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# The New Shiny Syndrome: How to Avoid Tech Hype Traps


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 9, 2026
- **Time:** 15:30–16:00 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 4
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100135-the-new-shiny-syndrome-how-to-avoid-tech-hype-traps)

## Description

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.

## Speaker

### [Josip Stuhli](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@josip-stuhli)

CTO of SofaScore


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- [You Will Migrate Eventually: A developer approach to technology adoption](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/977-you-will-migrate) — Luisa Rink, Wouter Ligtenberg
- [Trust Issues: Because Zero-Trust Isn’t Optional Anymore](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1097-trust-issues-because) — Jan Peer Stöcklmair
- [Goodbye Microservices, Hello Self-Contained Systems](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/980-goodbye) — Simon Martinelli
- [Type Systems You Might Not Know (But Will Love)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1042-type-systems-you) — Veit Heller