Upcoming events
Join us throughout 2026 for inspiring events, workshops, online panels and meetups
New York • September 15 & 16, 2026
Join 2,000+ engineering leaders at the first-ever LDX3 New York!
Berlin • November 9 & 10, 2026
Join engineering leaders figuring out what works without a clear playbook
London • June 28 & 29, 2027
Check out the festival for modern engineering leadership
Upcoming online panels
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In partnership with HarnessYour AI coding spend is soaring, but can you prove its ROI?
August 19, 2026 • 5.00PMHow to map spending to outcomes before the next budget review.
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In partnership with FusionAuthThe real impact of AI on software engineering
August 20, 2026 • 5.00PMLive findings, real benchmarks, and what engineering leaders should do next.
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In partnership with TwingateHow to run software in customer environments
September 10, 2026 • 5.00PMThe architecture decisions behind every data-residency request
Upcoming workshops
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In partnership with GitkrakenHow to audit the agentic black box
August 26, 2026 • 5.00PMA hands-on workshop where you’ll use a dashboard to track your AI agents.
Recent recordings
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In partnership with Harness
Governance is the platform problem worth solving
How to embed AI governance into platform engineering.
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In partnership with CodeRabbit
Effective verification for humans and agents
How to build an SDLC that catches errors at the source.
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In partnership with Harness
How to clean up the tech debt your AI is creating
Because you can’t afford not to.
Free online workshops
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In partnership with Gitkraken
The AI agent metrics framework
A hands-on workshop where you will learn how to measure the environment, behavior, and outcomes of your agents.
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In partnership with Qodo
Code quality in the age of AI
A governance framework for engineering leaders.
The festival for modern engineering leadership
New York • September 15 & 16, 2026
Upcoming in-person events
New York • September 15 & 16, 2026
The festival for modern engineering leadership is coming to New York for the first time!
Berlin • November 9 & 10, 2026
Join 2000+ engineering leaders in Berlin to find what works when the pressure is real and the job is changing faster than the playbook.
LeadDev meet-ups are expanding in 2026
We run free events year-round in cities all over the world
Highlights from our recent events
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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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Game time: A playbook to (unsuccessfully) 10x in a week and (successfully) 10x in a year
A candid scaling story about why rushed 10x efforts fail, and how disciplined metrics, culture, and architecture win over time.
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Rethinking how distributed teams deliver complex tech
Practical patterns for delivering complex work across distributed teams while improving inclusion, decision quality, and team autonomy.
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The shadow culture: Why engineering principles fail under load
Why engineering principles collapse under pressure, and how redesigning systems makes the right behavior the easy default.
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Your problem isn’t the monolith. It’s the data.
How disciplined data ownership and contracts prevent architectural decay and enable systems to evolve without traumatic rewrites.
Recent webinars
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In partnership with HarnessGovernance is the platform problem worth solving
How to embed AI governance into platform engineering.
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In partnership with CodeRabbitEffective verification for humans and agents
How to build an SDLC that catches errors at the source.
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In partnership with HarnessHow to clean up the tech debt your AI is creating
Because you can’t afford not to.
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In partnership with ChainguardHow to build trust into your AI agents
The habits engineering leaders need to scale agentic AI, without scaling risk.
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In partnership with Octopus DeployHow much autonomy do you give autonomous agents?
It’s important to find your trust threshold when working with AI agents.
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In partnership with CodeRabbitHow can you trust your AI agents?
Agentic explainability matters more than ever.
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In partnership with HarnessShift to signal-driven software quality
Learn why traditional approaches to code quality are collapsing in the face of AI code generation.
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In partnership with ChronosphereDo we need AI agents to fix our AI agents?
Assessing your readiness for observability agents.
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In partnership with HarnessIs infrastructure as code still fit for purpose?
Explore challenges with Infrastructure as Code, strategies to optimize its management, roles of DevOps teams, and tools for scaling complex multi-cloud environments effectively.
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In partnership with HarnessFail fast, learn faster: Real lessons from failed software releases
Discover real lessons from failed software releases. Learn to manage tech debt, improve communication, and ensure successful rollouts with insights from industry experts.
