InfoQ - QCon San Francisco 2025

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: Engineering at AI Speed: Lessons from the First Agentically Accelerated Software Project

Adam Wolff — Thu, 07 May 2026 14:07:00 GMT

Adam Wolff discusses the evolution of Claude Code, explaining how AI shifts the SDLC bottleneck from implementation to architectural decision-making. He shares three "war stories" to show why dogfooding and rapid unshipping are vital. He explains that when coding costs drop to zero, the speed of learning becomes the only competitive advantage.

By Adam Wolff

Presentation: How Netflix Shapes our Fleet for Efficiency and Reliability

Joseph Lynch, Argha C — Tue, 05 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT

The speakers explain the inherent tension between service efficiency and reliability at Netflix's global scale. They share a mental model for "risk-adjusted net value," moving beyond simple CPU utilization to focus on capacity buffers. They discuss hardware shaping, proactive traffic steering, and reactive levers like "hammers" and prioritized load shedding to protect critical playback.

By Joseph Lynch, Argha C