Developer Experience on Romano Roth

Developer Experience and Platform Engineering

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, businesses are constantly confronted with changing customer needs, increased competition, and a significant shortage of skilled workers. Agility and speed are no longer optional, they are critical to survival.

DevEx: A Strategic Imperative for Business Success

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:01:24 +0000

Romano Roth advocates the importance of companies focusing on the developer experience and enabling developers to concentrate on creating business value.

Developer Experience and Platform Engineering: The Foundation of Modern Software Delivery

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Is DevOps dead? That claim keeps appearing on the internet, with people arguing that platform engineering is taking over. In this talk, which I gave at the Developer Experience Conference at Roche in Poznan, Poland, I explain why DevOps is absolutely not dead and why platform engineering is the key to making it actually work at scale.

DevOps Meetup Zurich 2024: Developer Experience and Platform Engineering

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This is a recording of my presentation at the DevOps Meetup Zurich from January 2024. The talk covers Developer Experience and Platform Engineering, including why Platform Engineering has emerged, how it fits into the Digital Factory concept, and a live demo of the Platform Plane, the internal developer platform we built together with LGT.

Unlocking Efficiency: Platform Engineering vs. DevOps

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In this episode of Tech Chat with Navika Chadha, a Cloud Engineer and Microsoft MVP, we had a deep conversation about Platform Engineering: what it is, how it differs from DevOps, why companies should adopt it, and what skills are needed. The discussion cuts through the buzz and click-bait headlines to explain why DevOps is very much alive and how Platform Engineering complements it.

GitHub Copilot Hackathon: How AI-Powered Coding Changes Software Development

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

GitHub Copilot is reshaping software development by introducing AI-assisted coding into everyday engineering work. But what does this mean in practice?

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This presentation explains what GitHub Copilot is, how it works in practice, and how it supports developers through context-aware code suggestions, faster problem-solving, and reduced effort for repetitive tasks.

High-Quality Work in Software Engineering and Building Great Developer Experience

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What defines high-quality work in software engineering? Is it Scrum? Clean Code? TDD? Functional programming? In this Expert Talks session, my colleague Milan and I present two complementary perspectives. Milan covers the pillars of high-quality engineering work, from team building and customer centricity to clean code and engineering culture. I then show how DevOps and continuous delivery help build great products by moving from a project mindset to a product mindset.