Coffee With Developers • May 18, 2018

Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock

Stefan Lingler

Hosted by Thomas Pamminger

Stefan Lingler scaled Shpock’s backend to 10 million users without letting technical debt crush velocity. Discover how dedicating 1.5 days per release cycle to code cleanup sustained their massive growth.

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