You have prepared your self. You know all the "best practices" for your tools. You can take on all the problems the universe can throw at you, right?
Think again. What if you have just been programmed to follow someone else's wishes, disconnected from the problems you are trying to solve? What if you just became currency for some aspiring "influencer" or even worse a slave for the army of a tech giant? What if "Best Practices" have totally different reasons and outcomes than what you think? Join us for a perspective switch on "Best Practices".

Best practices are someone else's solution to someone else's problem. Let's go beyond them and talk about building your own, grounded in the laws that govern how real teams actually work, and the biases that separate teams that ship from teams that stall.

What works in a textbook doesn’t always work in production. Tech leaders and architects will share their stories of times when following industry standards actually hindered their projects — and the unconventional solutions they found instead. After the lightning talks, we’re opening the floor: no slides, no filters, just open mic. Bring your own stories and join the conversation!