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Presenters Abhishek Fatehpuria Source Product School podcast From Intern to VP: The Robinhood Playbook for Dominating the Future of Finance 🚀 What does it take to grow from a mobile-only trading app into a global financial powerhouse with a $62 billion market cap? In a recent masterclass on the Product Podcast, Abhishek Fatehpuria, Vice President of Product at Robinhood, shared the internal strategies driving the company’s record $4.5 billion revenue in 2025. ...

Presenters Martin Kleppmann Source The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast Unpacking the Pillars of Modern Data Systems: A Deep Dive with Martin Kleppmann 🚀 The world of data systems is constantly evolving, and understanding its fundamental principles is crucial for any engineer building for the future. Martin Kleppmann, the acclaimed author of “Designing Data-Intensive Applications,” recently sat down to discuss the latest edition of his seminal work, his entrepreneurial journey, and the shifting landscape of technology. This conversation offers a treasure trove of insights into what makes systems reliable, scalable, and maintainable, and how we can navigate the complexities of modern tech. ...

Presenters Jacob Lauritzen Source AI Engineer Europe 2026 Beyond the Chatbox: Why Complex AI Agents Need More Than Just Conversation 🚀 If you have ever tasked an AI agent with a long-running, complex project—like drafting a legal contract—you have likely hit the “context rot” wall. You watch the agent spin up sub-agents, search the web, and write files, only for it to stumble on a minor detail, hallucinate, or lose the plot entirely 30 minutes later. ...

Presenters Raj Dutt Torkel Ödegaard Source GrafanaCon 2026 GrafanaCON Barcelona: A Year of Innovation and the Dawn of Agentic Observability 🚀 GrafanaCON 2024 has landed in Barcelona, and what a kickoff it’s been! This year marks the 10th GrafanaCON, and it’s shaping up to be the biggest and best yet, a far cry from the humble beginnings with just 30 attendees in an office. Grafana Labs co-founders Raj Dutt and Torkel Ödegaard kicked things off with a look back at Grafana’s journey and a thrilling glimpse into the future of observability. ...

Presenters Gergely Orosz Source AI Engineer Europe 2026 Token Maximizing: The New (and Bizarre) Metric in Big Tech 🤯 Ever feel like you’re drowning in metrics? Well, buckle up, because the tech world has a new, and frankly, wild one: token maximizing. Gergely Orosz, the brilliant mind behind The Pragmatic Engineer, dropped some serious insights on this phenomenon, and it’s a story that’s both hilarious and a little bit terrifying. ...