GitKon 2025

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GITKON 2025

welcome to

the builder’s era

  • December 10-11, 2025
  • Virtual
  • Free to attend
GitKon 2025 is the virtual conference where developers and engineering leaders come together to elevate the craft of software delivery. From AI-assisted workflows to modern DevEx practices, come learn with us — and ship the future.
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Featuring Global Speakers     Giveaways     Contests      Presented by GitKraken

featured speakers

 
Nathen HarveyDORA Lead, Google Cloud
Nathen Harvey
 
Tracy LeeCEO, This Dot Labs
Tracy Lee
 
Chris GeogheganDirector of Product, Zapier
Chris Geoghegan
 
Audrey LongSenior Gaming Security Architect, Microsoft
Audrey Long
 
Eric AmodioCTO, GitKraken
Eric Amodio
Nathen Harvey
DORA Lead, Google Cloud
Tracy Lee
CEO, This Dot Labs
Chris Geoghegan
Director of Product, Zapier
Audrey Long
Senior Gaming Security Architect, Microsoft
Eric Amodio
CTO, GitKraken
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A conference built for builders and leaders

This year’s theme—The Builders Era—celebrates the people behind the progress: the makers, maintainers, mentors, and leaders redefining what it means to ship responsibly in the age of AI.

For Developers
Sharpen your craft, explore new tools, and learn how to work smarter with AI and automation.
For LeaderS
Discover frameworks for scaling culture, measuring DevEx, and leading teams through transformation.
For EVERYONE
Leave with ideas you can merge on Monday.

Two DAYS, One Mission: Build Better

DAY 1: Builders at Work

Deep dives, demos, and technical sessions from the creators shaping modern workflows.

Learn how AI, DevEx, and craftsmanship are redefining the way developers build.

DAY 2: Builders at Scale
Leadership, data, and delivery strategies for engineering orgs on the move.

Learn how to empower teams, measure what matters, and scale culture without losing quality.

GITKON 2025 schedule

sessions are being added daily
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day 1: Builders at work

DAY 2: Builders at Scale

The biggest productivity gains from AI don’t come from individual developers using AI—they come when entire teams share context and eliminate handoffs. This session shows how Zapier’s engineering, product, and design teams use AI to blur traditional role boundaries, make faster decisions, and ship features that are actually informed by customer data patterns.

SPEAKERS
Chris Geoghegan, VP Product at Zapier

This session breaks down how we’re embedding AI into GitKraken Desktop and GitLens to actually reduce Git friction (not add more tabs, clicks, or guesswork). From smarter commits to conflict resolution, we’ll unpack the thinking behind what we’ve shipped and where we’re headed next.

SPEAKERS
Justin Roberts, Sr. Director of Product at GitKraken

Today’s AI can win the IMO, but it can’t answer your customer complaints. It lacks the intuition, the nuance, the insight, the lessons hard-won over your career. The key bottleneck to reliable enterprise intelligence is your expert supervision — the question is, how do you scale it?

SPEAKERS
Leonard Tang, CEO at Haize Labs

GitKraken MCP gives AI agents the repo context they’ve been missing, unlocking faster and smarter Git workflows right now. We’ll dig into how MCPs are evolving and why they’re poised to become a foundational layer of tomorrow’s developer tools.

SPEAKERS
Eric Amodio, CTO at GitKraken Melese Michael, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at GitKraken

Engineers are caught in the new metrics crossfire: exec dashboards, AI hype, and real human output. This panel brings together engineering leads, VPs, and senior devs to explore what actually matters when teams are being measured, and how to manage up without selling your soul.


SPEAKERS
Jordan Wallet, Engineering Lead at GitKraken
Anastasia Zamyshlyaeva, VP of Engineering at GitKraken
Brittany Ellich, Senior Software Engineer at GitHub
Marino Wijay, Staff Solutions Architect at Kong Inc.
Dillon Mulroy, Principal Engineer at Cloudflare

Think you know Git? Think once more! This session reveals underrated Git commands that save time, reduce pain, and make you look way smarter in a pinch.

SPEAKERS
Jonathan Silva, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at GitKraken

Go beyond the commit with advanced GitKraken workflows designed to streamline how you ship. From AI-generated commits and PRs to conflict resolution, worktrees, and clean history management, this session delivers practical Git mastery for real-world projects.

