DeveloperWeek 2025: Full Schedule

2:00pm PST

PRO WORKSHOP: GitHub Actions: Make Them Work for You!

Tuesday February 11, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PST

Eleftherios Chrysochoidis, Chubb, Lead API Software Engineer

GitHub Actions offer robust and free CI/CD capabilities to streamline your development process. In this presentation, we'll dive into the core components of GitHub Actions and explore how they can be set to work for you by demonstrating various simple and advanced use cases!

GitHub Actions is an ideal tool for any project hosted on GitHub. It provides CI/CD features out of the box and is accessible to everyone without the need for extra infrastructure or setup. The declarative way of creating Actions makes their usage really easy, and its remarkable free layer provides sufficient limits even for big projects.

Especially for Open Source projects, where usually there is more than a single contributor, the need for CI/CD is huge. What will happen if you own an open source project and someone creates a Pull Request with really nice features but adds Security risks in the project (e.g. due to deprecated dependencies) or if they break some of the existing functionality? Would you be able to check all of them on your own? Maybe yes, but it would take much more time compared to having them all checked automatically by utilizing GitHub Actions.

Join me to explore how to make GitHub Actions run faster by utilizing caching mechanisms, build Reports for Testing, Coverage and Security issues and integrate them with any open Pull Request in the community, to have an automated evaluation of the suggested PR and get notifications for them.

Speakers

Eleftherios Chrysochoidis

Lead API Software Engineer, Chubb

Experienced Lead Software Engineer with Passion for Community EngagementWith over six years of experience in software engineering, building and maintaining robust applications, Eleftherios (or simply Lefteris) gained a deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot technologies.His passion... Read More →

Tuesday February 11, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PST
DevExec World Stage

OpsWorld

Tracks & Topics DevOps, DevOps Certificate
Session Type PRO Workshop Day (Tues)
Conferences OpsWorld
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:30pm PST

OPEN Session: Where Is the Love? Why Automated Regression Testing Isn’t Getting the Attention It Needs

Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST

OpsWorld Stage

Jens Wessling, Veracode, Chief Technology Officer

As software development continues to evolve at a rapid pace and new innovations bring a world of possibilities, one item is often left behind: automated regression testing. The truth is without it, organizations can forget about software quality, security, winning customers' trust or being agile.

Regression testing is an integral, non-negotiable part of the production software development process right from the very moment the first line of production code is written. Its impact goes beyond code correctness, influencing development velocity, reducing long-term maintenance costs and ensuring a smoother integration process during acquisitions. However, companies often scramble to retrofit regression testing into their legacy code, but in reality, less than 10% of these after-the-fact efforts ever pan out. It might be tempting to overlook the absence of solid regression testing in smaller companies, but here's the catch: the long-term costs of maintaining code without automated testing don't just stay put – they grow. It's not just a “nice to have” it’s a strategic investment to safeguard their current operations and for companies to position themselves for future growth, innovation and success.

In this Thought Leadership Session, Jens Wessling, CTO of Veracode, outlines the importance of automated regression testing, highlighting why both developers and the C-Suite should make it a priority from the outset and how to make it a core aspect of your team's ethos.

Speakers

Jens Wessling

Chief Technology Officer, Veracode

Jens Wessling is the Chief Technology Officer at Veracode. He leads the architecture vision for Veracode’s core capabilities around its proprietary data model and AI-powered remediation engine. With more than 25 years’ experience in software engineering and architecture, Jens... Read More →

Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
OpsWorld Stage

Dev Exec World

Tracks & Topics DevOps, DevOps Certificate
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences Dev Exec World, OpsWorld
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:30am PST

OPEN Session: Reducing Developer Toil: Agentic AI-driven Testing

Thursday February 13, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST

OpsWorld Stage

Animesh Mishra, Diffblue, Senior Solutions Engineer

Developer toil is real — days, even weeks, are spent conducting manual, repetitive, time-gobbling tasks like unit testing. And while GenAI coding assistants can support developers, they repeatedly fall short in performing complex TestQA tasks without human oversight.

The problem is compounded by the shortage of experienced testers, leaving developers drowning in QA testing rather than writing and innovating application code. Reports show 75% of developers’ time is spent on tasks other than code generation, resulting in 57% of developers admitting to skipping unit tests entirely.

For companies to succeed, code must be fool proof. So how can developers ensure testing is comprehensive and done with due diligence — and at scale?

The answer lies in reinforcement learning-based autonomous AI, which can eliminate up to 95% of the time developers typically spend on test writing. In this session, you will learn how to eliminate developer toil by automating manual and tedious test operations at scale (both locally and in CI), how the right tools can autonomously write and maintain unit tests for entire Java code bases, and how to ensure your unit tests for complex code are comprehensive.

This talk is designed for dev leaders looking to push the boundaries of what’s possible in Test/QA with emerging AI technology.

Speakers

Animesh Mishra

Senior Solutions Engineer, Diffblue

Animesh Mishra is a dynamic B2B Sales Engineer with a background in both engineering and sales. Animesh excels in understanding complex AI solutions and translating them into tangible business benefits for engineering teams. He's passionate about AI and its transformative impact on... Read More →

Thursday February 13, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST
OpsWorld Stage

OpsWorld

Tracks & Topics DevOps, DevOps Certificate
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OpsWorld, AI DevWorld, OPEN Session
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:00am PST

OPEN Session: Unlocking AI-Powered DevOps Within Your Organization

Thursday February 13, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST

AI DevWorld OPEN Stage

Jon Peck, GitHub, Technical Advocate & Software Developer

Software development is a team sport, with many different roles, where eveyone can win. But success isn't guaranteed; it depends on specific practices, policies, and tools which enable minimally-siloed, AI-accelerated collaboration across all parts of the DevOps process, from PM to development to CI/CD and security.

Discover the patterns and tools which lead to success, methods for changing the status quo, and perhaps a few horror stories. We'll touch on innersourcing, cloud development, AI, automation, governance, security, scaling and more -- with actionable learnings for everyone from small maintainer communities to F500 Enterprises.

Speakers

Jon Peck

Software Developer, GitHub

An Enterprise Advocate (and occasional manager) at GitHub, Jon Peck meets daily with maintainers, startups, and F500 executives to familiarize them with industry best practices, policy suggestions, and product capabilities across DevOps and AI. With 25+ years of experience as a fullstack... Read More →

Thursday February 13, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST
AI DevWorld OPEN Stage

Dev Exec World

Tracks & Topics Technical Leadership & Management, DevOps, DevOps Certificate
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences Dev Exec World, AI DevWorld, OPEN Session, OpsWorld
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PST

OPEN Session: Optimizing CI/CD pipelines for High Performance

Thursday February 13, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST

OpsWorld Stage

Neha Surendranath, LinkedIn, Sr. Technical Program Manager

In this technical session, we will explore advanced strategies to enhance the efficiency and reliability of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. We will also discover how implementing GitOps workflows with Argo CD and Flux can automate deployments and ensure consistency across environments. We'll also delve into advanced deployment techniques such as canary and blue-green releases to minimize downtime and reduce risk.

Speakers

Neha Surendranath

Sr. Technical Program Manager, LinkedIn

I work as a Senior Program Manager at LinkedIn, where I lead the development and enhancement of key platform features that help millions of professionals connect and find job opportunities. My role is crucial as I oversee projects like the recent update to our job recommendation algorithm... Read More →

Thursday February 13, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
OpsWorld Stage

OpsWorld