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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It's Ada Lovelace Day, a celebration of the achievements of women in STEM careers. In memory of #AdaLovelace, the 1st computer programmer, we'd like to honour the amazing women who have graced our events & shared their stories, knowledge & expertise. Thank you all! #womenintech

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

If you write C#, this is your chance to catch up on where the language is heading & what you can start using today. 🎟️ Get your ticket: 📍Melbourne 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍Brisbane 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

C# has changed a lot. Have you kept up? With every new version come features designed to make our code cleaner, safer & easier to work with - but it’s easy to miss what’s actually useful. At #YOW26, @fekberg.bsky.social is taking us through the C# features worth knowing...

YOW! Conferences + Masterclasses 2026 promotional graphic featuring speaker Filip Ekberg and his talk, “Let’s catch up with C#.” The graphic identifies Filip Ekberg as Principal Consultant at fekberg AB, with YOW! 2026 conference dates for Melbourne and Brisbane.

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Have you seen this year's #YOW26 speaker lineup, thanks to the hard work of the planning team? Check out who they are over 👇👇👇 Melbourne 3-4 Dec: yowcon.com/melbourne-2026/speakers Brisbane 7-8 Dec: yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/speakers

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We're thrilled @fastly.com is now a #YOW26 GOLD Sponsor! 👏👏👏 The Fastly Edge Cloud Platform delivers some of the best & fastest online experiences possible thru edge compute, delivery, security & observability offerings.

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Because sometimes the best way to understand where we're going is to look at how we got here. Lock in your seat in the following cities: 📍 Melbourne 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 Brisbane 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Everyone's talking about the AI revolution. @tlberglund.bsky.social wants to take a step back in his #YOW26 keynote & look at the ideas and technologies that brought us here - from the early days of AI research through neural networks & transformers to today's generative AI boom...

YOW! Conferences + Masterclasses 2026 promotional graphic featuring keynote speaker Tim Berglund and his talk, “A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence.” The graphic identifies Tim Berglund as VP Developer Relations at Confluent, with YOW! 2026 conference dates for Melbourne and Brisbane.

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're very excited to have @randyshoup.bsky.social back for #YOW26. If you've never heard him speak, you're in for a treat. If you have, you already know why we're excited. 📍 Melbourne 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 Brisbane 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Some software problems are new. Some have been annoying engineering teams for decades. @randyshoup.bsky.social has spent more than 30 years working on them. He's also no stranger to YOW! - having joined us previously at #YOW22 with his talk: youtu.be/oejXFgvAwTA?...

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Large-Scale Architecture: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Simplicity • Randy Shoup • YOW! 2022

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Join him and our other #YOW26 speakers this December for 2-days of unbiased and technically rich learning! 🎟️ MEL yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 🎟️ BNE yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pls welcome @vladikk.bsky.social to #YOW26! Vlad will look at why so many approaches to modularity haven't quite delivered on their promises, & share a practical way to evaluate the modularity of your own codebase, identify where things have gone wrong & start fixing them.

YOW! Conferences + Masterclasses 2026 promotional graphic featuring speaker Vlad Khononov and his talk, “Practical Modular Design for You and Your Robot.” The graphic identifies Vlad Khononov as Founding Engineer at nekuda, with YOW! 2026 conference dates for Melbourne and Brisbane.

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Josh Long 🍃 @starbuxman.joshlong.com · 24/09/2026

🎙️ New episode of a Bootiful Podcast: I chat with Michael Carducci on deterministic AI, semantic layers, and why the future of AI may be won at the data layer-not the model layer. For production-ready AI and auditable reasoning, listen here: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-edzgh-1b6a707

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It was a great talk at #YOWTLS26 and we're really excited to hear it again this December!

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This December, @roundcrisis.com joins us again at #YOW26 with @chrissimon.au to look into how Residuality Theory has disrupted the Software Architecture scene. See them both in: 📍 Melbourne 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 Brisbane 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Software architecture isn't just about drawing boxes and arrows. It's abt understanding the system those boxes are part of. In her #YOW24 session, @roundcrisis.com explores systems thinking thru a series of short architecture sessions. 🎥 Thinking About Systems: youtu.be/SIIiNLoPDFA

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Thinking About Systems with Bytesize Architecture Sessions • Andrea Magnorsky • YOW! 2024

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you're responsible for engineering delivery, this is a conversation worth having. Join Simon and our other speakers in your favourite city: 📍 MEL 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We're excited Simon White joins #YOW26, where he'll challenge some familiar assumptions abt delivery & introduce a practical application of the Five Focusing Steps to product and engineering organisations.

