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Development

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How to Use Apache Spark to Craft a Multi-Year Data Regression Testing and Simulations Framework

Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from Stripe, shares his experience in building a testing system based on multi-year worth of data. He shares insights into why Apache Spark was the choice for creating such a system and how it fits in the "traditional" engineering practices.

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Architecture & Design

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Scaling Cloud and Distributed Applications: Lessons and Strategies

The article shares goals and strategies for scaling cloud and distributed applications, focusing on lessons learned from cloud migration at Chase.com at JP Morgan Chase. The discussion centers on three primary goals and the strategies addressing the goals, concluding how these approaches were achieved in practice. For those managing large-scale systems, these lessons provide valuable guidance!

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AI Infrastructure

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GenAI Security: Defending Against Deepfakes and Automated Social Engineering

In this episode, QCon AI New York 2025 Chair Wes Reisz speaks with Reken CEO and Google Trust & Safety founder Shuman Ghosemajumder about the erosion of digital trust. They explore how deepfakes and automated social engineering are scaling cybercrime and argues defenders must move beyond default trust, utilizing behavioral telemetry and game theory to counter attacks that simulate human behavior.

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Culture & Methods

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Transforming Life Sciences: AI, Vibe Coding, and Drug Development Acceleration

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Satish Kothapalli about the transformative impact of AI and vibe coding in life sciences software development, the acceleration of drug development timelines, and the evolving roles of developers in an AI-augmented environment.

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DevOps

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Hybrid Cloud-Native Networking in Enterprise - Some Assembly Required

Louis Ryan shares a compelling vision for modern cloud native hybrid networking. He critiques primitive network abstractions (the "Big IP" problem) and rigid security policies that rot and cause SPOFs. Discover how architects can elevate network functionality, bake in identity (mTLS/PKI), and leverage composability to achieve repeatable policy enforcement everywhere their applications run.

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QCon AI New York 2025

Go from AI demos to real engineering impact. Learn to embed LLMs, govern & scale securely.

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Learn what works in AI, architecture, data, security & FinTech.

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Learn how leading engineering teams run AI in production—reliably, securely, and at scale.

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InfoQ Homepage Interviews Dana Pylayeva on Agile, Scrum, Lego and Chocolate

Dana Pylayeva on Agile, Scrum, Lego and Chocolate

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In her 16 years of IT experience, Dana Pylayeva has never been confined by her current title. Java Developer, Architect, DBA Manager, Scrum Master, Agile adoption facilitator she brings enthusiasm and pursuit of continuous improvement into anything she does. Her recent focus is on DevOps as well as on inspiring and facilitating changes in organizational culture.

About the conference

In its 14th year, the Agile Alliance global conference is the leading international, noncommercial conference on Agile methods in software development. At the heart of each Agile Conference is connecting and sharing. Attendees gather, many for consecutive years, to meet with peers and the foremost leaders in the Agile space. The relationships made, support received, and knowledge gained provide an enriching and long-lasting experience that fosters both individual success and the collective advancement of the industry.

Oct 04, 2015

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