Test Automation: Shifting Left for Faster Releases

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Productivity Lessons in Moving from Big Tech to Scaling a Startup

Tuesday Nov 19 / 10:35AM PST

Most productivity research happens in large tech companies. Many of the lessons learned there apply to the world of Startups as well, but some don't carry over.

Speaker image - Rachel Potvin

Rachel Potvin

SVP Eng @Sanity.io with 25 Years in Tech, Previously @Google and @GitHub, Engineering Leader Focused on Building Productive Happy Teams

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Security or Convenience - Why Not Both?

Tuesday Nov 19 / 01:35PM PST

Traditionally, security is all about creating obstacles and making it difficult to access data. This is at odds with our drive for a more smooth and faster development process. How can we keep the software we’re building secure without adding friction for engineers?

Speaker image - Dorota Parad

Dorota Parad

CEO @Authress, Product and Team Builder, Test Enthusiast

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Slack's AI-Powered, Hybrid Approach for Large-Scale Migration from Enzyme to React Testing Library

Tuesday Nov 19 / 05:05PM PST

With the Enzyme test framework no longer supporting React 18, migrating to React Testing Library (RTL) became imperative.

Speaker image - Sergii Gorbachov

Sergii Gorbachov

Staff Software Engineer @Slack, Specializing in AI-Driven Tools for Automating Code Migrations and Test Authorship

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Inflection Points in Engineering Productivity as Amazon Grew 30x

Tuesday Nov 19 / 11:45AM PST

I joined Amazon in 2009, when we were a 3000-engineer company, and got to experience its fast growth from 3k to 90k engineers over a 15-yr period. During that time, our engineering productivity needs had a number of interesting inflection points.

Speaker image - Carlos Arguelles

Carlos Arguelles

Senior Principal Engineer @Amazon, 27 Years Experience in Developer Productivity Engineering, Previously @Google and @Microsoft

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Supporting Engineering Productivity for All

Tuesday Nov 19 / 02:45PM PST

Understanding what drives software development productivity is the key to making high-impact investments in engineering productivity.

Speaker image - Emerson  Murphy-Hill

Emerson Murphy-Hill

Research Scientist at the Intersection of Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction, Former Googler and Professor