2025 Key Trends: AI Workflows, Architectural Complexity, Sociotechnical Systems & Platform Products

Presenters InfoQ podcast hosts Source InfoQ podcast 🚀 Navigating the AI Paradox: The 2025–2026 Software Architecture Roadmap We are currently standing at a fascinating, albeit slightly chaotic, crossroads in technology. The dust from the initial AI explosion is settling, and as we look toward 2025 and 2026, the landscape is shifting from hype-driven development to a gritty realization of what it takes to build resilient, scalable systems in an AI-native world. ...

January 6, 2026 · 6 min

Building Software That Survives • Michael Nygard & Charles Humble

Presenters Michael Nygard Charles Humble Source GOTO podcast Unscripted Wisdom: Michael Nygard on Taming Tech Chaos, Championing Autonomy, and Redefining Leadership 🚀 Ever wondered what it takes to navigate the dizzying complexities of modern tech organizations? How do you balance the need for speed with the demand for stability? And what really makes a great leader in our ever-evolving industry? Recently, in a captivating episode of GoTo Unscripted, host Charles Humble sat down with Michael Nygard, General Manager of the Architecture Enablement Group at New Bank and the brilliant mind behind “Release It!”. Nygard, a seasoned tech leader, programmer, and architect, unpacked decades of experience, offering profound insights into the intricate dance between technology, organization, and leadership. ...

January 2, 2026 · 8 min

Opensource API Tools to agile your apifirst strategy.

Presenters Marco Antonio Sanz Molina Prados Source apidays Paris 2025 API-First: Designing for Success from Day One 🚀 In the fast-paced world of tech, building robust and scalable APIs is paramount. But how do we ensure our APIs are not just functional, but truly excellent? Marco Antonio S., an API and AI evangelist at APIs Foundation, recently shed light on a transformative approach: API-First. Forget the old ways; this is about designing for success from the very beginning. ...

December 30, 2025 · 5 min

Fundamentals of DevOps & Software Delivery • Yevgeniy 'Jim' Brikman & Kief Morris

Presenters Yevgeniy 'Jim' Brikman Kief Morris Source GOTO podcast From Pain to Production: Embracing DevOps for Efficient Software Delivery 🚀 Ever felt the sting of a deployment gone wrong? That gnawing frustration when getting your brilliant code into the hands of users feels more like a Herculean labor than a smooth operation? You’re not alone. The journey from a developer’s local machine to a secure, scalable, and highly available production environment can be a rollercoaster. But what if there was a better way? ...

December 30, 2025 · 6 min

Lightning Talk: How We Validate User Initiated Config Changes in Promet... G. Michalec & I. Skorjanc

Presenters Gregorz Michalec Ivona Skorjanc Source PromCon EU 2025 Level Up Your Prometheus Observability with Automated PR Checks 🚀💡 Hey everyone! 👋 Let’s dive into a super practical solution for ensuring best practices are followed when users are modifying your Prometheus configurations. This isn’t a polished presentation – it’s a lightning talk born from a lunch-time brainstorm, but the core ideas are incredibly valuable. 🤖 The Problem: Manual Validation is a Bottleneck 🧱 Traditionally, when users (like those on your platform observability team) create new script targets or alerting rules in Prometheus repositories, the validation process was entirely manual. 🧑‍💻 This meant a real operator had to manually review every pull request, checking for potential issues. The challenge? This was: ...

December 19, 2025 · 3 min