debt, and foster a thriving community to ensure lasting platform adoption.
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