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LeadDev Originals Weekly words and voices on engineering leadership Engineers are drowning! A new survey found engineers now spend 16.9 hours a week debugging compared to just 9.8 writing code. Security is piling on too: 93% of security leaders fear they can’t patch AI-driven exploits fast enough. Engineers pay the price. Your tests won’t catch everything either. A poisoned model can pass every check and still do what an attacker trained it to. It’s quite a time to be an engineering leader! LeadDev Managing Editor, Michael Hill Articles C A R E E R S The reality of being a forward deployed engineer (FDE) You don’t need to know everything! 9 mins • Manas Verma A I The AI exploit gap is engineering’s problem now Security sees the risk. Engineering owns the fix. 3 mins • Michael Hill L E A D E R S H I P Your engineering strategy has a new failure mode AI changes faster than the plan. 6 mins • Robert Kimani S O F T W A R E. Q U A L I T Y AI code causes real world production outages Faster code, slower debugging. 3 mins • Chris Stokel-Walker A I Your tests can’t catch a poisoned model The risk engineering leaders aren’t talking about. 7 mins • Upendra Jadon Spotlight: Metrics The tokenmaxxing hype didn’t last long Are DORA metrics right for your team? The 8 software engineering metrics AI broke Digital events O C T O B E R 21 • W O R K S H O PP Prove your AI gains, then improve them Turn real usage data into a clear read on your agents’ ROI – and a plan to improve it. N O V E M B E R 4 • P A N E L Code coverage makes code quality visible Verification is where speed is won or lost. O C T O B E R 22 • P A N E L The truth about engineering team performance in 2026 What your metrics are actually measuring, and what they’re missing. O C T O B E R 15 • P A N E L Controlling your AI software factory How do you stay in control of systems that never stop evolving? Last chance to register! V I D E O S. O N. D E M A N D Your customer wants to run your software in their cloud. Now what? What are durable leadership skills in 2026? Events LeadDev Berlin – November 9 & 10 Software doesn’t know how to die, and more generated code can mean more of it to carry. XING’s Laura Grau Ramírez shows how to tell when a system is no longer worth keeping, one of the sessions at LeadDev Berlin. The event is less than four weeks away, and Wave 4 is almost gone, with fewer than 50 tickets left at this rate. Save up to €500 before prices rise. Get your ticket → LDX3 London & New York 2027 Pre-sale tickets for 2027 are live in both cities, and these are the lowest prices available. London pre-sale sold out last week, so extra tickets have been released in response to demand, for a short time only. New York pre-sale tickets are still available from $995. Not ready to book? Register your interest for London or New York to get the latest as more 2027 details are announced. LeadDev Meetups Continue the conversation in person. Secure your place at one of our upcoming meetups. October 22nd, Barcelona October 22nd, Chicago October 30th, Amsterdam November 12th, Porto November 26th, Munich November 26th, Edinburgh BECOME AN AUTHOR Submit your article outline and work with our editorial team to share your knowledge with the world. JOIN OUR REVIEW COMMITTEE Love our content? You can help shape it. Become an article review committee member and get a complimentary ticket to a LeadDev event. Register your interest to be considered. Were you forwarded this email? Sign up for Originals to receive exciting content updates weekly We're committed to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone. Please read our Code of Conduct. You’re receiving this email as you previously registered with LeadDev and subscribed to LeadDev content and updates - you can unsubscribe here. You will continue to receive emails from us if you are subscribed to other LeadDev mailing lists - manage your email preferences i