talks & speakers
If your code could speak, what would it tell you? Let GitHub Copilot Chat help you find out!
Have you been in the situation where you need to remember what is this code written by you some time ago about?
Not even saying about you trying to understand someone else's code? GitHub Copilot Chat is a new way to code, where you can write code, fix bugs, write tests, and explain code to yourself and others in a chat window in a sidebar or inline.
In this session, I'll demonstrate how GitHub Copilot Chat takes developer experience to the next level and how it can help you be more productive in your day-to-day work.
Maxim Salnikov
Developer Productivity Lead @ Microsoft
Maxim Salnikov is a tech and cloud community enthusiast based in Oslo.
He is an experienced web developer who has been creating applications since the end of the last century and shares his extensive knowledge of web platform, cloud computing, and AI by speaking and providing training at developer events around the world. During the day, Maxim helps to improve cloud and AI skills in European companies by leading the developer productivity business at Microsoft.
In the evenings, he can be found organizing Norway's largest web and cloud development meetups.
Launch Pads: Cultivating Company Culture from Day 1
The deepest desire of a developer on the first day of work is to be assigned a task to complete.
Or not?
We are not cogs in a machine; companies are communities of people and do not thrive on efficiency alone. I will tell you about how the HR department at SparkFabrik has organized the recruitment, onboarding, and support processes, drawing from our experiences as developers.
I'll show what we have done to streamline, optimize, and make our branch transparent. We will discuss the still-open challenges and some elephants in the room that, in my opinion, are increasingly ignored in discussions in this sector.
Paolo Pustorino
Head of HR @ SparkFabrik
Software developer since my childhood, musician, and Sunday philosopher.
I nurture a craftsman spirit, creating things and making them work.
I founded SparkFabrik with people who share my values of quality, transparency, and commitment.
In my free time, I play music, fix things, and develop video games.
Optimizing Productivity: Embracing Developer Portals in Software Development
Building software today is hard. In order to build complex software, you need to use different tools, api, frameworks and languages, which in the long run will lead to fragmentation, slowing you down. The solution to this problem is to bring all the tools together into a unified interface.
In this talk we will learn the benefit that a developer portal can bring into your organization, enhancing productivity and tackling problems such as Discoverability, System ownership, Fragmentation, Duplication, Context Switching. We will learn how you can easily build your own Developer Portal on top of Backstage, an Open Source framework for building Developer Portals adopted by companies like Spotify, Unity, Netflix, American Airlines, and Epic Games.
We will share the lessons learned and latest tips from the hundreds of Backstage adopters and thousands of contributors.
Talita Gregory Nunes Freire
Engineer @ Spotify
Talita Gregory is a Software Engineer located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Her current role at Spotify focuses on developing Backstage Plugins that address various aspects of Spotify performance, crashes, and many others aspects.
Alongside her professional endeavours, Talita is deeply committed to assisting others.
She offers mentorship to aspiring developers as they navigate their journey into the industry, actively contributes to open-source projects, and provides technical support to non-profit organizations globally.
Talita's passion lies in empowering individuals and making a positive impact within the software development community.
Vincenzo Scamporlino
Senior Engineer @ Spotify
Vincenzo is a Senior Software Engineer at Spotify, working on Backstage.
He began his career as a Mobile Engineer in Digital Creative Agencies. His journey evolved into Full-Stack Engineering, with a focus on EV Charging Solutions.
Today, he passionately advocates for how Developer Experience can enhance the cost and efficiency of an organization.
The 'outer loop' is dead: How AI and cloud development will revolutionise developer experience
Git heavily influenced our developer tooling, and much of our developer tooling revolves around the 'post commit'.
But, what if the commit was the last step, which came after our continuous integration? And, not before? We couldn’t do this before because we simply didn't have machines powerful enough to run our builds.
With cloud development environments, that's no longer the case. And with AI does this mean that we're on the cusp of a revolution of the pull request flow that has been so prevalent.
Is the combination of AI 'pair programming' and cloud based development the push that will take the industry away form the typical pull request UI and force us to completely re-think our developer experience? And what if our outer loop will be completely removed and consumed by workspaces in the cloud?'
Lou Bichard
Product Manager @ Gitpod
Lou is a Product Manager for Gitpod, and also previously the Principal Engineer of Developer Experience for DAZN where he worked on internal developer platforms.
Lou works at the intersection between developer tools, platform and product.
Revolutionizing Developer Experience through Documentation Driven Development
In the dynamic landscape of developer experience, documentation often takes a back seat, relegated to a role of retrospective record-keeping.
This talk challenges the status quo by advocating for Documentation-Driven Development (DDD) as a pivotal, proactive force shaping the very essence of developer experience.
Beyond code implementation, we explore the continuous nature of documentation, presenting it as an ongoing dialogue rather than a static artifact.
We contend that this approach not only facilitates project evolution comprehension but also enriches team collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Join us on a journey taking a real life example into consideration, where documentation transcends its traditional role, becoming an active participant in the developer experience narrative—from initiation, through the development lifecycle, to ongoing refinement. Discover how embracing Documentation-Driven Development cultivates a richer, more cohesive, and ultimately more satisfying developer experience.
Abiodun Olowode
Senior Engineering Manager @ Factorial
Abiodun Olowode is a Senior Engineering Manager at Factorial in Barcelona, who due to her passion for solving problems and building solutions, made the switch to software engineering from Avionics engineering. She is very enthusiastic about sharing her knowledge and breaking down complex technical concepts, via writing. You'll find some of her Ruby articles on the AppSignal and HoneyBadger blogs. In her free time, she enjoys watching movies and documentaries to learn more about the world.
