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# Videos

2123 videos · 23049 moments · 1194.7 hours of content

## World Congress 2023 videos

### Why shifting left is so important for software developers

Tired of reactive production firefighting? Discover how shifting left and integrating active observability directly into your IDE catches vulnerabilities before they ever reach your users.

- **Speakers:** Jemiah Sius
- **Event:** World Congress 2023
- **Published:** August 11, 2023
- **Duration:** 41:51
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/598-why-shifting-left-is-so-important-for-software-developers)

### Stack Overflow: Community and AI

AI won't replace developers. Your workflow will simply evolve. Discover how Overflow AI merges generative speed with verifiable, human-curated accuracy directly inside your IDE.

- **Speakers:** Prashanth Chandrasekar
- **Event:** World Congress 2023
- **Published:** August 11, 2023
- **Duration:** 30:41
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/600-stack-overflow-community-and-ai)

### The Clean as You Code Imperative

Stop mopping the floor while ignoring the leak. Learn how enforcing strict quality gates exclusively on new code changes naturally remediates legacy systems without an impossible refactoring backlog.

- **Speakers:** Olivier Gaudin
- **Event:** World Congress 2023
- **Published:** August 11, 2023
- **Duration:** 30:40
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/601-the-clean-as-you-code-imperative)

### Unlocking the potential of Digital & IT at Vodafone

How does a legacy telecom giant attract elite engineering talent? Vodafone is completely rebuilding its technical workforce by 2025. Uncover their blueprint for a sustainable, developer-first culture.

- **Speakers:** Ulrich Irnich
- **Event:** World Congress 2023
- **Published:** August 11, 2023
- **Duration:** 30:56
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/602-unlocking-the-potential-of-digital-it-at-vodafone)

### Ask Your Code

GitHub co-founder Scott Chacon claims your habitual Git workflow is fundamentally broken. Stop relying on flawed blame commands and uncover the true historical context of your codebase.

- **Speakers:** Scott Chacon
- **Event:** World Congress 2023
- **Published:** August 11, 2023
- **Duration:** 33:17
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/603-ask-your-code)

### Can you build a career in open source?

Open source powers 90% of software, but can its developers actually make a living? Discover how emerging funding models are finally making sustainable open source careers a reality.

- **Speakers:** Stormy Peters
- **Event:** World Congress 2023
- **Published:** August 11, 2023
- **Duration:** 59:18
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/604-can-you-build-a-career-in-open-source)

### Qwik: Making sure that easy is same as performant

Tired of client-side hydration ruining web performance? Qwik flips the rendering model upside down with resumability so you can ship zero-latency applications without sacrificing developer experience.

- **Speakers:** Miško Hevery
- **Event:** World Congress 2023
- **Published:** August 11, 2023
- **Duration:** 30:59
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/605-qwik-making-sure-that-easy-is-same-as-performant)

### Building a hypercar from scratch

How do you build a 2000-horsepower electric hypercar? You abandon traditional supply chains completely. Instead, you write custom embedded code and engineer a billion-dollar architecture from scratch.

- **Speakers:** David Romić
- **Event:** World Congress 2023
- **Published:** August 11, 2023
- **Duration:** 31:37
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/607-building-a-hypercar-from-scratch)

### Throwing off the burdens of scale in engineering

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.

- **Speakers:** David Singleton, Thomas Pamminger
- **Event:** World Congress 2023
- **Published:** August 11, 2023
- **Duration:** 32:00
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/608-throwing-off-the-burdens-of-scale-in-engineering)

### How to Survive The Worst Launch of Your Career with Brenda Romero

Brenda Romero asserts that no disastrous software launch is worth your mental health. Discover triage strategies to survive professional catastrophes and reclaim your passion without sacrificing yourself.

- **Speakers:** Brenda Romero
- **Event:** World Congress 2023
- **Published:** August 11, 2023
- **Duration:** 30:53
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/609-how-to-survive-the-worst-launch-of-your-career-with-brenda-romero)

### Lies we Tell Ourselves As Developers

TypeScript's strict type checking is lying to you. Uncover the hidden runtime pitfalls at your architectural boundaries and learn how to bridge the safety gap.

- **Speakers:** Stefan Baumgartner
- **Event:** World Congress 2023
- **Published:** August 11, 2023
- **Duration:** 31:13
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/610-lies-we-tell-ourselves-as-developers)

### From Punch Cards to AI-assisted Development

Programming once meant manually operating punch cards with zero margin for error. Discover how 75 years of developer frustration birthed the AI tools we rely on today.

- **Speakers:** Francesco Ciulla
- **Event:** World Congress 2023
- **Published:** August 11, 2023
- **Duration:** 36:53
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/611-from-punch-cards-to-ai-assisted-development)

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