Performance tuning has a reputation for being part science, part black magic. @ogkittylyst.bsky.social argues it doesn't have to be in his #YOW26 full-day masterclass - Java Performance: Beyond Witchcraft, Pseudoscience & Folklore.
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Next: #YOW26: 📍 Melbourne 3-4 Dec |📍 Brisbane 7-8 Dec https://yowcon.com/
Today is System Administrator Appreciation Day. Thanks to all the sysadmins out there for all awesome work and countless hours you put into maintaining our digital infrastructure! #SysAdmin #SysAdminDay
Sarah's Fave: Spongebob with Spatula
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Does every problem really need GenAI? @charleshumble.bsky.social makes the case for smaller models, smarter engineering, and sustainable AI in this excellent @yowconf.bsky.social talk. Watch here: youtu.be/5rFuv4SK7OY?...
Green AI: Making Machine Learning Environmentally Sustainable • Charles Humble • YOW! 2025
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It's out! As of today you can order the PRINT 2nd edition of Observability Engineering from any major bookseller; no more waiting for preorders. Co-written w/ @charity.wtf, @gmiranda23.bsky.social, @aparker.io & guest authors Buy: www.indiebound.org/book/9781098... or www.amazon.com/Observabilit...
Bought the observability tool but still struggling to understand what’s happening in production? We’re excited to welcome Kasper Borg Nissen to #YOW26 with "Rethinking Observability as a Platform Product" 📍 MEL 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/
Can a 2MB WebAssembly app run on Kubernetes? 👀 In this @yowconf.bsky.social talk, @frankel.ch explores tiny Wasm workloads, Kubernetes runtimes, live demos, and why the tech is both exciting and risky today. Watch: youtu.be/gyGupmI1wvk?... #Wasm #WebAssembly #Kubernetes #Containers
WebAssembly on Kubernetes • Nicolas Frankel • YOW! 2025
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Please welcome Johan Janssen to #YOW26! He'll share practical ways to keep your apps healthy w/o turning dependency mgmt into a full-time job. 📍 MEL 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/
What if the future of conservation isn't something we see—but something we hear? 🎧🌏 Paul Roe shares how AI, big data, and ecoacoustics are transforming biodiversity monitoring, one soundscape at a time. Watch the full @yowconf.bsky.social talk: youtu.be/fh4aYWqvQL0?...
A Millenium of Choruses in the Cloud - An Ecoacoustics Odyssey • Paul Roe • YOW! 2025
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"I play code." @samaaron.bsky.social explains why programming belongs on stage, not just in the office. From @sonic-pi.net to AI & Tau5, this is a fresh look at creativity, software, and the future of coding. 🎥 Watch this @yowconf.bsky.social talk now: youtu.be/-L4OoOgQ5Wk?...
Beyond Sonic Pi: Tau5 & the Art of Coding with AI • Sam Aaron • YOW! 2025
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"We don’t have time to improve the architecture - we need to deliver features” - sound familiar? If you’ve been caught btwn shipping & building healthy software, catch Sonya's #YOW26 talk. 📍 MEL 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/
We’re excited @allenholub.bsky.social will be at #YOW26. If you’re trying to figure out what good software architecture looks like in an AI-enabled world, this talk will give you plenty to think about. 📍 MEL 2 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 9 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/
There’s a fascinating algorithm called DBSP that single-handedly managed to combine streaming and batch systems and solve a decades-old database efficiency problem. Lalith Suresh joined me to explain the core of how it works: 😊 youtu.be/CyvnH8OUCUA
Making Materialized Views Actually Fast with DBSP (with Lalith Suresh)
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The Human Flaw That's Ruining Your Software Specifications | Gojko Adzic 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW WATCH HERE: youtu.be/LectsDkITjI
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Earlybird tickets may be gone, but that doesn’t mean you’ve missed your chance to save. If you’re thinking about bringing a few teammates to #YOW26, we offer group discounts, starting from 5 tickets. Drop us a line at info@yowconference.com Who’s joining you this year? 👀
This was such an inspirational talk at last year’s #YOW25 conference
GOTO Conferences@gotocon.com · 4w agoWhat if the future of conservation isn't something we see—but something we hear? 🎧🌏 Paul Roe shares how AI, big data, and ecoacoustics are transforming biodiversity monitoring, one soundscape at a time. Watch the full @yowconf.bsky.social talk: youtu.be/fh4aYWqvQL0?...
