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+Title = "Code Was Never the Bottleneck: A Flow Engineering Approach to AI Adoption"
+Type = "talk"
+Speakers = ["steve-pereira"]
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+The software industry is currently obsessed with "AI-assisted coding." We are
+equipping developers with powerful generative tools to write code faster than
+ever before. But if writing code was ever the constraint, it hasn't been for
+decades.
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+If your developers write 50% more code, but your QA process, deployment
+pipeline, or requirements gathering remains static, you haven’t accelerated
+delivery—you’ve just created a traffic jam.
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+In this data-driven session, Steve Pereira will apply the principles of Flow
+Engineering to AI adoption. We will move beyond the hype to rigorous systemic
+analysis, using modeling and visualization based on Amdahl’s Law and Little’s
+Law to prove why optimizing non-bottlenecks (like coding speed) yields
+diminishing returns and often degrades system performance by flooding the
+system with WIP.
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+Whether it’s using LLMs upstream to clarify ambiguity in requirements, or
+downstream to automate compliance, the highest leverage points for AI are
+rarely in the IDE. Stop guessing where to put AI. Measure your flow, find your
+constraint, and apply intelligence where it matters.
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+Key Takeaways
+1. System over Silo: Understand why optimizing local developer efficiency with
+   AI often harms global system throughput.
+2. Constraint-Driven Adoption: Learn to prioritize AI investments based on your
+   actual bottlenecks (e.g., Testing, Requirements) rather than market hype.
+3. Evidence-Based Tactics: Leave with a method to justify AI initiatives using
+   hard data and collaborative modeling rather than vague promises of
+   productivity.

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+Talk_date = ""
+Talk_start_time = ""
+Talk_end_time = ""
+Title = "Influence in Action: Leading Without Authority in Tech Teams"
+Type = "talk"
+Speakers = ["tiana-reeves"]
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+Have you ever needed to steer a group in a new direction—without the title or
+final say? If you’ve thought, “I know what needs to happen, but how do I get
+everyone on board?”—this session is for you. We’ll walk through how to build
+your Influence Circle, navigate resistance with empathy, and get buy-in without
+being the loudest in the room. Learn how to move like a boss... without all the
+responsibility of being one.

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+Talk_date = ""
+Talk_start_time = ""
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+Title = "AI as Skill Equalizer: Building Observability When You're Not a Specialist"
+Type = "talk"
+Speakers = ["vadim-uchitel"]
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+I'm a backend engineer with 25+ years of experience, but I'm not a Snowflake
+power user. I haven't memorized how to build HEX dashboards either. I had a
+problem: mobile attribution gaps. Users were tapping a CTA, but conversions
+weren't being credited. The tricky part wasn't "is there a bug?" It was where
+the signal was lost: event emission, ingestion, attribution windows, or
+something unknown. I knew the questions. I just couldn't translate them into
+Snowflake queries fast enough to keep the investigation moving. And contacting
+the data team to help with queries is a slow process.
+
+AI changed the workflow. It handled the boring-but-critical mechanics (query
+structure, joins, aggregations) and helped me build dashboards, so I could
+focus on the investigation itself. The key detail: AI didn't solve the
+problem. I did. But AI was the tool that let me unblock myself and find the
+issues without filing a ticket or waiting for help. Have you ever been blocked
+by a skill gap that wasn't core to your job? This talk is for you.

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+Title = "Speakers"
+Type = "speakers"
+Description = "Speakers for devopsdays atlanta 2026"
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+Title = "Steve Pereira"
+Twitter = "SteveElsewhere"
+linkedin = "https://www.linkedin.com/in/devopsto/"
+image = "steve-pereira.png"
+type = "speaker"
+linktitle = "steve-pereira"
+Website = "https://visibleconsulting.substack.com/"
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+Steve Pereira has spent over two decades improving the flow of work across
+organizations. He’s worked through tech support, IT management, build and
+release engineering, and as a founding CTO for enterprise SaaS. After shifting
+to consulting large enterprises on value stream performance improvement, he
+created Flow Engineering to make value stream mapping simple, quick, and
+actionable. He serves as lead consultant for Visible Flow Consulting, as a
+board advisor to the Value Stream Management Consortium, Chair of the OASIS
+Value Stream Management Interoperability technical committee, and co-founder of
+the Flow Collective to bring flow-focused professionals together.

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+Title = "Tiana Reeves"
+linkedin = "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiana-reeves-pmp-pmi-acp-cssbb-2080427/"
+image = "tiana-reeves.png"
+type = "speaker"
+linktitle = "tiana-reeves"
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+Tiana Reeves is an Information Technology professional, author, and focused on
+educating the community on proven best practices and methodologies for career
+growth and development. She is also known as Corporate_Mom, a social media
+influencer sharing humorous and relatable content about parenting and corporate
+life. A certified Project Manager and Agile Practitioner with 15 years of
+experience in Banking and Finance and over a decade in the IT industry, Tiana
+brings deep expertise in project delivery methodologies. She has successfully
+led their implementation across cross-functional teams and global environments,
+introducing and coaching Agile practices for U.S. and international teams. Her
+certifications — combined with real-world experience — reflect her commitment
+to continuous improvement, agility, and scalable change.

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+Title = "Vadim Uchitel"
+linkedin = "https://www.linkedin.com/in/vadimuchitel"
+image = "vadim-uchitel.png"
+type = "speaker"
+linktitle = "vadim-uchitel"
+Website = "https://fetch.com/"
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+Vadim Uchitel is a Principal Engineer at Fetch with over 25 years of software
+development experience. He began his career building real-time visualization
+software for NASA and DoD; his bdStudio tool is still used across multiple NASA
+labs today. After transitioning to backend web technologies, he helped scale
+Shipt's services and now works on cross-team systems architecture at Fetch.  A
+recurring theme in Vadim's work is finding creative ways to remove friction and
+democratize capabilities that once required specialized expertise.
+
+Vadim is a regular DevOpsDays speaker, having presented on creative
+problem-solving in DevOps and SRE (2022) and building maintainable software
+(2023) at DevOpsDays Birmingham. Links to past talks are available on his
+[LinkedIn profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vadimuchitel).