Testing, monitoring, observability. They're rarely urgent, often skipped, and easy to dismiss when things are moving fast. But what's the real cost of deferring them, and how much can you actually get away with? This talk explores the tradeoffs of skipping traditional engineering practices in the name of speed, and what happens when you try to layer them in after a system has already scaled. It's not about dogma or checklists, it's about pragmatism, risk, and timing.

Explore Sonar's product roadmap and get a sneak peek at upcoming innovations, including advanced AI capabilities and groundbreaking security features.

Get an exclusive look at the latest SonarQube Server and SonarQube Cloud releases.

Join a member of Sonar’s executive leadership for a look into how new technology innovations in AI and elsewhere are providing developers with exciting new tools that supercharge their development process.