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Most companies still aren’t measuring AI coding tools
AI adoption is soaring, but 82% of organizations still aren’t measuring the impact of AI coding tools.
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The one way to crack technical estimations under pressure
Technical estimations require overview of many different moving parts. Why not solicit the help of your team to move things along?
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In partnership with StytchAre you ready for AI agents?
AI is changing how apps get accessed – are your systems built to keep up?
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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!
Lineup includes Addy Osmani, Kevin Goldsmith, Robin Bonatesta, and more…
New York • October 15 & 16, 2025
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Top Technical Direction videos
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Getting to Commitment: Tackling broad technical problems in large organizations
Mattie Toia tackles five areas where you can build metaphorical muscles to help increase the likelihood that your initiatives are successful.
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Boulders, Rocks, and Pebbles – Successfully Executing on a Technology Strategy
VP of Engineering & Chief Architect at eBay Randy Shoup will take us through the process of writing a tech strategy, including practical writing tips, keeping focus, and how to gain consensus on your plan.
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In partnership with Marco Polo Network
Building a scalable, automated network management system for thousands of independent nodes
The Marco Polo Network is the largest trade finance network in the world. The network spans 60+ regions and 140 countries in the Microsoft Azure cloud.
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In partnership with Just Eat Takeaway
Developing a courier app in a leading food-tech company
Join us for our demo where Mert Kilic, Senior Software Developer at our Berlin Tech Hub, will give an introduction to our new restaurant courier app which we launched in February this year.
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Building a successful and sustainable CI/CD pipeline
Ship faster with an effective deployment strategy.
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In partnership with Shopify
No more ad-hoc requests!* From data service to data product teams
In this talk, I’ll walk through what it would take to achieve this for your organization. If you’re a data or engineering leader and have struggled with managing internal work in progress of your data teams, this talk is for you.
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Technical strategy power chords
This talk will be most useful for folks just getting started with technical strategy, but even virtuosos may get a useful tip or two.
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Crafting efficient on-call processes
In this panel, we’ll discuss the fundamentals of an effective on-call process – thinking about how to diagnose your current state, iterate and improve, and how to avoid mistakes along the way.