🚀 Master #APISecurity in @philippederyck.bsky.social's 1-day interactive hands-on masterclass at #YOW25. 🎟️ MEL 3 Dec: yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 🎟️ SYD 10 Dec: yowcon.com/sydney-2025/... #CyberSecurity #WebSecurity

Thanks to @lizthegrey.com & @honeycomb.io, Diversity Scholarship recipients receive free admission to #YOW25 If you're from an underrepresented community, apply before next week Fri 10 Oct 2025. 👉 yowcon.com/melbourne-20...

Our #YOW25 conference schedule is out now! Check it out and book your tickets: MEL 4-5 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... BNE 8-9 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2025/ SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com/sydney-2025/

Our Diversity Scholarships support individuals from underrepresented communities who would otherwise face barriers to attending #YOW25 📝 Closes 10 Oct 2025 👉 yowcon.com/melbourne-20... #TechDiversity #InclusionInTech #WomenInTech #LGBTQIAInTech #FirstGenInTech

Naming isn’t just hard - it’s about how we form concepts. At #YOW25, Michael Feathers keynotes: Conceptualisation. A journey into naming, cognitive science, & software design. Book your tix: MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com #SoftwareDesign #LegacyCode

Welcome Airwallex as a #YOW25 Melbourne SILVER sponsor! 🥳 They’re building the future of global banking: a modern financial OS with proprietary infrastructure, software & AI that empowers globally-minded biz to move money, manage finances & grow without limits. www.airwallex.com/au/who-we-ar...

We are thrilled to announce Deswik as a #YOW25 BNE BRONZE Sponsor! 🎉 Deswik is a global tech leader delivering efficiency focused software to the mining industry. Their team consists of mining professionals, software devs & mathematicians. Learn more at deswik.com

We’re excited to announce our next #YOW2025 keynote speaker @samaaron.bsky.social In his keynote, he introduces #Tau5 - a new live coding system exploring collaboration, concurrency & AI as a creative partner. Don't miss out & book your #YOW25 tickets: MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Is Testing Still a Developer's Job in an AI World? @emilybache.com and I answer One Big Question on the Modern Software Engineering channel @modernswe.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiJ-...

The #C4 model is a go-to for visualising software architecture, but how do you go beyond the basics? @simonbrown.je will answer the most common C4 questions, from modelling shared code & microservices to tackling message-driven architectures. #YOW25 MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

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Level up your observability game with @frankel.ch at #YOW25 in his 1-day #OpenTelemetry masterclass 📍 MEL 3 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 SYD 10 Dec yowcon.com/sydney-2025/...

Generative AI is everywhere, but how do you deploy it safely & reliably in highly regulated industries like finance? Scott Shaw will reveal strategies for resilience, cost efficiency, & building real value from the frontlines. #YOW25 MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Join @simonbrown.je in a 1-day hands-on #YOW25 masterclass on the #C4Model. Learn how to create meaningful diagrams that improve team communication and decision-making. 📍 MEL | 3 Dec | 🔗 yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 SYD | 10 Dec | 🔗 yowcon.com/sydney-2025/...

We’re proud to announce our 2nd #YOW25 keynote speaker: @kentbeck.com! His keynote “Sustainable Augmented Development” explores how we can keep development velocity high without sacrificing long-term sustainability. 🎟️ MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Join @kevindubois.com and Phillip Krüger from Red Hat for a hands-on deep dive into building your own Java-based Agentic AI applications in their 1-day masterclass - Build Your own Java-Powered Agentic AI Apps. 🔗 Secure your spot now – spaces are limited: yowcon.com/melbourne-20...

Excited Endava joins #YOW25 as a MEL & BNE BRONZE sponsor! They partner with people & businesses, combining innovation, AI-native expertise & industry knowledge to deliver digital transformation solutions that empower growth & create lasting impact. www.endava.com

Join @kentbeck.com's #YOW25 1-day Sydney only masterclass: Tidy Together: A Software Design Masterclass, and learn safe refactoring, design change mgmt & the human side of code. 📍 SYD 10 Dec yowcon.com/sydney-2025/...

