Baruch Sadogursky

Knowledge flow is key to success, and developer relations (DevRel) teams drive this flow. Traditional knowledge bases (KBs) face challenges like outdated content and cumbersome navigation, but large language models (LLMs) offer a transformative, secure solution.

In this talk, we'll explore how LLMs enhance knowledge management. Dynamically learning from sources like code repositories and internal wikis, LLMs provide intuitive interactions and continuously updated knowledge. Securely hosted within the organization, LLMs protect sensitive data while enhancing communication and collaboration.

Join us to discover how LLMs revolutionize knowledge management, overcome KB limitations, and empower DevRel teams to foster secure, up-to-date knowledge sharing. Let's unleash AI's power to elevate information flow and drive organizational excellence.

Embark on an exciting journey into the intersection of psychology, software development, and Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE) as we explore how Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's groundbreaking work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making can optimize your development practices while conserving cognitive resources. Discover the impact of System 1 and System 2 thinking on the software development process, and learn to strike the perfect balance between “fast” intuitive thinking and “slow” deliberative reasoning.

We'll delve into practical DPE strategies for reducing mental fatigue and minimizing context switches, focusing on techniques like build system performance optimization, test parallelization, AI-powered test selection, and developer productivity observability. By leveraging these best practices, you'll enhance your and your team's productivity and maintain focus on high-value tasks.

Whether you're an experienced developer seeking to boost your performance or a curious newcomer eager to learn about the connections between the human mind, software development, and DPE, this talk is for you. Join us for an exhilarating adventure into the fast and slow worlds of coding, and uncover new ways to maximize your cognitive resources.

Dive into a world of wit and wisdom with “Developer Productivity – DIY (with ChatGPT) or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the AI,” a conference talk that subtly weaves humor with practical tips for boosting your development prowess. Our spirited speaker will engage in a lively conversation with ChatGPT, the clever AI language model, to uncover innovative strategies for optimizing your development process, from shortening build feedback loops to conquering flaky tests and caching build results like a master.

Be captivated as our speaker embraces the challenge of implementing ChatGPT's suggestions in a live coding session that promises to entertain and enlighten without explicitly flaunting its humor. This engaging exploration of AI-assisted development will leave you with a fresh perspective on productivity and a subtle smile on your face.

By the end of this charming adventure, you'll have a treasure trove of valuable tips and a newfound appreciation for the delightful synergy between AI and your development process. Get ready to revolutionize your workflow and forge a lasting bond with your new AI confidant, ChatGPT.

So, you want to update the software for your user, be it the nodes in your K8s cluster, a browser on user’s desktop, an app in user’s smartphone or even a user’s car. What can possibly go wrong?

In this presentation, we’ll analyze real-world software update fails and how multiple DevOps patterns, that fit a variety of scenarios, could have saved the developers. Manually making sure that everything works before sending an update and expecting the user to do acceptance tests before they update is most definitely not on the list of such patterns.

Join us for some awesome and scary continuous update horror stories and some obvious (and some not so obvious) proven ideas for improvement and best practices you can start following tomorrow.

This presentation is a collection of failure stories about software updates with advice on how to prevent those in your systems. As usual with epic failures talks, it’s educational and a lot of fun.

We’ll start by reviewing what are the driving forces behind software updates, how do we update, and why some update multiple times a day while others only update once a year. We’ll continue to review some of the epic fails, including Google WiFi, Knight Capital, CloudFlare, Jaguar and others. The patterns we are going to suggest are Canary Deployments, Observability, Local rollbacks, Feature Flags, and others.

Building on the success of DevOps practices, which already employ the Theory of Constraints to tackle bottlenecks, Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE) emerges as the next natural progression. DPE takes a step further by optimizing workflows, automating tasks, and providing real-time feedback to developers, keeping software delivery nimble and efficient.

In this engaging talk, we'll explore how DPE enhances the DevOps framework, streamlining the development process throughout the software delivery lifecycle. See why mastering DPE is essential for all engineers, including Platform and Site Reliability Engineers, as it aligns with core principles like reducing toil, promoting automation, and implementing observability, all while keeping bottlenecks at bay.

With a touch of wit and insight, learn practical tips to harness DPE's power and elevate your software development game. Join us as we reframe the DevOps landscape, revealing the importance of DPE as the next step in our software development evolution, ensuring continued success and growth by effectively managing constraints and bottlenecks.

In these perplexing times, when jobs vanish like ice cream on a hot summer day, tech professionals must find the sweet spot between concern for their affected colleagues and the pressing need to scoop up progress.

Discover Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE), the secret sauce that helps both individuals and companies navigate the labyrinth of layoffs and limited resources with flair. Join us as we trek through a landscape teeming with dispirited engineers and floundering companies, showcasing DPE's power to transform even the most disenchanted developer into a productivity maestro.

By adopting DPE's clever approach, we can face economic instability with unity and a dash of wit, turning sour lemons into a refreshing lemonade of success.

Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE) can be a game-changer, but as an individual contributor, influencing organizational change might feel like scaling a mountain without any gear. Don't fret; we've got the perfect solution!

This engaging talk will briefly introduce DPE and its importance for modern software teams. Next, we'll explore a proven six-step model that empowers you to inspire change without holding the reins of authority. By the end of this enlightening session, you'll have the blueprint to become a true DPE change agent, equipped to energize your team and supercharge productivity.

So, please put on your metaphorical hiking boots and join us for a delightful journey to transform your organization while harnessing the power of subtle influence!