Engineering without a Safety Net: Where it works and hurts + Software Social

Sonar User Groups are about coming together casually to learn, share, and connect around code and software. Whether you’re new to coding or have been shipping software for years, all experience levels are welcomed and encouraged!

🗓️ Schedule
6:30–6:50 pm 🤝 Arrival & Meet Each Other!
Grab a drink, get settled, and meet fellow attendees.
6:50–7:00 pm 🗣️ Intro Circle
7:00–7:30 pm 🎤 Featured Talk: Engineering Without a Safety Net: Where It Works and Where It Hurts by Faris Aziz
7:30–8:30 pm 👥 Software Social
Chat with fellow devs, Work on your projects, or just enjoy the food — all up to you!
9pm 👋 Event end

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ℹ️ More details
Featured Talk 🎤 Engineering Without a Safety Net: Where It Works and Where It Hurts

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.

👂 What you'll walk away with

• Where you can cut corners without wrecking reliability (and where you can't)
• The core safety nets—testing, metrics, observability, resilience—and how they interact
• Balancing pragmatism and risk: deciding when speed beats safety, and how to add guardrails back in after scaling

Additionally, we’ll have a Software Social: an open, casual social to work on projects, chat with fellow devs, or just relax over drinks and food. Bring a laptop if you want to code or demo something, but no pressure if you just want to mingle and grab some food.

Sound good? RSVP now to save your spot - can’t wait to see you there!

🙋 FAQ

• Which floor is the office on? 3rd floor.
• Can I show up late? Yes, we’re flexible. Just check event comments or the door if you arrive after 7:30.
• Can I bring a guest? Totally - just have them RSVP on Meetup so we can plan accordingly.
• Do I need a laptop? Not required, but helpful if you want to code or demo anything.
• I’m new to coding — should I come? Absolutely! We welcome all experience levels.

Want to speak at a future meetup or help build the local Swiss dev scene? Reach out to Community Programs Manager steve.chen@sonarsource.com - we're always looking for speakers and volunteers.

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