What happens when AI generates code faster than humans can review it? Artie joins #YOW26 to explore how engineers are increasingly responsible for protecting codebases while ensuring dev doesn’t grind to a halt 📍 MEL 3-4 Dec & BNE 7-8 Dec yowcon.com
One of our favourite talks from #YOW25!
GOTO Conferences@gotocon.com · last mo.AI won't replace engineering judgment. At @yowconf.bsky.social, @kentbeck.com explained why the future belongs to developers who learn faster, preserve optionality, and use AI as a partner—not a shortcut. Watch the full talk: youtu.be/sMujMp4h_EY?...
My foreword to @fbuontempo.bsky.social's Introducing C++ is now up on my blog kevlinhenney.medium.com/hello-c-4f90...
Hello, C++!
Foreword to Introducing C++ by Frances Buontempo
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Did you know we've already confirmed more than half of this year's speaker lineup, thanks to the hard work of the planning team? Check out who they are over 👇👇👇 Melbourne 3-4 Dec: yowcon.com/melbourne-2026 Brisbane 7-8 Dec: yowcon.com/brisbane-2026
🚨 LAST CALL: YOW! Earlybird ends tomorrow! There aren't many earlybird tickets left in Melbourne, so don't leave it till later. 🎟️ Lock in your 20% savings now! Melbourne 3-4 Dec: yowcon.com/melbourne-2026 Brisbane 7-8 Dec: yowcon.com/brisbane-2026
New from me: A flood of AI-generated code has left key open-source developers known as maintainers "inundated", with many turning to AI tools to help handle the onslaught. Featuring Aussie maintainer @lucyleeow.bsky.social, Microsoft's @aaron-powell.com, GitHub's @ashleywolf.bsky.social, and more 💻
The Australians fighting AI slop in open-source code
Meet the maintainers being 'inundated' by GenAI contributions.
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New video and blog post about Harness Engineering - I'm seeing a lot of teams asking for technical coaching around using AI agents effectively, and this is what I'm teaching. video www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaiJ..., blog coding-is-like-cooking.info/2026/06/i-st...
I Stopped Coding and Started Architecting Agents (And Why You Should Too) - Coding Is Like Cooking
This post is available as a video on the Modern Software Engineering Channel The focus of technical coaching is the minute-by-minute habits that software developers need to create good quality working...
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Sonic Pi v5 Beta 4 - Release Notes Read about the new features in the latest Sonic Pi beta release: Support for gamepads (works like MIDI), tracking and sync with external MIDI clocks, bundled with lots of polish and love. www.patreon.com/samaaron/pos...
Sonic Pi v5 Beta 4 - Now Available | Sam Aaron
Hello Patreon friends - Sonic Pi v5 Beta 4 just dropped and it's a huge leap ahead of the current public v4.6 release. Get your hands on an
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Earlybird tickets for our YOW! Masterclass with @allenholub.bsky.social are almost gone. Use promo code 'earlybirdclass' to save $180 on your ticket! MEL 2 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... BNE 9 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-202...
What if the best software architect isn't the person making all the decisions? 🤔 At @yowconf.bsky.social @andrewhl.bsky.social explores how to empower teams to make architectural decisions, reduce bottlenecks, and build better systems together. Watch: youtu.be/BQYIBKIzY5g?... #SoftwareArchitecture
Empowering Teams to Make Architectural Decisions • Andrew Harmel-Law • YOW! 2025
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⏳ 7 days to go #YOW26 earlybird tickets officially wrap up in one week - and with 20% off (a $275 saving), this is as good as it gets. 🎟️ Secure yours now before the window closes. Melbourne 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-2026 Brisbane 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026
Who attends YOW! events? People who care about building better software. YOW! brings together leading software dev experts to Australia to share emerging technologies, proven practices & real-world experience - without the commercial hype. youtu.be/OyVDBdD09XY?...
Welcome to YOW!
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With AI we're writing more code than ever, and more non-Engineers are involved in building with code. Ben takes the stage at #YOWTLS26 in Brisbane to talk about his experiments in building software without human review, and the systems he’s building
Lalitha is now sharing what strategies tech leaders need when they need to evolve systems and teams at the same time at #YOWTLS26 in Brisbane
Thrilled to have Justin Mclean at #YOWTLS26 in Brisbane to share real lessons from open source projects that have scaled without collapsing under their own weight
