I was very honored to deliver the opening keynote at DevOpsDays Zürich 2026 (in Winterthur, of course) on May 6th, 2026 with my new talk, "Engineering & Ethics: Responsibility by Design".

As engineers, we might build systems that shape millions of lives, but it’s easy to lose sight of their broader impact. How do we balance the pressure to ship fast, or even AI-fast, with our responsibility to society?

I think it went well, though being a new talk some adjustments will be needed for next time!

I am interested in giving this talk in other conferences, and have submitted it a few times already, if you're interested please get in touch.

Links

Here are links to material that's presented in the talk.

• Therac 25 history by Tom's Hardware.
• ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
• Infomaniak's data center, recovers 100% of its energy to heat buildings.
• CNBC's article on Steve Wozniak - happiness equals smiles minus frowns
• Digital Ethics, EPFL
• Digital Ethics Canvas, EPFL
• Ethics-by-Design Canvas Paper
• Responsible Software course videos, EPFL - available without login
• Responsible Software course exercises, EPFL - available without login
• Cal Newport's books

Slides

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Article updated May 26th, 2026: add video recording and reorganize.