Some reflections on last week's #ctocraftcon, and in particular the sensible conversations around AI usage in digital product teams - plus the empathy that was a big part of that. And then relating it to a social media kerfuffle about AI and #vim […]
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March 18, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Some reflections on last week's #ctocraftcon, and in particular the sensible conversations around AI usage in digital product teams - plus the empathy that was a big part of that. And then relating it to a social media kerfuffle about AI and #vim […]
Debuting at #CTOCraftCon in London with Ilya and Renat representing #Palark for all CTOs and tech leaders challenged by any DevOps-, SRE-, and Cloud Native-related issues! Excited to be here, having meaningful discussions and establishing new connections 🙌
March 10, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Debuting at #CTOCraftCon in London with Ilya and Renat representing #Palark for all CTOs and tech leaders challenged by any DevOps-, SRE-, and Cloud Native-related issues! Excited to be here, having meaningful discussions and establishing new connections 🙌
Last week I had a blast at #CTOCraftCon Berlin! I met so many amazing new people, had some great exchanges about fixing legacy in code as well as house (even held a talk about it) and I also got a very a good glimpse into state of the art software development.
October 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Last week I had a blast at #CTOCraftCon Berlin! I met so many amazing new people, had some great exchanges about fixing legacy in code as well as house (even held a talk about it) and I also got a very a good glimpse into state of the art software development.
On Wednesday I'll be speaking at #CTOCraftCon Berlin! I'll share insights from 13 years of renovating software projects, and the similarities that I noticed to renovating my own house. Anyone up for a coffee?
September 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
On Wednesday I'll be speaking at #CTOCraftCon Berlin! I'll share insights from 13 years of renovating software projects, and the similarities that I noticed to renovating my own house. Anyone up for a coffee?
Really looking forward to speaking at #CTOCraftCon Berlin on 23-24 September! I'll share insights from 13 years of renovating software projects, and the similarities that I noticed to renovating my own house. While software is not "architecture", it turns out that renovating does have similarities.
June 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Really looking forward to speaking at #CTOCraftCon Berlin on 23-24 September! I'll share insights from 13 years of renovating software projects, and the similarities that I noticed to renovating my own house. While software is not "architecture", it turns out that renovating does have similarities.
It was great to share ideas, swap stores and meet so many people at #CTOCraftCon Toronto. We're looking forward to seeing everyone again!
May 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It was great to share ideas, swap stores and meet so many people at #CTOCraftCon Toronto. We're looking forward to seeing everyone again!
🚨 Oh Canada! 🇨🇦
@piannaf.bsky.social will be at SOLD OUT #CTOCraftCon next week—connecting with leaders on AI, scaling teams, shared code, modern mobile architecture, org design, and everything in between.
Going? Let’s chat! 👋
conference.ctocraft.com/toronto-2025/
@piannaf.bsky.social will be at SOLD OUT #CTOCraftCon next week—connecting with leaders on AI, scaling teams, shared code, modern mobile architecture, org design, and everything in between.
Going? Let’s chat! 👋
conference.ctocraft.com/toronto-2025/
CTO Craft Con: Toronto 2025
CTO Craft Con will bring together over 200 Chief Technology Officers and other senior technology leaders from the most exciting start-ups, scale-ups, unicorns, and big tech companies to elevate their ...
conference.ctocraft.com
May 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🚨 Oh Canada! 🇨🇦
@piannaf.bsky.social will be at SOLD OUT #CTOCraftCon next week—connecting with leaders on AI, scaling teams, shared code, modern mobile architecture, org design, and everything in between.
Going? Let’s chat! 👋
conference.ctocraft.com/toronto-2025/
@piannaf.bsky.social will be at SOLD OUT #CTOCraftCon next week—connecting with leaders on AI, scaling teams, shared code, modern mobile architecture, org design, and everything in between.
Going? Let’s chat! 👋
conference.ctocraft.com/toronto-2025/
🚨 CTO Craft Con Toronto is SOLD OUT! If you’re going, come hang with the Honeycomb team at table 3!
We're bringing 🔍 observability insights and a chance to win a virtual fireside chat with one of our engineering leaders—perfect for your next team all-hands or strategy session.
#CTOCraftCon
We're bringing 🔍 observability insights and a chance to win a virtual fireside chat with one of our engineering leaders—perfect for your next team all-hands or strategy session.
#CTOCraftCon
May 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🚨 CTO Craft Con Toronto is SOLD OUT! If you’re going, come hang with the Honeycomb team at table 3!
We're bringing 🔍 observability insights and a chance to win a virtual fireside chat with one of our engineering leaders—perfect for your next team all-hands or strategy session.
#CTOCraftCon
We're bringing 🔍 observability insights and a chance to win a virtual fireside chat with one of our engineering leaders—perfect for your next team all-hands or strategy session.
