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Presentation: Powering the Future: Building Your GenAI Infrastructure Stack

Merrin Kurian — Tue, 19 May 2026 12:43:00 GMT

Merrin Kurian shares the architectural blueprints and organizational processes behind Intuit’s AI transformation. She explains the "fixed, flexible, free" framework used to scale GenOS across 8,000 developers, enabling 3,500+ production experiments. She discusses critical agent failure modes, the "LLM-as-a-judge" evaluation strategy, and how to build "tool-ready" APIs for the future.

By Merrin Kurian

Presentation: Product Thinking for Cloud Native Engineers

Cat Morris, Stéphane Di Cesare — Mon, 18 May 2026 10:06:00 GMT

Stéphane Di Cesare and Cat Morris share how engineers can move from being a "cost center" to a value driver using product discovery. They explain the "Double Diamond" framework and why identifying user problems must precede building solutions. Learn to choose the right metrics, build customer empathy through shadowing, and use business context to maximize the impact of your technical work.

By Cat Morris, Stéphane Di Cesare

Presentation: Using AI as a Thinking Partner for Large-Scale Engineering Systems

Julie Qiu — Fri, 15 May 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Julie Qiu explains how AI serves as a "thinking partner" for engineering leaders. She discusses five distinct roles - Archaeologist, Experimenter, Critic, Author, and Reviewer - to manage the cognitive load of 400+ repositories. She shares how AI provides the "RAM" needed to synthesize legacy context, pressure-test designs, and accelerate high-level architectural decisions.

By Julie Qiu

Presentation: Accelerating LLM-Driven Developer Productivity at Zoox

Amit Navindgi — Thu, 14 May 2026 13:05:00 GMT

Amit Navindgi discusses the systematic shift at Zoox from fragmented documentation to an AI-driven ecosystem. He explains how they built "Cortex," a secure platform integrating RAG, multi-modal LLMs, and contributor-friendly agent APIs. He shares practical strategies for driving adoption through AI champions and hackathons, emphasizing the move from deterministic workflows to autonomous agents.

By Amit Navindgi

Presentation: What I Learned Building Multi-Agent Systems from Scratch

Paulo Arruda — Wed, 13 May 2026 12:01:00 GMT

Paulo Arruda discusses Shopify’s evolution in AI adoption, moving from simple chat tools to a sophisticated swarm of specialized agents. He explains the transition from massive "all-in-one" prompts to lean, narrow-focused agent microservices that slash task times from hours to minutes. He also shares a future-looking hypothesis on using filesystem-based adapters to solve context bloat.

By Paulo Arruda

Presentation: Beyond Coding: How Senior ICs Grow Influence and Drive Impact

Kasia Trapszo — Tue, 12 May 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Netflix’s Kasia Trapszo discusses the transition from writing code to scaling organizations. She shares lessons on building trust through technical clarity, aligning teams to solve the "right" problems, and using intentional documentation to scale your judgment. Learn how to move beyond individual output to create a lasting architectural legacy that empowers others to make better decisions.

By Kasia Trapszo

Presentation: Evolution of a Backend for a Streaming Application

Daniele Frasca — Mon, 11 May 2026 11:45:00 GMT

Daniele Frasca explains the architectural evolution of Joyn, a German streaming giant. He discusses moving from fragile single-node setups to resilient serverless architectures using AWS. He shares insights on the Hub and Spoke pattern for data consistency, cell-based isolation to reduce blast radius, and cost-optimization strategies for achieving affordable multi-region active-active setups.

By Daniele Frasca