Join @royvanrijn.com at #YOW25, where he shows how Java can fly in his talk "Pushing Java to the Limits: Processing a Billion Rows in Under 2 Seconds" MEL 4-5 Dec | BNE 8-9 Dec | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Join Michael Feathers' 1-day masterclass: Forces in Software Learn how systems evolve, why complexity sticks, and how to guide sustainable growth. 📍 MEL Wed 3 Dec: yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 SYD Wed 10 Dec: yowcon.com/sydney-2025/...

We’re thrilled to announce our first #YOW25 keynote speaker: Sarah Meiklejohn. Her keynote explores the evolution of blockchain analysis. Learn how 13 years of research has shaped the crypto landscape & what comes next. Get your 🎟️ tickets now! MEL 4-5 Dec | BNE 8-9 Dec | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Dive deep into what matters to you and your team in one of our 1-day #YOW25 masterclasses led by globally recognised tech experts in Sydney. Book your seat and join them on Wednesday 10 December: yowcon.com/sydney-2025/...

How do you empower teams to make great architectural decisions? @andrewhl.bsky.social will share strategies on facilitating #SoftwareArchitecture. Learn how to balance creativity & structure in complex systems & make architecture a team sport! #YOW25 MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Join Katharine Jarmul for a hands-on 1-day #YOW25 masterclass on building privacy-first secure AI. Learn threat modeling, risk assessment & AI security best practices. 📍MEL yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍SYD yowcon.com/sydney-2025/...

Lock in your seat at @kevindubois.com's 1-day, hands-on #YOW25 masterclass on how to create AI-infused applications using #Quarkus & #LangChain4j 📍MEL Wed 3 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍SYD Wed 10 Dec yowcon.com/sydney-2025/...

Line charts aren’t enough. 📈 Yao Yue will show how alternative visualizations unlock answers you can’t see in standard telemetry charts in 'Beyond Line Charts' – change how you see & operate your systems at #YOW25 MEL 4-5 Dec | BNE 8-9 Dec | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

1️⃣ day. 1️⃣ skill. 1️⃣ huge impact. Dive deep into what matters to you and your team in one of our 1-day #YOW25 masterclasses led by globally recognised tech experts. Book your seat and join them in Melbourne on Wednesday 2 December: yowcon.com/melbourne-20...

The TRUTH About Great Software Delivery (and Why You’re Missing It) | @davefarley77 AVAILABLE NOW 📽️ youtu.be/cdyxr2yu0V8

1 billion rows<2s. 🚀 @royvanrijn.com joins #YOW25 & shows how Java can fly in his talk "Pushing Java to the Limits: Processing a Billion Rows in Under 2 Seconds" MEL 4-5 Dec | BNE 8-9 Dec | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Join @kentbeck.com's #YOW25 1-day masterclass: Tidy Together: A Software Design Masterclass, and learn safe refactoring, design change mgmt & the human side of code. 📍 MEL 3 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 SYD 10 Dec yowcon.com/sydney-2025/...

Please help us thank Auth0 who are a #YOW25 SILVER sponsor across all three cities! 👏 Auth0 provides a customer identity platform that enables secure, scalable access to any application, for any user. Visit auth0.com.

Tired of wondering if your front-end tests actually run? 🧪 @amyskapers.dev shows how to use GitHub Actions to spin up live previews, run front-end tests on every PR, and build bulletproof CI/CD workflows at #YOW25 ✨ MEL 4-5 Dec | BNE 8-9 Dec | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Struggling with messy #SoftwareArchitecture diagrams? Join @simonbrown.je for a 1-day hands-on #C4Model workshop at #YOW25! 📍 MEL | 📅 Wed 3 Dec | 🔗 yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 SYD | 📅 Wed 10 Dec | 🔗 yowcon.com/sydney-2025/...

You can find my foreword to @stevelove.bsky.social's new book, C# Brain Teasers, on my blog kevlinhenney.medium.com/exercising-y...