#CTOCraftCon
Catch our CEO, Tomasz Szymański, and CGO, Konrad Łucka, in person at CTO Craft Con Toronto on May 27-28!
Come to SoftwareMill's booth to meet and chat with Tomasz and Konrad and play our crowd's favorite Wheel of Fortune 🏆
Let’s connect in Toronto!
#ctocraftcon #ceo #cto #softwaredevelopment
Come to SoftwareMill's booth to meet and chat with Tomasz and Konrad and play our crowd's favorite Wheel of Fortune 🏆
Let’s connect in Toronto!
#ctocraftcon #ceo #cto #softwaredevelopment
May 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Catch our CEO, Tomasz Szymański, and CGO, Konrad Łucka, in person at CTO Craft Con Toronto on May 27-28!
Come to SoftwareMill's booth to meet and chat with Tomasz and Konrad and play our crowd's favorite Wheel of Fortune 🏆
Let’s connect in Toronto!
#ctocraftcon #ceo #cto #softwaredevelopment
Come to SoftwareMill's booth to meet and chat with Tomasz and Konrad and play our crowd's favorite Wheel of Fortune 🏆
Let’s connect in Toronto!
#ctocraftcon #ceo #cto #softwaredevelopment
Getting close to #CTOCraftCon now! Slides are ready and trip is set, see you soon.
May 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Getting close to #CTOCraftCon now! Slides are ready and trip is set, see you soon.
I'll be speaking at #CTOCraftCon Toronto on May 27-28!
If you’re thinking of coming along, feel free to use my speaker discount code to save $100 (and yes, it stacks with Member pricing!): “SPEAKER-100”
conference.ctocraft.com/toronto-2025...
If you’re thinking of coming along, feel free to use my speaker discount code to save $100 (and yes, it stacks with Member pricing!): “SPEAKER-100”
conference.ctocraft.com/toronto-2025...
Registration Options | CTO Craft Con: Toronto 2025
Most Popular Member – One Day Advance Rate Save $150 Limited Time Offer $429 CAD +HST Last Minute Rate: $579 CAD One day access to CTO Craft Con: Toronto 2025 Access to member tic...
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April 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I'll be speaking at #CTOCraftCon Toronto on May 27-28!
If you’re thinking of coming along, feel free to use my speaker discount code to save $100 (and yes, it stacks with Member pricing!): “SPEAKER-100”
conference.ctocraft.com/toronto-2025...
If you’re thinking of coming along, feel free to use my speaker discount code to save $100 (and yes, it stacks with Member pricing!): “SPEAKER-100”
conference.ctocraft.com/toronto-2025...
Being a tech leader can be lonely — but we believe it doesn’t have to be that way. We’re proud to sponsor #CTOCraftCon Toronto, where engineering leaders can have honest, tactical conversations that rarely happen in day-to-day work. Come say hi May 27–28!
conference.ctocraft.com/toronto-2025/
conference.ctocraft.com/toronto-2025/
CTO Craft Con: Toronto 2025
CTO Craft Con will bring together over 200 Chief Technology Officers and other senior technology leaders from the most exciting start-ups, scale-ups, unicorns, and big tech companies to elevate their ...
conference.ctocraft.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Being a tech leader can be lonely — but we believe it doesn’t have to be that way. We’re proud to sponsor #CTOCraftCon Toronto, where engineering leaders can have honest, tactical conversations that rarely happen in day-to-day work. Come say hi May 27–28!
conference.ctocraft.com/toronto-2025/
conference.ctocraft.com/toronto-2025/
Last week I travelled to London and then to Nottingham, presenting two different talks, at #ctoCraftCon and at #peersCon25.
Both were very enjoyable, in different ways.
I have some thoughts on community coming out of this, and will try to get them into a coherent form on my blog soon.
Both were very enjoyable, in different ways.
I have some thoughts on community coming out of this, and will try to get them into a coherent form on my blog soon.
March 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Last week I travelled to London and then to Nottingham, presenting two different talks, at #ctoCraftCon and at #peersCon25.
Both were very enjoyable, in different ways.
I have some thoughts on community coming out of this, and will try to get them into a coherent form on my blog soon.
Both were very enjoyable, in different ways.
I have some thoughts on community coming out of this, and will try to get them into a coherent form on my blog soon.
Enjoyed the morning at CTO Craft London! #sketchnote #CTOCraftCon
March 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Enjoyed the morning at CTO Craft London! #sketchnote #CTOCraftCon
If you're at #CTOCraftCon come and say hi 👋🏼
March 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
If you're at #CTOCraftCon come and say hi 👋🏼
Excited to attend CTO Craft London again this year. Find me for a sticker or a zine! #CTOCraftCon
March 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Excited to attend CTO Craft London again this year. Find me for a sticker or a zine! #CTOCraftCon
I’m excited to be part of the action at CTO Craft Con: London, 10th-11th March!
