Want more influence without becoming a manager? In this GOTO talk, @patkua.bsky.social explains why technical leadership is about creating alignment—not collecting titles—and shares a practical 5-step path to get started. 🎥 youtu.be/h4o0qcq1Kys?...

"I play code." @samaaron.bsky.social explains why programming belongs on stage, not just in the office. From @sonic-pi.net to AI & Tau5, this is a fresh look at creativity, software, and the future of coding. 🎥 Watch this @yowconf.bsky.social talk now: youtu.be/-L4OoOgQ5Wk?...

Writing a technical book isn't about explaining technology. It's about making it practical enough that someone can use it on Monday morning. Ajay Chankramath explains why that was the hardest part of writing "The Platform Engineer's Handbook". 🎥 youtube.com/shorts/tGuKK... #PlatformEngineering

#GOTOpodcast: Luca Mezzalira and Teena Idnani discuss what the architect's role looks like when AI can generate code but not judgment. 🎧 Listen in: gotopia.tech/podcast

Can switching CPU architectures make your .NET services faster, cheaper & greener? In this GOTO talk, @saraemilybergman.bsky.social explains why #ARM is reshaping cloud infrastructure—and how to migrate #dotNET workloads without the pain. Watch: youtu.be/vuxdRlVmzSU?...

What if the future of conservation isn't something we see—but something we hear? 🎧🌏 Paul Roe shares how AI, big data, and ecoacoustics are transforming biodiversity monitoring, one soundscape at a time. Watch the full @yowconf.bsky.social talk: youtu.be/fh4aYWqvQL0?...

"90% of my skills just went to $0. The other 10% went up 1,000x." @kentbeck.com Kent breaks down what actually got MORE valuable now that AI writes the code. Watch: youtube.com/shorts/q23xD...

#GOTOpodcast: Dennis Hansen joins Jorge Orellana to talk model-based systems engineering and why complex systems need clearer thinking upfront. 🎧 Listen in: gotopia.tech/podcast

#PlatformEngineering isn't about tools. It's about building products devs actually want to use. 🚀 Ajay Chankramath explains why strong foundations, product thinking & DevEx matter more than ever in this GOTO Book Club conversation with Kaspar von Grünberg. Watch now: youtu.be/0yxCKAMK3nk?...

AI is reshaping how we design & build software systems. If you're interested in AI governance, agentic systems & building reliable AI systems, check out ARC: Software Architecture in the Age of AI featuring experts from Google, AWS, Netflix, Microsoft & more - packt.link/ARC2026

Are your tests catching bugs...or slowing your team down? 👀 More tests don't always mean better software. @trishagee.bsky.social explores the hidden costs of #testing, common mistakes & how to build confidence without sacrificing speed. 🎥 youtu.be/e0gwyyO3Gd8?... #TDD #SoftwareEngineering

AI won't replace engineering judgment. At @yowconf.bsky.social, @kentbeck.com explained why the future belongs to developers who learn faster, preserve optionality, and use AI as a partner—not a shortcut. Watch the full talk: youtu.be/sMujMp4h_EY?...

A good platform hides complexity. A bad platform hides reality. 😳 Gregor Hohpe explains why platforms should build abstractions—not illusions—and what that means for platform teams, developers, and modern software architecture. Watch: youtu.be/mRoWGqcBSzk?...

Velocity is up! Now ask the uncomfortable question: "So what?" 😅 Elisabeth Hendrickson explains why proxy metrics often mislead teams—and why measuring value delivery is much harder than counting points. Watch: youtube.com/shorts/X66w0... Cc: @charleshumble.bsky.social

@jakewarner.com and @charleshumble.bsky.social discuss Sovereign Cloud, control planes, and why more organisations are rethinking how much they depend on large cloud providers. 🎧 Listen to the #GOTOpodcast episode: gotopia.tech/podcast

What if the best architecture isn't the most scalable, flexible, or future-proof one? 🤔 @tastapod.com argues for building the Best Simple System for Now—and avoiding the trap of solving problems you don't have yet. Watch: youtu.be/u4Cv65F9DcY?...

Every generation gets a new interface: ⌨️ Keyboard 🖱️ Mouse 📱 Touchscreen What's next? @kenpfeuffer.bsky.social explores the evolution of user interfaces and the technologies that may define the next decade. Watch: youtu.be/c0oewpwkwOg?...

