Lightning Talk: The Backstage Builder Experience at Adyen - Sander Boumeester, Adyen

Presenters Sander Boumeester Source BackstageCon Europe 2026 Leveling Up Developer Experience: Building a Thriving Internal Developer Portal at Adyen 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! 👋 Ever wondered how global financial tech giants like Adyen keep their development engine humming with speed and quality? Sander Boumeester, an engineer at Adyen for the past two and a half years, shared some incredible insights into their journey of transforming their internal developer portal, aptly named “Launchpad,” from a little-used tool to a vital hub for over a thousand developers. ...

April 13, 2026 · 5 min

How SBOMs and Engineering Discipline Can Help You Avoid Trivy’s Compromise

Presenters Viktor Peterson Source InfoQ podcast The S-bomb Revolution: Why Your Software Ingredients Matter More Than Ever 🚀🌐 In the world of mobile application security, good enough is simply a vulnerability. Viktor Peterson, a seasoned entrepreneur and co-chair of a CISA working group, recently sat down with Olimpio Pope to discuss the shifting landscape of Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs). What started as a niche security practice is rapidly becoming the global standard for software transparency. ...

April 13, 2026 · 5 min

The Dilemma of Using AI for Sustainable Software Engineers, with Natasha Ann Lum | #77

Presenters Gaël Duez Natasha Ann Lum Source Green IO podcast Navigating the AI Dilemma: How Responsible Technologists Can Build a Greener Digital World 🚀💡 In the fast-paced world of technology, AI tools are no longer a novelty; they are a mainstream reality. But what happens when the drive for innovation clashes with the urgent need for environmental sustainability? This is the core dilemma facing a growing number of software engineers, a challenge expertly unpacked by Gaël Duez of Green.io and Natasha Ann Lum, co-founder of Rack Tech podcast and a software engineer for the Singaporean government. ...

April 10, 2026 · 6 min

Agentic Systems Without Chaos: Early Operating Models for Autonomous Agents

Presenters Shweta Vohra Joseph Stein Source InfoQ podcast 🚀 Agentic Systems Without Chaos: Building the Next-Gen AI Operating Model If your team has AI running in a proof of concept but struggles to deploy it reliably in production, you are navigating the most critical gap in modern engineering. In this episode of the Next Generation Playbook for AI, Shweta Vohra sits down with industry veteran Joseph Stein to decode how we move from simple chatbots to autonomous agentic systems without descending into architectural chaos. ...

March 25, 2026 · 5 min

Shifting Social Norms in Sustainability Leadership | Andrea Learned

Presenters Gaël Duez Andrea Learned Source Green IO podcast 🚀 Quiet Influence: How to Drive Sustainable Change Without Getting Fired In the high-pressure world of tech, it is easy to feel powerless. Between the doom and gloom of climate data, the relentless pace of Generative AI deployment, and the fear of corporate retaliation, many responsible technologists feel paralyzed. But what if the key to systemic change isn’t a loud, aggressive campaign, but a quiet, joyful, and consistent approach? I recently sat down with Andrea Learned, a veteran in marketing and communications turned climate leadership expert, to discuss how we can use our personal values to shift professional norms—without burning out or losing our jobs. ...

March 24, 2026 · 4 min