In 13 years of working in software testing, I’ve seen our industry constantly reinvent itself. Automation reduced manual effort. CI/CD transformed how we release software. Data changed how we measure quality. And now AI is reshaping how we build, test and think.
Each shift has made us faster and more ambitious. But it also made me start asking a simple question: are we building practices that will actually last, or just getting better at moving quickly?
We celebrate speed. We measure velocity. We optimise pipelines. But we rarely stop to ask harder questions. Are our systems becoming easier to maintain or harder? Are we reducing complexity, or simply layering new tools on top of old problems? Is AI helping us think better, or thinking for us?
Sustainability in tech isn’t just about carbon or green hosting. It’s about whether our engineering decisions today make life easier or harder tomorrow. It’s about building systems and teams that can adapt to change instead of constantly firefighting it.
In this talk, I’ll explore what sustainability really means in modern tech, the hidden costs of constant acceleration, and how teams can balance innovation with responsibility.
Because moving fast isn’t the problem.
The real question is: are we building foundations we’ll be proud of in a few years, or simply sprinting without checking the direction?
That’s the conversation I want us to have.