What if the best software architect isn't the person making all the decisions? 🤔 At @yowconf.bsky.social @andrewhl.bsky.social explores how to empower teams to make architectural decisions, reduce bottlenecks, and build better systems together. Watch: youtu.be/BQYIBKIzY5g?... #SoftwareArchitecture

In this #GOTOPodcast episode, @brunty.me explores what developers can learn from adventurers, monsters, quests, and the occasional bad decision. 🎧 Listen in: gotopia.tech/podcast

"Platform engineering is not IaC" @abangser.bsky.social & @charleshumble.bsky.social on the biggest misconception killing platform efforts, why AI makes a mature platform non-negotiable & the question that reveals whether your team is treating platforms as a product. 👇 youtu.be/Xsd02ebVv4w?...

Too many people handed over the keys to cloud providers. Here's why Europe wants its own AWS. Jake Warner argues we're entering an era of cloud sovereignty, privacy concerns & regional cloud platforms as organizations rethink dependency on hyperscalers. Watch: youtube.com/shorts/0LQag...

Continuous Delivery might be more important now than it was 10 years ago. @davefarley77.bsky.social and @abangser.bsky.social discuss what happens when AI makes it easier to write code than to understand it. 🎧 Listen to the #GOTOpodcast episode: gotopia.tech/podcast

In this #GOTOPodcast episode, @brunty.me explores what developers can learn from adventurers, monsters, quests, and the occasional bad decision. 🎧 Listen in: gotopia.tech/podcast

Your architecture diagrams have unlabeled arrows, mystery boxes & 12 different shades of blue. Nobody knows what any of it means. @simonbrown.je wrote the book that helps & @suksr.bsky.social asked him everything you need to know about it. GOTO Book Club 👇 youtu.be/sfqHggWY5Ds?...

Everyone's talking about AI-generated code. @ziobrando.bsky.social asks a more interesting question: What if coding was never the real bottleneck? 👀 A thought-provoking talk on models, complexity, shared understanding & thriving in an increasingly AI-assisted world. 🎥 youtu.be/D6hXy75DO1o?...

The future of AI isn't about cooler demos. It's about building systems that are safe, reliable, available & worth trusting. 🤖 At @yowconf.bsky.social Scott Shaw explained what it takes to deliver mission-critical GenAI in the real world. 🎥 youtu.be/Gs9XuoQnofg?... #GenerativeAI #AIEngineering

Barry Feigenbaum joins Shon Saliga to discuss what Java developers should know before picking up Go. Go's concurrency model is simpler. Error handling is more explicit. Interfaces work very differently. And more. 🎧 Listen in to this #GOTOpodcast: gotopia.tech/podcast

#Cloud #Containers #Security 3 topics that never seem to get any less complicated. In this conversation, Sam Newman, @kief.com & @adrianmouat.com discuss what's changing, what's hype, what's actually working & what software teams should be paying attention to right now. 🎥 youtu.be/42RNaAZK3hU?...

A room full of Agile coaches was given a choice: 🤯 Chaos & command & control 🤝 Self-organization & autonomy The shocking part? Many preferred the chaos. Elisabeth Hendrickson explains why autonomy can feel uncomfortable—and why responsibility changes everything. Watch: youtube.com/shorts/-wJRv...

@sarahjwells.bsky.social, Patrick Kua and @tastapod.com od.com discuss what engineering leadership looks like when uncertainty becomes the norm rather than the exception. 🎧 gotopia.tech/podcast

"We added #PlatformTeams, automated infrastructure, all the right stuff — and somehow got slower." Elisabeth Hendrickson & Joel Tosi explain exactly why that happens, and what to do about it — using #SystemsThinking tools most devs have never touched. GOTO Book Club 👇 youtu.be/8tNtZMm3Hyc?...

Everyone talks about vector databases. Few people can explain them. @glycin.bsky.social delivers a fun, absurd, and surprisingly practical introduction to vectors, embeddings, similarity search, and the tech powering modern AI apps. Watch: youtu.be/qpUUEXq4xBU?...

From #PunchCards to #AI copilots 😳 Software development never stands still. At @yowconf.bsky.social @deekob.bsky.social looked at the continuing evolution of developers, the changing nature of our work, and what skills will matter next. Watch: youtu.be/jpsDPUUJiYM?...

Java concurrency just had its biggest change in years. Most people are still catching up. #GOTOPodcast: @bazlur.ca joins Michael Redlich to discuss virtual threads, structured concurrency, and what modern Java looks like after JDK 21. 🎧 Listen in: gotopia.tech/podcast

AI lowers the barrier to building things. But it raises the bar for building the *right* things. Luca Mezzalira & Teena Idnani on what actually changes for architects in the AI era — and what does not. Spoiler: empathy is now a technical skill. 👇 youtu.be/RG7XFPPzhZM?...

