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Keynote at Craft Conference 2024. The past 18 months have seen major change reshape the tech industry. What does it all mean for businesses and dev teams – and what will pragmatic software engineering approaches look like in the future?

I tackled these burning questions in my conference talk, “What’s Old is New Again,” which was the keynote of the Craft Conference in May 2024.

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More details on Craft Conference: https://craftconf.com/2024

01:22 Small teams moving faster than before
03:21 What else is familiar from earlier?
05:13 What is going on in the tech industry?
11:13 Root cause #1: interest rates
18:37 Root cause #2: smartphone & cloud revolution
20:57 The new reality for software engineers
23:41 Shopify's preparation to this "new reality"
25:56 The new reality for software engineering practices
34:21 Haven't we seen this before?
39:01 Takeaways