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Latest
The AI productivity myth is more harmful than you think
Perceived productivity may be up thanks to AI, but there’s debt collecting in the shadows.
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Harness acquires Qwiet AI to combat AI-generated code risks
This merger is set to help address hidden security risks with the help of AI-assisted coding.
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The AI productivity myth is more harmful than you think
Perceived productivity may be up thanks to AI, but there’s debt collecting in the shadows.
Conference talks
Software engineering with GenAI
A look at how AI coding tools are reshaping software engineering, how teams are adapting, and what remains unchanged in the development process.
Theory to action: Architecting and implementing your team operating system
Learn the theory behind the operating systems of high-performing engineering teams. Leave with a practical idea of how to design a flexible team operating system with rhythms, tools, and feedback loops for your team.
From autocomplete to agents: AI coding assistance state of play
Everybody wants high reliability, but the path isn’t exactly clear. This talk is for people who need to know what works and what doesn’t.
Rethinking growing engineers in the age of AI
Explore how to grow future senior engineers in an AI-driven world that sidelines traditional junior roles.
How Monzo tolerates full cloud outages
Learn how Monzo built a fully independent backup bank to ensure 24/7 reliability—even during full cloud outages
How to delete everything: The clean-slate approach to technical strategy
Learn how clean-slate thinking can break technical deadlocks, improve system resilience, and inspire actionable strategies for complex engineering challenges.
FORTRAN’s AI Playbook: Leadership lessons from history
Learn proven leadership strategies from FORTRAN’s history to successfully adopt AI, upskill teams, and drive lasting transformation at scale
Reports
The AI Impact Report 2025
Read the full report to learn how AI adoption is impacting developers, budgets, processes, and talent pipelines.
The Engineering Leadership Report 2025
We asked 600+ engineering leaders how their roles are changing in response to a rapidly changing economic landscape. Here’s what we found.
Remote Engineer Salary Insights Report
New and emerging tech hubs. Talent availability. Cutting-edge technologies. These are just a handful of factors impacting remote engineering roles in 2025.
The State of Feature Management and Experimentation
How are engineering teams releasing new features safely and successfully?
The Engineering Team Performance Report 2024
How do organizations measure their engineering team performance?
Upcoming webinars
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In partnership with O’ReillyMeasuring team performance isn’t getting any easier
Join us to learn why 500 engineering leaders still find measuring team performance a major challenge.
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In partnership with ChainguardThe surprising habits of high velocity engineering teams
Working smarter, not harder, to achieve high velocity.
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In partnership with HarnessTake the fear out of vibe coding
How to use tried and tested tools and techniques to safely enable engineers to vibe code.
Agendas for New York events are live!
Lineup includes Addy Osmani, Kevin Goldsmith, Robin Bonatesta, and more…
New York • October 15 & 16, 2025
Must read
Do junior devs still have a path to senior roles in an AI age?
LeadDev’s AI Impact Report 2025 explores the challenges and opportunities for early-career engineers as AI transforms coding, mentorship, and skill development.
How to be a successful async advocate in an RTO world
Building an async-first culture is surprisingly straightforward in an RTO era.
Digital nomads find themselves at a crossroads
We checked in with four software developers who chose this path.
Digital nomads find themselves at a crossroads
We checked in with four software developers who chose this path.
How to boost your management impact with AI tools
Developers got their AI moment. It is time engineering managers had theirs too.
On our LeadDev playlist
Make it count; A no-nonsense guide to engineering metrics for the busy leader
Gain practical insights on engineering metrics that help busy leaders prioritize effectively, address delivery challenges, and measure team performance to maximize impact and productivity.
Behind the scenes scaling ChatGPT
Evan Morikawa gives you a behind the scenes look at how we scaled ChatGPT and the OpenAI APIs. A story about staying nimble enough to release new capabilities and to respond quickly to a rapidly changing industry.
Shopify’s remote working toolbox
This talk presents Shopify’s remote working toolbox, which is a collection of learnings, best practices and ideas for other leaders that are wishing to work and attract talent globally, but must fundamentally shift their culture to do so.
Career vectors for technical leaders
Mix and match skills to become the best technical leader that you can be.
The metrics you loved to hate in 2024
And other key findings from the 2024 LeadDev Engineering Team Performance report.
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