Another AI agent framework? 😅 At @yowconf.bsky.social Rod Johnson (creator of Spring) argues that agents need more than prompts, tools & hope. Planning, orchestration, guardrails, domain models, and explainability all matter if you want agents that actually work. Watch: youtu.be/YW04KtiuO5o?...

#GOTOpodcast: @rtfeldman.bsky.social and @anjana.dev talk about rewriting the Roc compiler from Rust to Zig during the exact period AI coding tools went from interesting to really useful. 🎧 Listen to the episode: gotopia.tech/podcast

25 years after the #AgileManifesto, should the original authors have a reunion? @martinfowler.com's answer is surprisingly humble: "We wrote the manifesto. Now it's for others to continue." Plus a perfect punchline from @kentbeck.com 😄 Watch: youtube.com/shorts/Xre2q...

How fast can you process 1 BILLION rows of weather data in #Java? 😳 @royvanrijn.com takes on one of the internet's favorite performance challenges, squeezing every last millisecond out of Java through profiling, optimization, and sheer engineering obsession. Watch: youtu.be/pHZF-zJ3Bpg?...

Debugging less because the software can prove itself correct? 😳 At @yowconf.bsky.social Nada Amin explored: ⚡ Metaprogramming ⚡ Program synthesis ⚡ Formal verification ⚡ AI-assisted correctness This is the kind of talk that makes you rethink programming itself. Watch: youtu.be/yLDiQBdwlHU?...

In this #GOTOPodcast episode, Martin Fowler and Kent Beck sit down to talk about AI, software engineering, and nearly 30 years of watching our industry evolve. 🎧 Listen in: gotopia.tech/podcast

OpenStack was simple – everyone adopted it. Then it became unmanageable. #Kubernetes followed the exact same arc. @jakewarner.com saw it coming & built Cycle.io as an escape hatch. He & @charleshumble.bsky.social talk #SovereignCloud & the geopolitics of infrastructure. 👇 youtu.be/ajX56E4G5qk?...

AI doesn’t have to mean billion-dollar hype. @krisajenkins.bsky.social shows how to build personal AI tools with MCP: ⚡ context-rich assistants ⚡ custom tools ⚡ local workflows ⚡ AI that actually helps your life Also: “MCP is just JSON-RPC in a trench coat.” 😂 Watch: youtu.be/ekOTT0siHSo?...

AI is bringing spec-driven development back. Sort of. In this #GOTOPodcast episode, Gojko Adzic and @tastapod.com discuss what is working with AI-assisted development right now. 🎧 Listen in: gotopia.tech/podcast

One line of code "fixes" the bug. Creates five new ones. Dennis Hansen spent 60+ years in aerospace and defense learning why modeling upfront is the only way to avoid that. His new GOTO Book Club episode with Jorge Orellana is the antidote. 👇 youtu.be/-6BbPwlR6o4?...

Turns out running a great #EngineeringTeam has a lot in common with running a Dungeons & Dragons campaign 😄 @brunty.me connects D&D, leadership, collaboration, problem-solving & SW development in one of the most unexpectedly relatable talks at @yowconf.bsky.social. Watch: youtu.be/VN9j3NSoeps?...

WebAssembly running inside #Kubernetes… with a 300KB container?! 😳 @frankel.ch demos: ⚡ #Wasm on Kubernetes ⚡ Tiny container images ⚡ Rust + #WasmEdge ⚡ HTTP servers in #WebAssembly ⚡ Why this might (or might not) be the future Watch: youtu.be/fMpDgsjBQzg?...

In this #GOTOPodcast Q&A, Ken Hughes talks about something surprisingly simple: People simply remember how you made them feel. *employee experience *AI-driven personalization *why ROI can become a very strange lens for measuring human experience 🎧 Listen in: gotopia.tech/podcast

70% of devs using AI don't distrust its output and @davefarley77.bsky.social is scared. Dave & @abangser.bsky.social break down why #ContinuousDelivery isn't just surviving the AI era — it's more essential than ever. Small steps. Verified. Always. 👇 youtu.be/Juk6SBz8zEc?...

AI productivity gains? AI agents? AI-generated everything? @ondfisk.bsky.social asks an uncomfortable question: What if we’re optimizing the wrong problem? A sharp & funny talk on hype, SW teams, productivity, customer value & why process may be the real villain. Watch: youtu.be/wPt6Aeui5bM?...