InfoQ - QCon London 2024 - Presentations

Presentation: A Game of Patterns

Tiani Jones — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:29:00 GMT

Tiani Jones explains how recognizing organizational behaviors and their resulting patterns can reveal opportunities for improvement and lead to better performance. Using examples like chess and a cyber-physical team, she shares practical insights on identifying anti-patterns and fostering generative cultures through mindful adjustments to constraints and practices in software development.

By Tiani Jones

Presentation: Lessons & Best Practices from Leading the Serverless First Journey at CapitalOne

George Mao — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:43:00 GMT

George Mao explains Capital One's serverless-first approach, driven by efficiency and regulatory needs. He shares valuable lessons on CI/CD, concurrency, and cost management, along with actionable best practices for development (SDKs, runtimes), deployment (packaging, ARM), and observability for senior software developers and architects.

By George Mao

Presentation: How Green is Green: LLMs to Understand Climate Disclosure at Scale

Leo Browning — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:07:00 GMT

Leo Browning explains the journey of developing a RAG system at a climate-focused startup. He shares insights on overcoming challenges in applying LLMs to a complex domain, focusing on accuracy, auditability, and scalability. He covers the evolution of search techniques, the role of human-in-the-loop workflows, and strategies for optimizing RAG systems for real-world financial applications.

By Leo Browning