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Lessons learned launching an MCP server
Steps you can follow if you’re thinking about launching your own MCP server.
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In partnership with Uplevel
Measure first, migrate later: Lessons from a 230% velocity boost
Matt Buckley, VP of Engineering at Avalara, shares how his team used data to modernize legacy deployment processes.
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In partnership with HoneycombHow to understand the value of your code
Using observability tools to code with your eyes open.
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October 15-17, 2025
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Essential reading
How to build an effective technical strategy
Building a tech strategy requires a lot of moving parts. Learn about what routes to take and whether decisions should be top-down.
On our Technical Direction playlist
Modernizing legacy systems: A technical strategy for evolving monoliths into modern architectures at HelloFresh
Gain insights into transforming legacy systems into scalable architectures, with practical strategies for balancing stability, managing technical debt, and enabling growth opportunities at HelloFresh.
Technical Vision vs. Technical Strategy: The difference and why it matters
Jonathan Maltz digs into the nuts and bolts of setting a successful technical strategy. Startin by talking about the difference between technical vision and technical strategy.
How 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.
Good technical debt
Jon Thornton discusses how this framework was used to rapidly build and ship Squarespace’s Email Campaigns product in less than 15 months. Along the way, you’ll get several practical guidelines for how tech debt can supercharge your technical investments.
Creating, defining, and refining an effective tech strategy
Having a defined tech strategy creates alignment and keeps everyone on the same page. So how can you ensure yours is most effective? Panelists Anna Shipman, Randy Shoup, Papanii Nene Okai, Nimisha Asthagiri and Anand Mariappan share their tips.
Agendas for New York events are live!
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More about Technical Direction
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How to redesign your architecture to reduce technical debt
Building the system architecture your teams need
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Setting a vision, mission, and strategy for your team
A leaders guide to laying out your destination and how you’ll get there
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Lifecycle of an API design
Michelle Bu talks about the lifecycle of an API design at StaffPlus New York.
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How low (level) can you go
André Henry explores how an understanding of the low-level components of your systems can help you be that go-to engineer who solves those weird problems.
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Executing and evaluating a technical strategy at scale
Driving a technical strategy across multiple teams
Top Technical Direction videos
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In partnership with ChronosphereMaking cloud native work for your org
How can enterprises make the leap to cloud native? What do they need to know?
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AI and the future of software engineering
Hywel Carver talks focuses on the shape of engineering teams and how they work – including how they have changed over time with the advent of Agile and DevOps – and suggest how this will change as AI-generated code becomes mainstream.
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In partnership with DoiTDesigning the best cloud architecture for your org
What are the essential components for designing the best cloud architecture for your org?
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Facilitating Software Architecture: Andrew Harmel-Law in conversation
How can you ensure architects and development teams are working towards the same goal?
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AI and the future of software engineering
Hywel Carver talks focuses on the shape of engineering teams and how they work – including how they have changed over time with the advent of Agile and DevOps – and suggest how this will change as AI-generated code becomes mainstream.
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How to make better modernization decisions
Indu Alagarsamy shares some of the methods she has been using such as Service Blueprints, Wardley Mapping, and Architecture/Product Decision Tracking Framework to get buy-in collaboratively.
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AI for software development: A reality check
Birgitta Boeckeler gives an overview of what is actually possible today and walks through four capabilities of Large Language Models that can help us be more effective at software delivery.
