High-Performing Teams & Architecture with Diana Nanuti

Two talks from Diana Nanuti.

Burnout: The Hidden Failure Mode of High-Performing Teams
Burnout in high-performing engineering teams is a systemic design flaw, not a lack of individual grit. Applying SRE principles such as load shedding, redundancy and leading indicators to team health, this talk covers why idle capacity supports performance, how to make cognitive load visible, and how to avoid hero culture.

Designing for Change: How Domain-Driven Design and Hexagonal Architecture can help systems evolve
Using a concrete example, this talk shows how Domain-Driven Design and Hexagonal Architecture help software evolve as products grow:

• How clear domain boundaries make systems easier to understand and change
• Ways to structure software so products can evolve without rewrites
• How architectural boundaries reduce the risk of adopting new technologies
• Techniques for reducing lock-in to frameworks, cloud providers or platforms
• Common early design choices that make change harder later

Diana Nanuti
Diana is a Senior Software Engineer at Chainalysis and a 2025 UK Gold Winner at the Women in Tech Global Awards. She specialises in cloud infrastructure and data engineering, and is a public speaker and mentor focused on engineering excellence without burnout.

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