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Massive thank you to everyone at my #DevConf2026 session in Cape Town! Amazing energy in the room. Everything shown is on GitHub, go build something cool and have fun doing it! #codingforfun #developers #tech @devconfza
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Tess Gouws treating empathy as a practical tool. A framework for gathering signals, reducing ambiguity, lowering the "WTF?" factor in human interactions. #DevConf2026
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π€ From the Time Traveler arcade in 90s Cape Town to AI avatars that appear as holograms. Allan Pead showing how classic illusions work and why they feel magical. #DevConf2026
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π€ Fadzayi Moyo demonstrating how to build "secure-by-design" pipelines that developers actually love. Field-tested framework being shared right now. #DevConf2026
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Frikan Erwee energetically showing how combining objective performance data with subjective experience creates feedback loops that drive sustainable improvement. #DevConf2026
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Abed Matini is comparing local vs. cloud RAG, hybrid retrieval pipelines, and offline-friendly approaches for teams with strict data controls. Real solutions for resource-constrained environments. #DevConf2026
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π€ "Version bumps are easy. Breaking changes are the challenge" - Renette Ros showing how OpenRewrite codifies complex, repetitive upgrade steps. #DevConf2026
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Zach Smith sharing lessons from reimagining MeerKAT Archive. What started as fixing bugs became revealing assumptions and identifying non-obvious user workflows. #DevConf2026
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π‘ Every dictator needs an army. Dale Nunns showing how to build one using signal sniffing, hardware modification, and custom software. Through ducks. Obviously. Standing room only at #DevConf2026 #GetDucked
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π€ Despite WCAG standards and accessibility laws, many still face significant barriers. Samuel Femi Taiwo sharing strategies for improving compliance and fostering inclusion. #DevConf2026
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π€ Three major cloud outages in 28 days, hundreds of millions in losses. Schalk Venter examining our relationship with massive cloud structures. #DevConf2026
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π‘ Handling sensitive data, ensuring reproducible results, building user trust. Graeme Harris is unpacking what it takes when security and trust are non-negotiable. #DevConf2026
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β‘ Fiona McCarthy went viral by accident, built a platform from scratch, failed to get analytics to answer what actually matters, and learned massive lessons. #DevConf2026
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β‘ African solutions to solve African problems. Warren Fletcher demonstrating why local talent is exceptional and how juniors became the best tool for impossible challenges. #DevConf2026
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π€ Jessica Randall bringing abstract mathematics to life using Kotlin, Multik, Kotlin DataFrame, and Jetpack Compose. The story of data's shape unfolding. #DevConf2026
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π‘ Practical, culturally aware, context-specific security. Precious Mamotingoe Lesupi (They/Them) equipping developers to build systems that work for South Africa's diverse landscape. #DevConf2026
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Georgina Armstrong is sharing the weird realities of building recommender systems, customers offended by math, odd products dominating, code becoming ethical flashpoints. #DevConf2026
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β‘ Johan Van Rooyen unpacking systematic debugging: a disciplined way to narrow the search space and choose the next step with highest chance of success. #DevConf2026
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π‘ Legacy systems aren't just technical debtβthey're repositories of customer trust and knowledge that took years to build. William Brander showing how to work WITH them. #DevConf2026
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β‘ Candice Grobler speaks on networking through issues, PRs, and Discords; the prep-the-room playbook for IRL events; becoming known for one specific thing. #DevConf2026
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