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In partnership with Logz.ioAn engineer’s guide to making sense of log data
Cloud native technologies have made it harder to understand how systems are behaving. Logs are the answer, but how do you make sense of them?
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In partnership with StatsigHow to grow and scale your feature management process
What’s your approach to releasing and managing new features?
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In partnership with ChainguardDoes ‘shifting security left’ really work?
“Shifting security left” is a term in modern DevOps that refers to the practice of integrating security measures earlier in the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
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In partnership with SpaceliftWhat is developer self-service, and does your org need it?
In this webinar, we hear from engineering leaders who have built developer self service ecosystems, and lessons they learned along the way.
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In partnership with HarnessSpeed vs safety: Should we rethink the way we release software?
In this webinar, we ask if it’s possible for engineering leaders to prioritize speed of delivery and proper safety practices.
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How to overcome feeling isolated as a senior engineering leader
Last month, we brought together a panel of engineering leaders to dive into the realities of leadership loneliness and share actionable strategies to combat it.
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In partnership with incident.ioHow does context switching impact team productivity?
In this panel, we’ll dig into why unmanaged context switching is detrimental, and ways you can help developers handle interruptions, and reach (and maintain) a state of focus and flow.
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In partnership with HarnessHow can AI actually help your teams?
In this webinar, our panelists dig into the cultural and technical issues that arise around the topic of AI, and uncover its most useful applications across the SDLC.
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In partnership with HarnessHow can developer experience boost team productivity?
Want to learn some practical, realistic strategies that will make your developers’ jobs easier and more enjoyable?
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How to balance technical direction and leadership work
But as is often the case in business, priorities constantly shift and where you focus your efforts will too. So how do you strike the right balance between working on the technical direction of the business and those tasks that require you to put your leadership hat on?
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How to master the four Staff archetypes and elevate your impact
While the specifics of the job can vary widely, Will Larson has famously categorized the Staff+ experience into four archetypes: Tech Lead, Architect, Solver, and the Right Hand.
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How to get promoted beyond staff engineer
This month, we’ll be discussing how to promote to the next staff+ level in your organization.
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In partnership with HarnessHow to identify and fix CI pipeline problems
Our panel of engineering leaders will discuss how you can identify and remedy the most common CI pipeline difficulties, and how you can make sure they aren’t blocking your teams.
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In partnership with DXMeasuring developer productivity with DORA, SPACE, or DevEx
Join us for this webinar, where we’ll discuss how engineering leaders can measure and boost team performance using three well-known engineering productivity frameworks.
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In partnership with ApolloHow to implement platform engineering at scale
In this webinar, we’ll hear from enterprise engineering leaders who’ve overcome cultural barriers and team silos, and successfully adopted platform engineering practices in their orgs.
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In partnership with PantheonWhat does a ‘modern’ DevOps culture actually look like?
DevOps as we know it is constantly evolving. In this webinar, we find out if the latest trends are worth the hype.
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In partnership with HarnessDoes your org need platform engineering?
The panel digs into what the approach looks like in practice, and ask whether platform engineering really holds the key to unlocking happy and productive teams. You will leave this session with a better understanding of what platform engineering really is, how it relates to developer happiness, and whether it’s the right route to go down for your org.
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In partnership with LinearBAn engineering leader’s guide to reporting up
There’s no rulebook when it comes to how to report to your senior leadership team – but there are ways that you can feel more prepared, confident, and ready to showcase engineering’s impact.
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In partnership with PantheonBreaking down silos between frontend and backend
Join us for this panel, where we explore how can managers help break down cultural and technical silos, and foster better collaboration between these critical teams.
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In partnership with HarnessHow to build a culture of accountability in your teams
In this panel, we’ll discuss what a culture of accountability actually looks like in practice, and the role of the engineering leader in encouraging a culture of accountability, not blame, in busy developer teams.
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In partnership with PluralsightChoosing metrics your teams won’t hate
In this panel, we’ll explore how to go about choosing the metrics that accurately capture the complexity and nuances of your team’s work.
