Engineers who ship
Every speaker runs the system they talk about. No abstract thought-leadership — just the architecture, the incidents, and the decisions they'd make differently.
One-day conference · Saturday, October 17, 2026 · Seoul
DevMatter Conf 2026
One day, four tracks, and 600 engineers who care about how software actually gets built. Deep technical talks, hands-on labs, and the kind of hallway conversations that change how you ship. No vendor keynotes, no filler — just the hard-won lessons behind real systems at scale.
Why attend
Four tracks, zero vendor pitches
A program built by engineers for engineers. Every session is grounded in a real system in production — you leave with patterns, pitfalls, and things you can apply the moment you get back to your editor.
A room worth being in
Attendance is capped at 600 so the hallway track stays useful. Curated lunch tables and topic meetups make it easy to find the people solving your exact problem.
Hands-on labs
Afternoon Labs sessions where you build alongside the speaker on a real codebase — distributed tracing, migrations, and eval harnesses. Bring a laptop.
Everything included
Barista coffee, a proper lunch, rock-solid Wi-Fi, and HD recordings plus slides for every talk delivered to your inbox within 48 hours.
Built for the city
One venue at Dongdaemun Design Plaza, a five-minute walk from the subway and steps from where the after-party keeps the conversation going.
Honest pricing
Three clear tiers, no hidden booking fees. Deep discounts for students, and team pricing for groups of five or more on request.
Agenda
Schedule for the day
Two stages and a Labs room running from morning coffee to the rooftop mixer. Sessions are 45 minutes with generous breaks so you never have to choose between a talk and a good conversation.
| Time | Session | Speaker | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | Registration, badge pickup & barista coffee | — | All |
| 09:30 | Opening keynote: Software after the platform era | Alex Rivera | Keynote |
| 10:30 | Postgres at 40 billion rows: the boring path to scale | Priya Nair | Backend |
| 11:30 | Type-safe from the database to the DOM | Mara Okafor | Frontend |
| 12:30 | Lunch, lightning talks & sponsor expo | — | All |
| 14:00 | Shipping AI features you can actually trust | Daniel Kim | AI & Data |
| 15:00 | Zero-downtime migrations without the 3 a.m. page | Priya Nair | Platform |
| 16:00 | Workshop: Tracing a request across 12 services | Daniel Kim | Labs |
| 17:00 | Panel: What we got wrong scaling our stack | All speakers | Keynote |
| 18:00 | Closing remarks, raffle & rooftop mixer | Alex Rivera | All |
Speakers
Who you'll hear from
Our first wave of confirmed speakers — the engineers behind some of the systems you already depend on. More names announced every week leading up to the conference.
Alex Rivera
Distinguished Engineer, Meridian Cloud
Spent fifteen years building the developer platforms behind products used by millions. Writes and speaks on system design, developer experience, and where our tooling is headed next.
Priya Nair
Head of Infrastructure, Northwind Data
Runs the database and reliability org that keeps a fleet of high-traffic services online. Known for turning terrifying migrations into boring, well-rehearsed rollouts.
Daniel Kim
Principal ML Engineer, Halcyon AI
Builds the training and inference infrastructure behind production AI features. Obsessed with evaluation, guardrails, and shipping models teams can actually trust.
Venue
Where it happens
One landmark venue in the heart of Seoul, chosen for great acoustics, fast Wi-Fi, and a rooftop made for the after-party.
Location
Dongdaemun Design Plaza, 281 Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul. A five-minute walk from DDP Station (Lines 2, 4 & 5), Exit 1.
Date
Saturday, October 17, 2026. Badge pickup opens at 8:30, the keynote starts at 9:30, and the rooftop mixer runs until 19:00.
Tickets
Standard, Labs, and Student tiers — all include talks, lunch, and recordings. Reserve your spot with the registration form.
600 seats. Early-bird pricing won't last.
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