SPEAKERS
Kevin Bost, Sr. Senior Software Architect at IntelliTect

AI coding assistants are great at completing small tasks or features. However, what do you do when you are working with more complex code bases, and you need to build in-depth features that need upfront planning?

This talk explores spec-driven development as a solution to this problem. I’ll show you how modern AI coding assistants (like Kiro) can help break down complex tasks into three distinct phases. We’ll look at the real-world tradeoffs of this approach, and most importantly and how you can use it in your own projects right away.

SPEAKERS
Erik Hanchett, Senior Developer Advocate at AWS

The rise of AI is transforming not just how we code — but how we grow. In this candid discussion, developer leaders and educators Leon Noel, Quincy Larson, Dmitry Fonarev, and Danny Thompson explore how developers at any stage can intentionally craft their careers amid rapid technological change. From building essential soft and technical skills, to recognizing when to step into leadership, to understanding what hiring managers look for in an AI-shaped world.
Whether you’re a junior developer, a seasoned engineer, or a team lead navigating the shift to AI-powered workflows, you’ll leave with tangible insights to take the next step in your journey.

SPEAKERS
Danny Thompson, Director Of Technology at DThompsonDev
Leon Noel, Managing Director, Engineering at Resilient Coders & 100Devs
Dmitry Fonarev, CEO, Testkube

The votes are in. The finalists have been decided. Now it’s time to reveal who turned Git into gameplay.
Join us as we showcase the top three projects from the GitKon 2025 Game Jam and announce the grand prize winner. Watch demos of games and developer tools that made merge conflicts fun, rebasing playable, and version control actually entertaining. See what happens when developers get creative with Git workflows, and find out who’s taking home $2500, $1000 & $500.

GitKraken 2025 Wrapped is your catch-up on the biggest updates we shipped this year across GitLens, GitKraken Desktop, and more. We’ll cover the standout releases like GitKraken MCP and Commit Composer, and give a preview of what’s coming next.

gitkon 2025 speakers

Eric Amodio
CTO, GitKraken
Tracy Lee
CEO, This Dot Labs
Chris Geoghegan
Director of Product, Zapier
Anastasia Zamyshlyaeva
VP of Engineering, GitKraken
Nathen Harvey
DORA Lead, Google Cloud
Dillon Mulroy
Principal Engineer, Cloudflare
Matt Johnston
CEO, GitKraken
Rizel Scarlett
Tech Lead, Open Source Developer Relations, Block, Inc.
Justin Roberts
Senior Director of Product, GitKraken
Brittany Ellich
Senior Software Engineer, GitHub
Erik Hanchett
Senior Developer Advocate, AWS
Danny Thompson
Director of Technology, DThompsonDev
Leonard Tang
CEO, Haize Labs
Jeremy Castile
VP of Developer Research, GitKraken
Audrey Long
Senior Gaming Security Architect, Microsoft
Kevin Bost
Senior Software Architect, IntelliTect
Leon Noel
Managing Director, Engineering, Resilient Coders & 100Devs
Jonathan Silva
Sr. Product Marketing Manger, GitKraken
Marino Wijay
Staff Solutions Architect, Kong Inc.
Jeff Schinella
Senior Product Director, GitKraken
Jordan Wallet
Engineering Lead, GitKraken
Chris Kelly
Product @ Augment | Developer Productivity & AI, Augment Code
Melese Michael
Sr. Product Marketing Manger, GitKraken
Dmitry Fonarev
CEO, Testkube
Chris Griffing
Developer Advocate, GitKraken
Speakers are being added daily
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gitKON CONTEST: Game Jam

WIN CASH & GLORY WHEN you build a game or tool that makes git more playful!

We’re looking for games that turn Git’s most notorious pain points into engaging mechanics. Merge conflicts as puzzle levels. Commit history as a time-travel adventure. You get the idea.

Or maybe you’ve built something that prevents those pain points entirely. A tool that makes other developers say, “Where has this been my whole career?”

See the full details and submit your 5-minute demo video by November 26th to win.

PRIZES
The top three submissions will win cash prizes, plus a featured spot at GitKon on December 10th!