Data helps us live informed lives, but are we designing it for everyone? At #YOW25, Frank Elavsky shows how to make charts, dashboards & data tools accessible for people with disabilities. Practical tools & examples included! MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

What shapes programming languages—tech or culture? 💡 At #YOW25, @kevlin.bsky.social explores how ideas, ecosystems & trends (FOSS, LLMs) shape the languages we use—and what history reveals about the future. MEL 4-5 Dec | BNE 8-9 Dec | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

We’re thrilled to welcome Michael Feathers back to Australia for #YOW25! Join his 1-day masterclass: Forces in Software Learn how systems evolve, why complexity sticks, and how to guide sustainable growth.

We are thrilled to welcome Revity as a BRONZE sponsor of #YOW25 Melbourne! They help organisations deliver quality software faster by aligning teams around customer outcomes through cross-functional collaboration, clear ownership & iterative delivery. www.revity.com.au

A somewhat reflective episode from me this week. Sharing my biggest lessons and regrets from a 40 year career in software engineering. Some personal, some general to our industry. But tune-in, and join in on the discourse in the comments! youtu.be/NaTEZ6Hq_6o

We’re stoked to welcome EasyGo as a #YOW25 Melbourne SILVER sponsor! Creators of a top online casino + a streaming platform with 40M+ users, EasyGo is driving the future of entertainment with bold ideas and big ambition. More: easygo.io

Birdsong meets big data. 🐦☁️ Paul Roe will share how the Australian Acoustic Observatory is using AI + cloud tech to decode over 1,000 years of sound & track ecosystem health. 📍 #YOW25 MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Thrilled to welcome Littlepay as a #YOW25 GOLD sponsor in Melbourne! 🎉 Based in Melbourne and expanding globally, Littlepay powers seamless public transport payments in 13 countries—via card, mobile or wearable. 🌍💳 Learn more 👉 littlepay.com

I wrote a thing about my awesome new job, Technical Director for @yowconf.bsky.social damianm.com/posts/tech/2...

🍻 Computers agreeing on stuff? Turns out it’s like a pub full of drunks on a Friday. Join Neo4j’s @jimwebber.org at #YOW25 as he breaks down consensus algorithms, fault tolerance & new research—with pub flair. 📍 MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

We’re thrilled to welcome Liberty as a #YOW25 Melbourne GOLD sponsor! 🎉 A B Corp with 27+ years of championing inclusion, Liberty empowers devs to think freely and innovate boldly. Dive into their tech culture 👉 liberty.com.au/campaign/joi...

🎉 Diversity Scholarships for #YOW25 are now open! If you’re from an underrepresented group in tech & cost is a barrier, apply for free admission—no spotlight, just support. Thanks to @lizthegrey.com & @honeycomb.io 👉 yowcon.com/melbourne-20... #TechDiversity

You’re not alone — but you’re not without tools. Join AWS’s Derek Bingham at #YOW25 as he breaks down how AI is reshaping dev roles, skills & workflows — with real demos and takeaways. DEC 📍 MEL 4-5 yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 8-9 yowcon.com/brisbane-2025/ 📍 SYD 11-12 yowcon.com/sydney-2025/

From Dockerfiles to Jib, #Buildpacks & #GraalVM - @maeddes.bsky.social breaks down the 5 S’s of #Java container optimization for real-world production with demos in #SpringBoot, #Quarkus & Micronaut. 🗓 Don’t miss #YOW25: MEL 4-5 Dec | BNE 8-9 Dec | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com #DevOps #CloudNative

AI is transforming our world, but at what cost to the planet? 🌱💭 Join @charleshumble.bsky.social at #YOW25 as he shares practical strategies to make machine learning more sustainable. DEC 📍 MEL 4-5 yowcon.com/melbourne-2025 📍 BNE 8-9 yowcon.com/brisbane-2025/ 📍 SYD 11-12 yowcon.com/sydney-2025/

Last chance to lock in earlybird tickets to #YOW25 masterclasses with promo code 'earlybirdclass' & join @simonbrown.je @frankel.ch @kentbeck.com @kevindubois.com @philippederyck.bsky.social Katharine Jarmul & Michael Feathers MEL 3 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-2025 SYD 10 Dec yowcon.com/sydney-2025