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Local First – How to Build Software Which Still Works after the Acquihire
Alex Good explains how to build robust, local-first collaborative software using generic synchronization infrastructure and CRDTs to eliminate server dependency and enhance user agency.
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The Principal Engineer’s Path: Skills, Strategies, and Lessons Learned
Sophie Weston shares how to navigate the "squiggly" path to principal engineer. She discusses the "broken comb" skill set, the engineer-manager pendulum, and how to drive growth beyond the IDE.
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Hidden Decisions You Don’t Know You’re Making
Dan Fike and Shawna Martell discuss "hidden decisions" - the unintentional defaults in culture, incentives, and architecture that shape technical debt, team behavior, and long-term career strategy.
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From Friction to Flow: How Great DevEx Makes Everything Awesome
Nicole Forsgren explains why AI alone won't solve developer productivity. She shares how to identify friction in the "outer loop" and use DevEx frameworks to build sustainable, high-performing teams.
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Platform Engineering as a Practice of Sociotechnical Excellence
Lesley Cordero explains how platform engineering serves as a sociotechnical solution for scaling orgs. She shares strategies for joint optimization, communal learning, and distributed leadership.
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Image Processing for Automated Tests
Stefan Dirnstorfer explains the evolution of image-based test automation, comparing GenAI agents like Claude 3.5/4.5 with traditional computer vision for resilient, internal-free frontend testing.
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Beyond the Code: Hiring for Cultural Alignment
Alicia Collymore explains how to assess cultural alignment within technical interviews. She shares strategies for engineering leaders to identify core attributes and use spectrums to evaluate fit.
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Achieve Optimal Efficiency for Your Developer Experience Teams
Fabien Deshayes shares how Monzo built a high-impact DevEx team with just three engineers. He explains how treating platform as a product doubled experimentation and slashed decision time by 50%.
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Scaling to 100+ as a Director: Lessons from Growing Engineering Organizations
Thiago Ghisi discusses his journey scaling engineering orgs to 100+ people. He shares a 3-level impact framework and explains how to evolve from a "solver" to a "driver" of organizational growth.
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Scaling to 100+ as a Director: Lessons from Growing Engineering Organizations
Thiago Ghisi shares his journey scaling engineering orgs to 100+ people. He explains how to establish operational cadence, manage highs and lows, and use reorgs as a feature to drive execution.
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Theme Systems at Scale: How to Build Highly Customizable Software
Guilherme Carreiro explains how Shopify scales a customizable theme system to 60M requests per minute. Learn about Liquid DSL constraints, native extensions, and bridging technical/non-technical gaps.
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Kraken's Serverless Architecture for Keeping the Grid Green
Kevin Bowman shares how Kraken Technology balances the UK’s 30GW energy grid using renewable sources.
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