Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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As technology accelerates, the risk of making unintentional "Hidden Decisions" grows exponentially.

Dan Fike, Principal Engineer & Deputy to the CTO @Carta, explains why the increasing pace of software development makes technical choices harder, more frequent, and more consequential.

When teams "just go with the flow," unexamined defaults quietly shape the system and the culture.

Leaders who spot these hidden decisions build better software and stronger teams.

🎯 Learn to choose with intentionality: qconsf.com/keynote/nov2025/hidden-decisions-you-dont-know-youre-making