Some photos of me having fun at @dddmelbourne.bsky.social, asking you all not to engage in vibe coding, but practice intentional, Hypervelocity Engineering instead 🙂
23.02.2026 22:35 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Some photos of me having fun at @dddmelbourne.bsky.social, asking you all not to engage in vibe coding, but practice intentional, Hypervelocity Engineering instead 🙂
23.02.2026 22:35 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Back on the plane, flying home from @dddmelbourne.bsky.social - it was a pleasure to speak about “Building Resilient Applications” earlier today. Great to hang out with the #umbraco family too. Thanks to all the organisers and volunteers! ❤️
21.02.2026 09:20 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New speakers, same incredible energy. ⚡️
A massive thank you to
Pavel Oborin
(Breaking the PR Review Bottleneck ) and
Lachlan Kingsford (How To Write Awful Unmaintainable Code)
The atmosphere in the room was filled with laughter and enthusiasm. Great way to wrap up the day.
#DDDMelbourne2026
We have reached that time, it’s the last (but not least) talk of the day! Daniel Fang is here to convince us all that we need a new hobby involving Lego and robots, and we might even have it fetching us a refreshing soft drink by the end. This is going to be fun! #DDDmeb
21.02.2026 05:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Amanda Pitcher takes the stage for the final session in the Supper Room! 2 Boeing 737 MAX crashes. 346 lives lost. $20 billion gone. 😳 The culprit? Organisational culture not the software.
Ditch groupthink and unlock your team’s secret weapon!
#DDDMelbourne
A successful software company grows, people are talking to each other, but things aren’t very efficient anymore. Enter, the Agile coach…and more and mor consultants…software is still late. Marin Niehues is here to share the secrets to success. Spoiler: it’s not capital “A” frameworks. #DDDMelb
21.02.2026 04:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
PM in the Yarra Room! 💡
We had:
Max Downey Twiss on Resolving Technical Disagreements The Easy Way. 🤝
Will Velida on how platform engineering and generative AI can work together to improve developer experiences, increasing your velocity beyond "vibe coding." 🚀💻
#DDDMelbourne2026
Have you lost hours or days debugging permissions issues, or fighting with internal tools that you have no insight into? Laura and Baani are here to showcase the value of managing internally facing platforms as legit products. Because a platforms job is to reduce mental load for devs. 🚀✨ 🥳#DDDMelb
21.02.2026 03:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Software will crash… it’s just a matter of when! That’s why systems need to fail gracefully and bounce back fast.
Callum Whyte is sharing tips and tools to build resilient systems that survive anything. 🚀 #DDDMelb
Takeaways from Kirsty‘s #DDDMelb talk about Infrastructure as code anti-patterns;
1️⃣ - IaC is great
2️⃣ - Use with checks and balances built into our code
3️⃣ - Good for all engineers to be exposed to (not just platform)
Building real-time web apps doesn’t have to feel like juggling flaming torches! Join William Liebenberg at #DDDMelb final workshop as he breaks down how Blazor WebAssembly, SignalR, and Fluxor make building responsive, real-time apps a breeze. 🚀
21.02.2026 02:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We're at #dddmelb today, sponsoring the community hall!
Join us for a sticker swap in the Collins room to meet the local Melbourne community and learn about the #pyconau CFP!
2026.pycon.org.au/cfp
Find the #pyconau team! They might just have some exclusive stickers that aren't on the table!
We love this! Moar crafting at DDD!
21.02.2026 02:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
9 habits that managers have that create burnout in engineering teams.
Andrew Murphy at #DDDMelb
Randi is hosting a fantastic afternoon session on the idea that careers, like code, need to be “refactored.” ⚒️
Key takeaway 👉 It’s not about learning every technology, but about staying open to change and building adaptability.
#DDDMelbourne2026
Kirsty McDonald is here to deep dive into the dark, scary world of infrastructure as code anti-patterns so you can avoid them! Kicking off with an IRL horror story. 👻 #DDDMelb
21.02.2026 02:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
With integrations comes complexity, and it isn’t just technical! It’s the number of stakeholders, understanding their needs and communicating goals. Emad encourages us to make use and surface the systems existing data to minimize any misunderstandings. Because change afterwards is hard! 😅 #DDDMelb
21.02.2026 01:31 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Incredible sessions today in the Yellow Room!
We had two speakers diving into:
1️⃣ “Code is a Conversation: What Are You Really Saying to the Next Developer?” by Joel Gallagher
2️⃣ “Who tests the testers? Making and testing pipelines” by Evan Kohilas
Big thank you to our speakers
#DDDMelbourbne2026
“Most people learn to change a tire the first time they get a flat tire…you don’t need to wait until you get a flat”. You can simulate that, and practice before hand…then you’ll know how to recover safely! — @amynorris.bsky.social
21.02.2026 00:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Failure is the Boss Monster of Success…you want more failure because you want less failure…the tenth time you take down prod is easier than the first! We’re here at #DDDMelb learning how to be really comfortable with failure, in order to be a better with @amynorris.bsky.social 👏
21.02.2026 00:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Welcome to the first workshop of DDD Melbourne 2026. We’re kicking things off with Rakesh Lakshminarayana, who will be diving into "From Bots to Brains: Patterns for Building Intelligent AI Agents”. Get ready to learn how to create AI agents that can do much more than just chat! 🤩
#DDDMelb
First up in the Yarra Room at #DDDMelb we have the incredible Gretchen Scott talking about building sustainable communities…the right way! Because move fast & break things? Yeahhh nahhh. 💜🩷🧡
20.02.2026 23:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“AI isn’t a crystal ball; it’s a mirror.” 🪞
A huge thank you to Sreyna Rath for a meaningful opening keynote: “AI: It’s Our Responsibility.”💻✨
#DDDMelbourne2026 #ResponsibleAI #DevCommunity
Kicking off the big day at #DDDMelb with coffee and new friends at our networking breakfast, thanks to our sponsors Kaleida 💜🩷🧡
20.02.2026 20:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
☀️Rise and shine for DDDMelbourne 2026!
See you at registration really soon.
If you have pre ordered that cool Tshirt be sure to pick it up.
☕️ Our coffee carts ready ☕️
Big thanks to Drawboard and REAGroup keeping us caffeinated for the rest of the day.
This is it.
🎉 DDD Melbourne 2026 is on tomorrow! 🎉
We can't wait to see you! If you haven't got your ticket you only have a few hours left to grab one.
If you’ve been thinking about coming, now’s the time to lock it in and join us.
Tickets: www.dddmelbourne.com/tickets
Tomorrow is DDD Melbourne — and there are only 30 tickets left!! Once they're gone, they're gone — there will be no ticket sales at the conference on the day.
Grab your spot👇
www.dddmelbourne.com/tickets
#DDDMelbourne #Melbourne #TechCommunity #Conference
We're down to our last allocation of tickets, get in before they're all gone!
We get that sometimes you don’t want to just sit and listen — you want to build. Come along this year; bring your laptop, roll up your sleeves and dive into a hands-on workshop.
🎫 www.dddmelbourne.com/tickets
If you want to break out of the usual tech bubbles 🫧 you'll need to be quick; tickets are almost gone!
DDD Melbourne brings together people who don’t always get to attend conferences — juniors, first-timers, and folks from all corners of the software world.
🎟️ www.dddmelbourne.com/tickets
Conference talks are great, but the hallway track might be even better 🥐 ☕️
DDD Melbourne has all the snacks, and coffee on tap, plus hundreds of new friends to chat with!
Get in before you're stuck waiting till next year's conference! 🤝 www.dddmelbourne.com/tickets