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When delivery slows down, it's tempting to do something. Add people. Add AI agents. Restructure the teams. Buy better tools. Introduce a new process. The activity goes up. The meetings go up. The reporting goes up. But does the work actually get delivered faster?

YOW! Conferences + Masterclasses 2026 promotional graphic featuring speaker Simon White and his talk, “Your Teams Aren’t the Problem – Your System Is: Why Most Software Leaders Optimise the Wrong Things.” The graphic identifies Simon White as Chairman of TOCICO and Senior Program Manager at WTG, with YOW! 2026 conference dates for Melbourne and Brisbane.

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Looking forward to having you on our stage this December!

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Please welcome Chainguard as a #YOW26 Bronze sponsor! 👏👏👏 They provide hardened, trusted & production-ready builds for open source software that prevents AI-driven attacks from entering your software supply chain. Find out more at www.chainguard.dev

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you're trying to keep up with #MCP, you've noticed a LOT has changed. Join @philna.sh at #YOW26 to look at how the protocol & ecosystem have evolved over the year and where it still has work to do. 📍 MEL 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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Josh Long 🍃 @starbuxman.joshlong.com · 17/09/2026

Spring tools leveled up: from Eclipse to VS Code to MCP, the Spring team is turning IDE intelligence into AI superpowers. Auto-complete, runtime insights, and agent-ready context across Eclipse, VS Code, Cursor, Neovim, Emacs, and more. How? www.podbean.com/ew/pb-qhvuw-1b60d3a

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Chris Simon @chrissimon.au · 04/09/2026

Something that has become apparent in researching this is just how fragmented and disconnected our industry is becoming. Everyone experiences it uniquely and reactions are spread... from disillusioned and cynical to euphoric and starry-eyed. watch.getcontrast.io/register/ice...

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A defence of technical excellence for lovers and haters of LLMs

The discipline of software development is changing faster than ever while management expectations, already excessive, are reaching dizzying new heights of ...

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@roundcrisis.com and @chrissimon.au will give you a taste of what they'll be exploring at #YOW26: what does Residuality look like in the real world? 🎟 Bring your team! 📍 MEL 3 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 9 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@allenholub.bsky.social is back at #YOW26 with his 1-day masterclass, Practical Software Architecture for AI And Everything Else. 📍 MEL 3 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 9 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-202...

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ever tried to introduce a better way of working to a software team? Then you've probably run into some version of Larman's Law. @allenholub.bsky.social joined #YOW24 to look at why org change is hard & what it takes to get people on board. 🎥 Watch it: youtu.be/XwhF_xbVpIQ

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Getting Buy-In: Overcoming Larman's Law • Allen Holub • YOW! 2024

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

To all the IT Professionals out there, Happy IT Professionals Day! May your ☕coffee/tea stay hot, your 🍻beer cold, your deployment smooth and production 🐛bug-free!

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

AI is everywhere. But is it actually part of your app yet? @starbuxman.joshlong.com joins #YOW26 to take a practical look at bringing AI into the applications you're already building with Java & Spring. 📍 MEL 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We're excited to welcome back REA Group as a #YOW26 Melbourne SILVER sponsor! REA Group (ASX: REA) is a leading digital business working towards changing the way the world experiences property. Visit www.rea-group.com to see how they're changing the way the world experiences property.

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you're building AI systems for real users, real businesses or high-stakes environments, this is a useful reminder that the model is only part of the product. Join #YOW26 this December 📍 Melbourne 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 Brisbane 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What do you do when your AI model is 62% accurate, but the workflow requires more than 99%? #YOW26 speaker Chris Henry will use lessons from real-world diagnostic & clinical software to challenge the idea that the model is the centre of an AI system.

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What if chat isn't the best interface for AI? @todepond.com is joining #YOW26 as a keynote speaker. If you've seen Lu's #YOW24 talk, you'll know they have a pretty different take on how we interact with AI. If you missed it, it's well worth a watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLvM...

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Beyond Chat: Bringing Models to The Canvas • Lu Wilson • YOW! 2024

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Then join her at #YOW26 this December in your favourite city: 📍 Melbourne 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 Brisbane 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-202...