How to enter

  • 1. Check out the contest details
    Submit a Git/GitKraken-themed game OR a passion project that helps other devs conquer Git.
  • 2. Record a demo
    Create a video walking through your project. Show, don’t just tell.
  • 3. Submit by Nov 26
    Link to your repo, upload your video, and tell us what makes your project special.
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why attend the 5th annual gitkon

Just concluded an exciting experience at GitKon 2024: A virtual conference that unites over 25 thought leaders who are going to be sharing some of the world's leading-edge insights for improving developer experience. Inspirational keynotes on building a collaborative future in software development. Really enjoyed how the event highlighted the revolution in developer productivity with innovative tools and processes. Can't wait to apply these learnings to my own projects and help build better software!
Ronak Malam
Ronak Malam
GitKon 2024 made me reflect on how we, as developers, can focus more on building rather than battling roadblocks. I believe these ideas are great takeaways not just for us developers, but also for our managers. It’s crucial to understand how important it is to let developers focus on building solutions, as this is the only way to create high-quality software.
Filippo Frater
Filippo Frater
Just wrapped up two insightful days at GitKon! Day 1 focused on improving Developer Experience, Collaboration, and Security — a lot to think about when building better workflows and secure systems. Day 2 took it up a notch with Advanced AI Applications, Adaptive Teams, and the Future of DevEx — exciting to see how AI is shaping the way we work. Grateful for the learning and inspired to apply these insights in real projects!
Sumit Jee
Sumit Jee
Prioritising #DeveloperExperience should already be on your agenda. And you should already be in the weeds of it all. Focusing on the user is the key to your business' success. Give your developers what they need, they're the ones making your product what your users need! This time, GitKon will have a variety of talks targeting collaboration, automation, AI, and developer experience!
Jovana Dunisijevic
Jovana Dunisijevic
If you’re passionate about aligning security and development teams, you won’t want to miss this! Together, we’ll explore how strong collaboration can lead to stronger, more resilient outcomes. 💡 Let’s make security a shared journey—not an afterthought. Can’t wait to connect with you all virtually and share some powerful insights!
Stefania Chaplin
Stefania Chaplin
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Melese Michael
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, GitKraken
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As Product Marketing lead for GitLens, Melese has helped fuel its exponential climb to 44 million installs, shaping how developers worldwide understand their Git history inside VS Code. With 19 years of experience launching disruptive products, from mobile apps to AI and drone tech startups—he blends technical storytelling with strategic growth. His work spans industries, teams, and technologies, always focused on building awesome tools people love.
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The Next Frontier: Bringing Git Intelligence to AI Agents & IDEs with GitKraken MCP
Jordan Wallet
Developer Advocate, GitKraken
Linkedin
Jordan Wallet is the Engineering Lead for GitKraken Desktop, where he’s spent over 10 years shaping the product with obsessive attention to detail and a deep respect for good software. Recently stepping into a leadership role, he brings a rare dual perspective: the IC who’s still in the code, and the manager now accountable for the numbers. At GitKon, Jordan offers an unfiltered look at what changes (and what doesn’t change) when you become the one answering up.
sessions
Panel: Your Boss is Measuring You, Now What?
Chris Griffing
Developer Advocate, GitKraken
Linkedin
Chris loves talking tech and learning new things. You can often find him streaming coding on Twitch or speaking at meetups and conferences.
Jeff Schinella
Senior Product Director, GitKraken
Linkedin
Jeff is a Product Director at GitKraken. Over the past 12 years, he has worked to help bring multiple product ideas from 0 to 1, providing a multi-disciplinary and versatile approach in product leadership, design, and user experience.
sessions
From Commit to Deploy: Connecting DORA and PR-Level Performance
Dmitry Fonarev
CEO, Testkube
Linkedin
Technology executive and CEO with over 20 years of experience building products and scaling software engineering teams across venture-backed startups and PE-owned companies. One failed startup + One IPO + Three (1 Strategic and 2 PE) successful exits later…
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Leveling Up: How Developers Can Craft a Meaningful Career in the Age of AI
Chris Kelly
Product @ Augment | Developer productivity & AI, Augment Code
Linkedin
Engineering and product leader who loves code and building delightful developer tools. I’ve scaled teams, shipped products, and built communities at industry-defining companies in cloud, DevOps, and AI. Hands-on experience across engineering, product, marketing, and operations. Active in the developer community as a frequent speaker and technical storyteller.
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Vibes Won’t Cut It: Agentic Engineering in Production
Nathen Harvey
DORA Lead, Google Cloud
Link
Nathen Harvey leads the DORA team at Google Cloud. DORA enables teams and organizations to thrive by making industry-shaping research accessible and actionable. Nathen has learned and shared lessons from some incredible organizations, teams, and open source communities. He is a co-author of multiple DORA reports on software delivery performance and was a contributor and editor for 97 Things Every Cloud Engineer Should Know, published by O’Reilly in 2020.
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Keynote: AI’s Impact on Software Development: Insights from the DORA AI Capabilities Model
Dillon Mulroy
Principal Engineer, Cloudflare
Dillon is a principal engineer at Cloudflare with over a decade of experience working in the JavaScript and TypeScript ecosystem. ‍He has an interest in bringing practical ideas, patterns, and idioms from the functional programming world to the JavaScript & TypeScript ecosystem. Dillon can regularly be found streaming programming and tech content (& Effect) on Twitch. Most importantly, he also uses neovim, btw.
sessions

