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Leave Your Legacy: Real Strategies for Modernizing

Most large enterprises have a lot of legacy developed over the years, but they need to embrace microservices quickly to beat the competition. The right approach for these large enterprise is not a big-bang strategy but rather an incremental strategy. In this Kong Summit 2019 session, Infosys AVP and Head of Architecture, Rajib Deb will explain how leveraging an API gateway and “servicifying” the legacy can help expedite the process for organizations adopting microservices architectural patterns.

Observability: What Got You Here Won't Get You There

In the first wave of DevOps, practitioners embraced change to incorporate development into design and build processes. To successfully build the next generation of software, practitioners will need to catch the second wave of DevOps to focus on controlling and fine-tuning evolving architectures. Honeycomb CEO, Charity Majors, discusses how to ensure buildability, empower developers, and make a truly observable architecture that’s primed for success.

Shrinking to Grow: What Small Can Do for Your Organization - Chad Fowler CTO & GM, Microsoft

During his talk, Chad outlined how almost everything we've seen in the evolution of software and systems points to one, fundamental truth: small things are more manageable than big things. Small iterations are better iterations. Small methods are better methods. Small teams are better teams. He discussed examples from sociology, psychology, and biology that explored how we can think small to build systems and organizations that can outlive us.

Microservices: Decomposing Applications for Testability and Deployability by Chris Richardson

In this presentation, Chris Richardson describes the essential characteristics of the microservice architecture. You will learn about the benefits and drawbacks of the microservice architecture and when it makes sense to use it. Chris also covers how the microservice architecture is not a silver bullet.