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World Congress 2023 • Aug 11, 2023

Throwing off the burdens of scale in engineering

David Singleton , Thomas Pamminger

David Singleton proves massive scale doesn't have to destroy engineering velocity. Discover how Stripe uses sensible architecture, friction logging, and AI to ruthlessly eliminate organizational drag.

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