From Vibes to Outages: When AI Writes the Code You Debug | Sylvain Kalache | Conf42 SRE 2026

Presenters Sylvain Kalache Source Conf42 SRE 2026 🚀 The SRE Survival Guide in the Age of GenAI: Navigating the 100x Code Explosion The world of software engineering is moving at a breakneck pace. As of late 2025, the landscape has shifted permanently. Microsoft reports that 30% of their codebase is now written by Generative AI (GenAI), while Anthropic reports a staggering 90%. In mid-2025, the founder of Cursor noted that users accepted 1 billion lines of code every single day. ...

March 19, 2026 · 5 min

Beyond Observability: Proactive SRE for AI-Driven Personalisation | Yury Lysak | Conf42 SRE 2026

Presenters Yury Lysak Source Conf42 SRE 2026 Revolutionizing Personalization: Beyond Silent Failures and Black Swans 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Ever wondered how AI systems that personalize your experience can go wrong, especially when the stakes are sky-high and the client base is tiny? Yury Lysak, Head of Strategic Projects at Lansol Global, dives deep into this critical challenge, sharing invaluable insights from his journey in telco, retail, and now wealth tech. Get ready to explore how to build reliable, proactive SR (Service Reliability) practices for AI-driven personalization, even when facing silent failures and unpredictable black swan events! 💡 ...

March 19, 2026 · 7 min

Operationalizing LLMs at Scale in Grocery Retail | Sanjay Basu | Conf42 SRE 2026

Presenters Sanjay Basu Source Conf42 SRE 2026 From Experiment to Mission-Critical: Operationalizing LLMs at Scale in Retail with Sanjay Basu Hey tech enthusiasts! Ever wonder what happens when cutting-edge AI moves beyond the lab and into the bustling world of retail? It’s a game-changer, but not without its unique challenges. Today, we’re diving deep with Sanjay Basu from TCS, a brilliant mind in the retail and AI vertical, as he unravels the complexities of operationalizing Large Language Models (LLMs) at scale, especially within the dynamic realm of cognitive commerce. ...

March 19, 2026 · 6 min

SRE-Ready NDC Shopping: Caching at Scale Without Pricing Drift | Mukul Kumar Gaur | Conf42 SRE 2026

Presenters Mukul Kumar Gaur Source Conf42 SRE 2026 Hello everyone, and a huge thank you for joining this insightful session with Mukul Kumar Gaur! Today, we’re diving deep into a pressing challenge many airlines and Online Booking Platforms (OBPs) face: how to scale NDC shopping traffic while keeping prices accurate and systems reliable. Get ready to discover how intelligent caching is revolutionizing airline distribution! The NDC Challenge: Navigating a Skyrocketing Demand 💥 The world of airline distribution is evolving rapidly, moving towards modern retailing and dynamic offers. While this brings incredible flexibility, it also creates a massive headache for infrastructure. Mukul Kumar Gaur highlights a dramatic increase in shopping requests, not just in volume but also in complexity. Each request now demands significantly more computation than ever before, involving intricate calculations for fares, taxes, inventory, availability, and merchandising rules. ...

March 19, 2026 · 5 min

Strengthening Regulated Production Systems | Shruthi Sepuri | Conf42 SRE 2026

Presenters Shruthi Sepuri Source Conf42 SRE 2026 Beyond Uptime: Why Your “Healthy” System Might Still Be Failing the Business 🚀 In the world of regulated enterprise platforms, we often obsess over a single version of the truth: the dashboard. If the lights are green, we breathe a sigh of relief. But what if those green lights are lying? Shruthi Sepuri, an expert in enterprise systems testing and reliability, argues that for systems making high-stakes business decisions, technical health is no longer the gold standard. A system can have 99.99% uptime and still be a catastrophic failure if the decisions it automates are wrong. ...

March 19, 2026 · 4 min