The past 18 months have seen major change reshape the tech industry. What does it all mean for businesses and dev teams – and what will pragmatic software engineering approaches look like in the future? I tackled these burning questions in my conference talk, “What’s Old is New Again,” which was the keynote of the Craft Conference in May 2024. This presentation is my best attempt to pinpoint the biggest contributors for the changes across VC capital, Big Tech's hiring/firing behaviour, fewer t