Track Overview
Microservice - The First Decade
A decade ago, the term "microservices" was coined at a software architecture workshop. Since then, this architectural style was attracting a lot of interest in the tech industry leading to widespread adoption, but is still facing controversial discussions and pain points.
Microservices bring various benefits but come with a lot of complexities. On this track, we are going to share stories about microservices adoptions including pitfalls and discussing potential future trends of microservices.
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Unwinding a Decade of Assumptions - Architecting New Experiences
Thursday May 20 / 06:10AM PDT
How are you thinking about legacy? As engineers, we look at systems or code that haven’t changed in years, and imagine what we would do today. However, we often neglect the hearts and minds behind them, and how those need to change too. The price of innovation is an evergreen race between...
Cole Turner
Senior Software Engineer @Netflix
The Human Side of Airbnb’s Microservice Architecture
Thursday May 20 / 07:10AM PDT
The long journey of migrating your monolith to microservices is not only a technical challenge but also a shift in culture and the ways of working for your company. Scaling your tech stack is often motivated by the needs of an expanding engineering team and business. To move into the world of...
Jessica Tai
Engineering Manager of Homes Platform Infrastructure @Airbnb
Minimizing Design Time Coupling in a Microservice Architecture
Thursday May 20 / 08:10AM PDT
Delivering large, complex software rapidly, frequently and reliably requires a loosely coupled organization. DevOps teams should rarely need to communicate and coordinate in order to get work done. Conway's law states that an organization and the architecture that it develops mirror one...
Chris Richardson
Creator of microservices.io; Author of Microservices patterns & Java Champion
Panel: What Have We Learned Over the Last Decade of Microservices?
Thursday May 20 / 09:10AM PDT
Our expert panel of Microservices practitioners will be looking at and examining what we as an industry have learned over the last decade or so building and delivering Microservices architectures. We will discuss what some of the common challenges are for newcomers to the space, and look at what...
Chris Richardson
Creator of microservices.io; Author of Microservices patterns & Java Champion
James Lewis
Software Architect and Director @ThoughtWorks
Katie Gamanji
Ecosystem Technical Advocate at Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Speakers from this track
Cole Turner
Senior Software Engineer @Netflix
Cole Turner is a senior software engineer at Netflix, focusing on user interfaces and experimentation. When he’s not doing that, he’s chasing how to improve developer ergonomics and productivity, and mentoring early career developers in engineering and career growth. You can catch him...
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Jessica Tai
Engineering Manager of Homes Platform Infrastructure @Airbnb
Previously a staff engineer on Airbnb’s Core Services infra team, Jessica has given multiple talks at QCon about the technical design and scaling challenges with the migration to service-oriented architecture. Now an engineering manager of the User and Foundation infrastructure teams, she...
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Chris Richardson
Creator of microservices.io; Author of Microservices patterns & Java Champion
Chris Richardson is a developer and architect. He is a Java Champion, a JavaOne rock star and the author of POJOs in Action, which describes how to build enterprise Java applications with frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate. Chris was also the founder of the original CloudFoundry.com, an...
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James Lewis
Software Architect and Director @ThoughtWorks
James Lewis is a Software Architect and Director at ThoughtWorks based in the UK. He’s proud to have been a part of ThoughtWorks’ journey for fifteen years and it’s ongoing mission of delivering technical excellence for its clients and in amplifying positive social change for an...
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Katie Gamanji
Ecosystem Technical Advocate at Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Katie is the Ecosystem Technical Advocate at CNCF or Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Katie's focus within this role is to grow and lead the End User Community while bridging the gap with other ecosystem units, such as project maintainers, TOCs, and SIGs. In the past roles as a cloud...
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Track Host
Nicki Watt
CTO/CEO @OpenCredo
Track Host
Nicki Watt
CTO/CEO @OpenCredo
Nicki Watt currently serves as OpenCredo’s CTO/CEO, a pragmatic hands on software consultancy with specialisms in data engineering, ML & cloud native solutions. Her technical career has seen her wear many hats from Engineer, Systems & Technical Architects to Consultant and now...
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