The software engineering industry in 2024: what changed, why, and what is next (Craft Conference)

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See the slides and accompanying article here: https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/what-is-old-is-new-again Keynote at Craft Conference 2024. The past 18 months have seen major change reshape the tech industry. What does it all mean for businesses and dev teams – and what will pragmatic software engineering approaches look like in the future? I tackled these burning questions in my conference talk, “What’s Old is New Again,” which was the keynote of the Craft Conference in May 2024. To keep up with how the tech industry is changing, subscribe to my newsletter, The Pragmatic Engineer: https://pragmaticengineer.com See Q&A for this talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYEhdZmPjsU More details on Craft Conference: https://craft-conf.com/2024 01:22 Small teams moving faster than before 03:21 What else is familiar from earlier? 05:13 What is going on in the tech industry? 11:13 Root cause #1: interest rates 18:37 Root cause #2: smartphone & cloud revolution 20:57 The new reality for software engineers 23:41 Shopify's preparation to this "new reality" 25:56 The new reality for software engineering practices 34:21 Haven't we seen this before? 39:01 Takeaways