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Presentation: Challenging Google Analytics: Building a Scalable, Cost-Effective User Tracking Service

Alina Krasavina — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:07:00 GMT

Alina Krasavina explains how Delivery Hero successfully deprecated Google Analytics and migrated to an internal user tracking platform. She discusses how a simplistic, highly scalable architecture allowed them to handle 10 times more load while capturing 97% of tracking data.

By Alina Krasavina

Presentation: Practical Performance Tuning for Serverless Java on AWS

Vadym Kazulkin — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:12:00 GMT

AWS Hero Vadym Kazulkin explains how to overcome Java’s enterprise hurdle on AWS Lambda: cold starts and memory footprints. He shares a technical deep dive into performance tuning, comparing fully managed AWS SnapStart (with pre-snapshot priming hooks) against GraalVM ahead-of-time compilation, while addressing the latest architectural implications of Project Leyden and Java 25.

By Vadym Kazulkin

Presentation: Moving Mountains: Migrating Legacy Code in Weeks Instead of Years

David Stein — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:24:00 GMT

David Stein shares how to rethink large-scale architectural migrations using AI. He discusses ServiceTitan's "assembly line" pattern, explaining how decomposing legacy codebase refactoring into standardized tasks can achieve massive parallelization. He highlights the critical role of programmatically rigid validation loops to eliminate LLM hallucinations and accelerate engineering agility.

By David Stein