Lightning Talks 1
Talk (60 min)
Talk 1: Open source is broken and it's your fault! - Lotte Pitcher
Talk 2: The 10 Most Common Azure Mistakes (And How To Fix Them) - Scott Sauber
After working with dozens of companies in Azure, I’ve seen the same mistakes pop up again and again — from mismanaged subscriptions to sketchy security setups and overlooked cost controls. In this session, we’ll walk through the 10 most common Azure missteps I've encountered in the real world, including gotchas in account organization, governance, compliance, performance, and how developers are misusing DefaultAzureCredential to authenticate to Azure.
Whether you’re deep into your cloud journey or just getting started, odds are your team is making at least one of these mistakes. By the end, you'll leave with practical, actionable advice to spot these issues early and fix them fast — before they turn into bigger problems.
Talk 3: View Transitions: The brand-new browser API that will blow your mind - Jakob Endrestad Kielland
Have you ever wondered why a well-made native app often feels way smoother than a similar web page? The answer is that native apps have long wielded the full power of seamless transitions, while on the web we have had to use heavy JavaScript frameworks to accomplish anything remotely similar.
That ends now! In this lightning talk we will take a look at the mind-blowing View Transitions API, a brand-new browser API that lets you control every aspect of the transition between web pages with just a few lines of CSS. In addition to seeing what the API is capable of we will dive under the hood to see how exactly the API does its magic.
Talk 4: This Place is a Mess, Rewrite Everything! - Josef Goldstein
We’ve all been there at some point.
We joined a new company or a new engineering group, and none of this “legacy code” makes any sense.
The longer you stare at it, the louder that voice becomes... the voice that tells you to just rewrite it all.
But should you?
In this short talk, we'll try to explore the good, the bad, and the unavoidably ugly of dealing with legacy code.
We'll take a deeper look into the psychology behind the desires we all share to remake code in our image, why it's not always the best approach and when it actually is.
Lastly we will discuss some practical tips for successfully dealing with legacy code management and hopefully surviving to refactor another day.
Lotte Pitcher
Lotte Pitcher has been building websites with Microsoft technologies for longer than she cares to remember, starting with classic ASP and working through every version of .NET since. She previously ran a web development agency in London and is now part of the Developer Relations team at Umbraco, where she helps maintain a successful open-source project while engaging with its dedicated global community.
As a Microsoft MVP and a long-time open-source contributor, Lotte organises meetups, hackathons and conferences, speaks at events and releases software. She is a passionate advocate for active participation in tech communities and aims to create inclusive, safe and welcoming spaces - both in-person and virtual - where everyone can learn, collaborate and thrive.
Scott Sauber
Scott is the Director of Engineering at Lean TECHniques Inc. Besides advising clients and delivering solutions for them, he enjoys helping teams realize their potential through technical practices (such as CI/CD, TDD, IAC, etc.) and working more effectively (such as limiting WIP, visualizing work, etc).
He’s a Microsoft MVP, Redgate Community Ambassador, international speaker, Dometrain author, and co-organizes the Iowa .NET User Group. You can find Scott on Twitter @scottsauber, on Bluesky @scottsauber.com, or on his blog at scottsauber.com.
Jakob Endrestad Kielland
Jakob is a life-long nerd who's interested in most things 🤓
He spends his day learning from his colleagues at Variant, where he's a developer and consultant. He primarily focuses on frontend development, but enjoys diving into other parts of the stack from time to time.
Jakob has a passion for teaching and loves the challenge of communicating complex topics in an entertaining and understandable way, something he aspires to show in his talks!