Panel: Your Boss is Measuring You, Now What?

Anastasia Zamyshlyaeva
VP of Engineering, GitKraken
Linkedin
Anastasia Zamyshlyaeva is the VP of Engineering at GitKraken, where she leads teams building developer tools used by millions. A seasoned software executive and co-founder of Reltio, she’s spent her career turning complex data into strategic leverage. At GitKon, she brings sharp insight into how engineering performance is measured, and how to make sure it actually serves the people doing the work.
sessions
Panel: Your Boss is Measuring You, Now What?
Marino Wijay
Staff Solutions Architect, Kong Inc.
Linkedin
Marino Wijay is a Canadian, Traveller, International Speaker, and Open Source Advocate and Architect for AI, API Platforms, Service Mesh, Kubernetes, and Networking. He is a CNCF Ambassador, Civo Cloud Ambassador, Lead Organizer for KubeHuddle Toronto, and Founder of EmpathyOps. He is passionate about technology and modern distributed systems. He will always fall back to the patterns of Networking and the ways of the OSI. Community building is his driving force; A modern Jedi Academy.
sessions

Panel: Your Boss is Measuring You, Now What?

Jonathan Silva
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, GitKraken
Linkedin
Jonathan Silva is a senior product marketer at GitKraken, where he’s spent 12 years shaping how the company builds and tells stories across its suite of developer tools. With a background in support and GTM strategy, he’s obsessed with how devs actually work and where tools get in the way. His current focus is on all things GitKraken Desktop and helping teams adopt AI in ways that feel useful, not performative.
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Panel: Your Boss is Measuring You, Now What?

Wait… Git Can Do That?
Leon Noel
Managing Director, Engineering, Resilient Coders & 100Devs
Youtube Link
Leon Noel is a software engineer, entrepreneur, and educator with a passion for training people underrepresented in tech for high growth careers as software engineers. As Managing Director of Engineering for Resilient Coders, Leon has helped train and place hundreds of Black and Brown engineers into family sustaining engineering roles. He is a regular lecturer at Harvard Business School, a guest lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Business, and a Distinguished Faculty Member at General Assembly.
sessions
Panel: Leveling Up: How Developers Can Craft a Meaningful Career in the Age of AI
Matt Johnston
CEO, GitKraken
Linkedin
Matt Johnston is the CEO at GitKraken. Before that, he was the CEO & Co-founder of open source marketing automation firm, Mautic, after serving as a marketing & strategy exec at Applause, Acquia and Herman Miller. He has helped build six startups in NYC and Boston, including four successful exits. Having grown up professionally at the intersection of marketing and technology, Matt is a rabid believer in the power of online communities.
sessions
Leading the Builders Era: A Message to Engineering Leaders
Justin Roberts
Sr. Director of Product, GitKraken
Justin Roberts is a Senior Product Director at GitKraken, where he has played a pivotal role in shaping GitKraken Desktop, the GitKraken CLI and GitLens. With a background in architecture, Justin brings a unique, design-first perspective to software development, blending structural thinking with a focus on creating intuitive, user-centered tools. Over the past decade, he has honed a reputation for bridging the gap between technical teams and end-users, ensuring that complex systems remain approachable and efficient for developers worldwide.
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Inside GitKraken AI: What We’re Building (and What We’re Not)

Eric Amodio
CTO, GitKraken
Linkedin
Eric Amodio is the creator of GitLens and the CTO of GitKraken, bringing decades of experience in engineering, product architecture, and developer tooling. Formerly a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft, he’s known for blending deep technical expertise with a strong commitment to user experience, shaping tools now trusted by millions. A passionate open-source advocate, Eric thrives on building innovative solutions that elevate developer productivity and collaboration.
sessions
The Next Frontier: Bringing Git Intelligence to AI Agents & IDEs with GitKraken MCP
Jeremy Castile
VP of Developer Research, GitKraken
Linkedin
As VP of Developer Research at GitKraken, Jeremy works to understand and amplify the voices of the 40+ million developers who rely on their tools daily. With experience at companies like Docker and New Relic, and having been on the engineering side himself, he bridges the gap between what developers need and what products deliver. His research helps shape tools that actually make developers’ lives easier.

