CEO at Product School | Beyond the Pilot: The AI-Native Product Operating Model

Presenters Carlos González de Villaumbrosia Source ProductCon London 2026 🚀 Beyond the Hype: Building the AI-Native Product Operating Model Since we started ProductCon in 2019, the world of software has transformed. But today, we find ourselves in a startling AI Paradox. On one hand, the “SaaS-pocalypse” wiped out $1 trillion in market value in a single week as investors feared AI agents would displace giants like Salesforce and Adobe. On the other hand, AI companies like XAI, Anthropic, and OpenAI are seeing valuations skyrocket toward the $800 billion mark. ...

February 26, 2026 · 5 min

Software Evolution with Microservices and LLMs: A Conversation with Chris Richardson

Presenters Michael Stiefel Chris Richardson Source InfoQ podcast Architects Unpacked: From Trial by Fire to AI Frontiers 🚀 Welcome, fellow tech enthusiasts and architects! Today, we’re diving deep into the fascinating world of software architecture with a truly seasoned expert, Chris Richardson. Chris is not just an architect; he’s a thought leader, author of “Microservices Patterns,” founder of eventuate, and the mind behind microservices.io. He’s here to share his journey, insights on modernizing legacy systems, and his take on the evolving role of AI in our field. ...

February 23, 2026 · 6 min

Building Resilient Event-Driven Microservices in Financial Systems with Muzeeb Mohammad

Presenters Thomas Betts Muzeeb Mohammad Source InfoQ podcast Navigating Tomorrow’s Tech: Unlocking Speed, Security, and AI in Financial Services 🚀 If you’re a senior engineer, architect, or technical leader constantly scanning the horizon for the next big thing, you know the tech landscape is a whirlwind. QCON London, a conference focused on deep practical insights from senior practitioners, is where many look to stay ahead. Recently, on the InfoQ podcast, host Thomas Betts sat down with Muzeeb Mohammad, a Senior Manager of Software Engineering at JP Morgan Chase, to dive into the fascinating world of designing secure, resilient, and high-performance distributed microservices for large-scale financial platforms. Their conversation illuminates how financial giants embrace cutting-edge architectures and AI, proving that even the most established industries are ready for radical transformation. ...

February 16, 2026 · 6 min

Improving Valkey with Madelyn Olson

Presenters Thomas Betts Madelyn Olson Source InfoQ podcast From Redis to Valkey: Engineering the Future of In-Memory Data 🚀 In the fast-moving world of software architecture, few events trigger as much immediate action as a major licensing shift. When Redis moved away from its open-source roots in March 2024, the community didn’t just complain—they built. Thomas Betts recently sat down with Madelyn Olson, a maintainer of the Valkey project and Principal Engineer at AWS, to discuss how a dedicated group of engineers birthed a new industry standard in just eight days. Beyond the drama of the fork lies a story of deep technical refinement, where modernizing a 2009-era hashmap design led to staggering memory savings and performance gains. ...

February 9, 2026 · 5 min

Dial Once, Scale Infinitely: Production-Ready gRPC Without the Mess - Aparna Prabhu & Saubhik Singh

Presenters Aparna Prabhu Saubhik Singh Source grpConf India 2025 From Vanilla gRPC to DRPC: Scaling Microservices at DigitalOcean 🚀 Ever wondered how cloud giants handle the immense complexity of running thousands of services, all while keeping things lightning-fast and reliable? Today, we’re diving deep into the world of gRPC and how DigitalOcean has not only adopted it but evolved it into their own robust solution, DRPC. Get ready for a journey from the basics of remote procedure calls to the nitty-gritty of their custom platform! ...

February 4, 2026 · 5 min