Quick heads-up: Early Bird tickets are only available until this Friday! Check it out here - https://conference.ctocraft.com/london-2025/ticket-types/
#CTOCraftCon
Quick heads-up: Early Bird tickets are only available until this Friday! Check it out here - https://conference.ctocraft.com/london-2025/ticket-types/
#CTOCraftCon
January 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I’m excited to be part of the action at CTO Craft Con: London, 10th-11th March!
Quick heads-up: Early Bird tickets are only available until this Friday! Check it out here - https://conference.ctocraft.com/london-2025/ticket-types/
#CTOCraftCon
Quick heads-up: Early Bird tickets are only available until this Friday! Check it out here - https://conference.ctocraft.com/london-2025/ticket-types/
#CTOCraftCon
It's also a great reason to get off all those VC conferences and to connect and reconnect with some new people IRL and 3D 😅
Quick heads-up: Early Bird tickets are only available until this Friday! Check it out here - conference.ctocraft.com/london-2025/...
#CTOCraftCon
Quick heads-up: Early Bird tickets are only available until this Friday! Check it out here - conference.ctocraft.com/london-2025/...
#CTOCraftCon
Registration Options | CTO Craft Con London 2025
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January 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It's also a great reason to get off all those VC conferences and to connect and reconnect with some new people IRL and 3D 😅
Quick heads-up: Early Bird tickets are only available until this Friday! Check it out here - conference.ctocraft.com/london-2025/...
#CTOCraftCon
Quick heads-up: Early Bird tickets are only available until this Friday! Check it out here - conference.ctocraft.com/london-2025/...
#CTOCraftCon
Exciting news to share! I'm speaking at hashtag#CTOCraftCon London next year (Mar 10/11)!
I'll discuss different CTO archetypes and the dynamics that drive the "shape" of the CTO role.
I'll discuss different CTO archetypes and the dynamics that drive the "shape" of the CTO role.
November 21, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Exciting news to share! I'm speaking at hashtag#CTOCraftCon London next year (Mar 10/11)!
I'll discuss different CTO archetypes and the dynamics that drive the "shape" of the CTO role.
I'll discuss different CTO archetypes and the dynamics that drive the "shape" of the CTO role.
Excited to be attending #ctocraftcon in Berlin today!
September 24, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Excited to be attending #ctocraftcon in Berlin today!
Next week I'll be attending the CTO craft conference. If you want to learn about Upvest and our investment API, discuss event-driven architecture, or talk about building a high performing engineering organization, find me there!
conference.ctocraft.com/berlin-2024/
#conference #ctocraftcon #berlin
conference.ctocraft.com/berlin-2024/
#conference #ctocraftcon #berlin
September 19, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Next week I'll be attending the CTO craft conference. If you want to learn about Upvest and our investment API, discuss event-driven architecture, or talk about building a high performing engineering organization, find me there!
conference.ctocraft.com/berlin-2024/
#conference #ctocraftcon #berlin
conference.ctocraft.com/berlin-2024/
#conference #ctocraftcon #berlin
Amazing chat and I enjoyed this follow-up from #CTOCraftCon by Laura and Crystal. Key takeaways:
* Leverage commodity where exists - build vs. buy. Also try to be aware of sunken cost fallacy!
* Avoid rebuilds from the ground up - there are a lot of false promises out there
youtu.be/v9FvVGnpVRY?...
* Leverage commodity where exists - build vs. buy. Also try to be aware of sunken cost fallacy!
* Avoid rebuilds from the ground up - there are a lot of false promises out there
youtu.be/v9FvVGnpVRY?...
Mistakes We See Platform Teams Make
Crystal Hirschorn, CTO at Zoa, and Laura Tacho, CTO at DX, combined their extensive experience in developer tooling and platform engineering to share strategies, tools, and best practices for establishing a strong platform engineering function. This conversation features mistakes from Crystal and Laura’s decades of experience, covering everything from team conflicts, building the wrong thing, and not getting buy-in from the rest of the engineering org. Listen to this conversation to learn how to recognize these mistakes, but most importantly, how to fix them. For upcoming webinars: https://getdx.com/resources/webinars/
youtu.be
June 26, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Amazing chat and I enjoyed this follow-up from #CTOCraftCon by Laura and Crystal. Key takeaways:
* Leverage commodity where exists - build vs. buy. Also try to be aware of sunken cost fallacy!
* Avoid rebuilds from the ground up - there are a lot of false promises out there
youtu.be/v9FvVGnpVRY?...
* Leverage commodity where exists - build vs. buy. Also try to be aware of sunken cost fallacy!
* Avoid rebuilds from the ground up - there are a lot of false promises out there
youtu.be/v9FvVGnpVRY?...