She's always up for a new challenge, especially when it involves making the world a better place one line of code at a time.
Yellow Brick Code: Lessons from The Wizard of Oz on Enhancing Developer Experience
Join us on our journey through the land of Developer Experience as we empower our engineers to deliver value with confidence and remove gatekeepers.
Throughout this adventure, we will learn that empathy, systemic thinking and challenging the status quo are all prerequisites needed to achieve our goals.
To navigate the maze that is modern day software development, we need to look beyond the toil and shift our attention to the big picture. We bust the myth that the Wizard has all the answers.
In truth, we had them all along.
Thomas Khalil
Head of Platform & Site Reliability Engineering @ trivago
As the Head of Platform and Site Reliability Engineering at trivago, Thomas leads teams of engineers responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the cloud infrastructure and services that power the world's largest hotel search platform.
With over 10 years of experience in the cloud domain, he is passionate about delivering reliable, scalable, and secure solutions that cater to the needs of millions of users and partners.
Where developers are challenged, what developers want and where DevEx is going
Developing in today's days has never been so powerful but it is also incredibly complex and this is challenging the teams and the businesses to deliver fast a good quality software.
In this speech Francesco summarises his experience of 25+ years in the IT industry, including the work as Product Manager for Backstage (Spotify) and now as part of the Docker's team.
In particular, you are going to learn about the trajectory of the developer experience in the market and what you, as a developer, should be able to leverage and use very soon. For sure sooner than you expect.
Francesco Corti
Principal Product Manager @ Docker
Product Manager, Open Source Enthusiast, Developer at heart, Speaker and Author.
I'm a passionate and skillful software professional with 5+ years in Product Management and 25+ years of experience in the IT industry, doing a variety of roles from Developer Relations, Software Development, Team Leading, Consultancy, Pre-Sales, Project Management, etc.
Principal Product Manager at Docker, Inc. (ex-Spotify, ex-Alfresco / Hyland), I'm an Open Source enthusiast for the most modern Developer Experience. I’m a developer at heart,
but I thrive on enabling and inspiring millions of developers using the products that I’m excited about, to be more successful in their tasks, implementing strategies for the best solutions, and increasing the business impact by defining an enterprise-ready offering to the paying customers.
Speaker at international conferences and meetups, author of a book, video courses, and workshops, I have a track record of building and contributing to communities of techies as well as product managers.
Extrovert & Italian, I’m a team player and I believe that others' success is my success.
PANEL: Developer Experience, why now?
In recent years, Developer Experience (DX) has emerged as a pivotal concern for companies, gaining significant attention for its impact on productivity and innovation.
In this panel we will explore why DX has become a hot topic now, questioning whether it represents a new paradigm or an evolution of something else
We'll delve into the challenges of defining DX precisely and offer insights on how organizations can embark on improving it.
Join us as we unravel the complexities of Developer Experience and its growing importance in the tech industry
Cirpo Cinelli
MASTER OF CEREMONIES - Engineering Manager @ Samsara
Cirpo is an Engineering Manager at Samsara, supporting the OPX, Operational Execellence team in Core Infra.
He has been working in the Developer Experience space for the past 6 years, starting at DAZN and Spotify
Francesco Corti
Principal Product Manager @ Docker
Product Manager, Open Source Enthusiast, Developer at heart, Speaker and Author.
I'm a passionate and skillful software professional with 5+ years in Product Management and 25+ years of experience in the IT industry, doing a variety of roles from Developer Relations, Software Development, Team Leading, Consultancy, Pre-Sales, Project Management, etc.
Principal Product Manager at Docker, Inc. (ex-Spotify, ex-Alfresco / Hyland), I'm an Open Source enthusiast for the most modern Developer Experience. I’m a developer at heart,
but I thrive on enabling and inspiring millions of developers using the products that I’m excited about, to be more successful in their tasks, implementing strategies for the best solutions, and increasing the business impact by defining an enterprise-ready offering to the paying customers.
Speaker at international conferences and meetups, author of a book, video courses, and workshops, I have a track record of building and contributing to communities of techies as well as product managers.
Extrovert & Italian, I’m a team player and I believe that others' success is my success.
Talita Gregory Nunes Freire
Engineer @ Spotify
Talita Gregory is a Software Engineer located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Her current role at Spotify focuses on developing Backstage Plugins that address various aspects of Spotify performance, crashes, and many others aspects.
Alongside her professional endeavours, Talita is deeply committed to assisting others.
She offers mentorship to aspiring developers as they navigate their journey into the industry, actively contributes to open-source projects, and provides technical support to non-profit organizations globally.
Talita's passion lies in empowering individuals and making a positive impact within the software development community.
Thomas Khalil
Head of Platform & Site Reliability Engineering @ trivago
As the Head of Platform and Site Reliability Engineering at trivago, Thomas leads teams of engineers responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the cloud infrastructure and services that power the world's largest hotel search platform.
With over 10 years of experience in the cloud domain, he is passionate about delivering reliable, scalable, and secure solutions that cater to the needs of millions of users and partners.
Lou Bichard
Product Manager @ Gitpod
Lou is a Product Manager for Gitpod, and also previously the Principal Engineer of Developer Experience for DAZN where he worked on internal developer platforms.
Lou works at the intersection between developer tools, platform and product.