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What does it mean to be a software engineer when AI can write more & more of the code? Annie Vella recently discussed The Software Engineering Identity Crisis - and it's a conversation worth having if you're thinking about how our roles are changing 🎥 youtu.be/GI2ywMl2gQk

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The Software Engineering Identity Crisis - Insights with Annie Vella

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Doubled engineering productivity & it still wasn't enough? @randyshoup.bsky.social takes an honest look at the gap between improving how teams work & changing how an org works 🎟 Bring the team to #YOW26! 📍 MEL 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

What happens when your most demanding user is an #AIAgent? Jeremy D. Miller joins #YOW26 with "Making an Application Framework AI Friendly" to share learnings from adapting their tools for a world where AI agents are increasingly involved in building & working with software

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Struggling to understand production even with an observability tool? @kaspernissen.xyz will share why building a platform that gives devs the info they need when they need it w/o complexity is the bigger challenge. #YOW26 📍 MEL yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Join our #YOW26 Masterclass with @allenholub.bsky.social: Domain-Focused Component Architecture for AI-Assisted Development 📍 MEL 2 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 9 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-202...

YOW! 2026 Masterclass promotional graphic for Allen Holub’s “Domain-Focused Component Architecture for AI-Assisted Development: A Hands-On Workshop.” The graphic lists Allen Holub as the instructor, with sessions on Wednesday 2 December at Cliftons Melbourne and Wednesday 9 December at Cliftons Brisbane, alongside his portrait.

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

What happens when you put 1 demanding prog language with #AIAgents? Niko joins #YOW26 to explore how #Rust can provide guardrails for reliable code & how agents can help learn Rust & migrate codebases. 📍 MEL 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

YOW! Conferences 2026 speaker graphic featuring Niko Matsakis, Senior Principal Engineer at Amazon, presenting “Rust in the Age of Agents.” The graphic includes the conference dates and locations: Melbourne 2–4 December and Brisbane 7–9 December, with a portrait of Niko Matsakis on the right.

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

We're thrilled to welcome back Liberty as a #YOW26 Melbourne GOLD sponsor! Liberty remains the only non-bank lender with an investment-grade credit rating offering custom and prime solutions to help more people get financial. www.liberty.com.au

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GOTO Conferences @gotocon.com · 18/08/2026

AI agents aren't just chatbots anymore. They're getting tools, permissions, and access to sensitive data. 😳 In this @yowconf.bsky.social talk, @insider.phd explores how malicious prompts can hijack agents—and turn them into an insider threat. Watch: youtu.be/fuJq99juh0Q?...

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AI Agents Gone Rogue? Build, Defend & Attack AI-Enabled Apps • Katie Paxton-Fear • YOW! 2025

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Please welcome @todepond.com as a #YOW26 keynote speaker! Lu will explore how practices & mentalities of an informal jam session might tell us abt the way we collaborate, create & build software together. 📍 MEL 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

YOW! Conferences 2026 speaker graphic featuring Lu Wilson, a software engineer presenting the keynote “Jam-oriented programming: Bringing improvisational jazz to engineering.” The graphic includes the conference dates and locations: Melbourne 2–4 December and Brisbane 7–9 December, with a portrait of Lu Wilson on the right.

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GOTO Conferences @gotocon.com · 04/08/2026

What if your front-end tests ran automatically on every PR—and caught issues before users ever saw them? 🚀 @amyskapers.dev shows how to build reliable front-end testing pipelines with #GitHubActions in this practical @yowconf.bsky.social talk. 🎥 youtu.be/2om5ofTuV2Q?...

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Front End Testing with GitHub Actions • Amy Kapernick • YOW! 2025

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

@johanjanssen.bsky.social joins #YOW26 with his talk - Keeping Your Code, Dependencies, & Runtime Up to Date - to share practical ways to keep your apps healthy w/o turning dependency management into a full-time job. 📍 MEL 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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GOTO Conferences @gotocon.com · 11/08/2026

Programming languages never stand still. In this @yowconf.bsky.social talk, @kevlin.bsky.social explores where languages came from, why they evolve, and what the future might look like. A must-watch for every developer. 👇 youtu.be/nNWROjHZzuU?...

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The Past, Present & Future of Programming Languages • Kevlin Henney • YOW! 2025

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We're writing more code than ever. The challenge is making sure it does what it's supposed to. We're excited to welcome Vilhelm von Ehrenheim to #YOW26 with his talk: Quality Engineering for the Software Factory 📍 MEL 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We're thrilled to welcome & thank Octopus Deploy as a #YOW26 Brisbane Bronze sponsor! They make it easy to deliver software to Kubernetes, multi-cloud, on-prem & anywhere else at scale in 1 platform. Visit octopus.com/company/care... to learn how to do the best work of your life.

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Sonya Natanzon will take a fresh look at 1 of the biggest tensions in software dev at #YOW26: is architecture really competing w/ biz value? Or have we been thinking about the problem the wrong way? 📍 MEL 3-4 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 BNE 7-8 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2026/

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