You Will Migrate Eventually: A developer approach to technology adoption
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Luisa Rink
ING
Product Engineer
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Wouter Ligtenberg
ING
Director of Engineering
The New Shiny Syndrome: How to Avoid Tech Hype Traps
July 9, 2026
15:30
–
16:00
·
30
min
Stage 4
What this session covers
Microservices! Kubernetes! Serverless! NoSQL! The tech industry loves its buzzwords, but blindly following trends can lead to unnecessary complexity and wasted effort. In this talk, Josip will dissect the biggest tech hype cycles of the past decade and discuss practical frameworks for evaluating when (and when not) to adopt new tools.
World Congress 2026 Europe
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