When not at his desk, Jeremy can usually be found with his wife and two boys, exploring the outdoors.
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Quantifying AI Impact: A Framework for Engineering Leaders

Developer Experience: The Metric That Predicts Everything Else

Panel: The AI Reality Check for Engineering Leaders
Leonard Tang
CEO, Haize Labs
Leonard Tang is the co-founder and CEO of Haize Labs. We are solving the ultimate extant problem in AI: ensuring its reliability, quality, and alignment for any application. Prior to this, I had a liberating time researching topics in AI safety, robustness, evaluation, and interpretability.
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Scaling Expert Supervision of AI
Danny Thompson
Director Of Technology, DThompsonDev
Linkedin Youtube
Danny Thompson is a distinguished technology leader and the author of the upcoming book, “The Developer’s Guide to AI.” As the founder of the “Commit Your Code” charity conference and the “Commit Your Talk” program, he is a major force in developer education and community building. You can also hear him weekly as the host of the popular “Programming Podcast”.
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Panel: Leveling Up: How Developers Can Craft a Meaningful Career in the Age of AI
Rizel Scarlett
Tech Lead, Open Source Developer Relations, Block, Inc.
Linkedin
Rizel Scarlett is driven by a singular mission: ensuring powerful technology feels human, joyful, and real. As the Tech Lead for Open Source Developer Relations at Block, she drives technical storytelling for goose, an open source AI agent. Previously at GitHub, she helped developers understand and adopt GitHub Copilot, using storytelling to make AI and developer tools feel more approachable. Outside of work, she unwinds by watching reality TV, annoying her husband for fun, and navigating the chaos and joy of first-time motherhood.
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Building a Culture of Responsible AI Use
Erik Hanchett
Senior Developer Advocate, AWS
Linkedin
Hello! 👋 My name is Erik Hanchett! I’m the author of Vue.js in Action published by Manning and the Ember.js Cookbook. I’ve been teaching software development for over 10 years on my YouTube channel, Program With Erik, that has over 100,000 subscribers. I’ve given talks on frontend development from all around the world. Currently I work as a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS.
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Learning Spec-Driven Development
Brittany Ellich
Senior Software Engineer, GitHub
Linkedin
Software engineer, speaker, and educator helping developers build better software, stronger careers, and a more inclusive tech industry.
sessions

Panel: Your Boss is Measuring You, Now What?

Kevin Bost
Senior Software Architect, IntelliTect
Link
Kevin Bost is a Senior Software Architect with IntelliTect, GitKraken Ambassador, Microsoft MVP, and open-source advocate who thrives at the intersection of elegant engineering and developer empowerment. A regular presence on Twitch and YouTube, Kevin brings live coding to life—sharing practical techniques, architectural insights, and a healthy dose of humor. He also maintains several widely adopted open-source projects—including Velopack, MaterialDesignInXAML, XAMLTest, and Moq.AutoMock—and actively supports tools and communities that elevate developer workflows.
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Ship Smarter, Not Harder: Beyond the Commit with Practical GitKraken Workflows
Chris Geoghegan
VP, Product, Zapier
Linkedin
Chris Geoghegan is the VP of Product at Zapier, where he leads product strategy and vision across the company’s automation and AI initiatives. He combines deep product leadership experience with a passion for user-centric design and scalable growth.
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Keynote – Context Engineering as a Team Sport: How Shared AI Context Eliminates Handoffs
Tracy Lee
CEO, This Dot Labs
Linkedin Twitter
Tracy Lee is the CEO of This Dot Labs, where she helps organizations embrace AI-powered development practices and build applications. A longtime JavaScript and open source advocate, she’s contributed to framework communities like React, Angular, RxJS, and Node. Tracy is a frequent keynote speaker who bridges the gap between topics relevant to developers and executive leadership.
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The Next Era of Enablement: From Open Source to AI
Matt Johnston
CEO, GitKraken
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What is GitKraken and what do we believe is the future of engineering in the AI era