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Presentation: Humans in the Loop: Engineering Leadership in a Chaotic Industry

Michelle Brush discusses engineering leadership in the age of AI/ML and automation. She explains how the Jevons Paradox will create massive software demand, but the Ironies of Automation will make the remaining engineering job harder. She shares 4 skills for success: Systems Thinking, Non-Abstract System Design, Reliability Engineering, and Complexity Theory, stressing the need for junior talent.

By Michelle Brush

Article: Micro-Frontends: A Sociotechnical Journey Toward a Modern Frontend Architecture

Micro-frontends differ from components by emphasising autonomy and flow over standardisation and reuse—a sociotechnical shift aligned with Conway's law. Migration should be gradual, starting where autonomy is most beneficial and ensuring that the architecture aligns with the team structure. Duplication can benefit the flow and enable iterative delivery, rather than requiring extensive rewrites.

By Luca Mezzalira

Rust at the Core: Accelerating Polyglot SDK Development by Spencer Judge at QCon SF 2025

Innovative SDK Team Lead Spencer Judge at Temporal unveiled a game-changing strategy at QCon SF 2025: leveraging a shared Rust core to streamline multi-language SDKs. By reducing redundancy and improving efficiency, this architecture addresses the challenges developers face, delivering safer, more portable solutions that enhance the user experience and minimize technical debt.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Google Brings Colab Integration to Visual Studio Code

Google has announced the availability of a new Visual Studio Code extension that connects local notebooks to a Colab runtime. This allows developers to unify their previously separate local development setup and web-based Colab environment.

By Sergio De Simone

Stripe's Zero-Downtime Data Movement Platform Migrates Petabytes with Millisecond Traffic Switches

At QCon SF, a Stripe engineer presented the company's Zero-Downtime Data Movement Platform, a system enabling petabyte-scale database migrations with traffic switches that typically complete in milliseconds. The platform supports Stripe's infrastructure, handling 5 million database queries per second while maintaining 99.9995% reliability for $1.4 trillion in annual transactions.

By Eran Stiller

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