Craft 2026 - Neal Ford
Neal Ford
Distinguished Engineer at Thoughtworks
About Neal Ford

Neal is a Distinguished Engineer at Thoughtworks, a software company and a community of passionate, purpose-led individuals, delivering technology to address the toughest challenges, all while seeking to revolutionize the IT industry and create positive social change. He speaks at many conferences.

Talk
Neal Ford's Talk
Topics:
architecture
software architecture
Level: General
Workshop
Fundamentals of Software Architecture: Crafting Systems in the Age of A.I.
Topics:
Software Delivery Craft Matters
ai
architecture
artificial intelligence
architecture decision records
adrs
hands-on
microservices
modular monolith
software architecture
scaling
Level: General

Software architecture is becoming increasingly important, particularly in the age of generative A.I., code generation, and agents. As A.I. continues to infiltrate the software development process, developers are beginning to see a shift in their traditional role to one that involves more of a focus on architecture. The problem is, there's no clear path for moving from developer to architect. Why? ...