The August 17 outage, and the work ahead

Vladimir Fedorov, GitHub's CTO, is profiled following a recent service outage. The piece details his background in engineering leadership at Meta and Microsoft, as well as his commitment to developer productivity and AI-native education.
Why it matters
Provides insight into the leadership philosophy of a major technology platform's engineering head during a period of operational challenges.
Vladimir Fedorov is GitHub's Chief Technology Officer, bringing decades of experience in engineering leadership and innovation. A passionate advocate for developer productivity, Vlad is leading GitHub’s engineering team to shape the future of developer tools and innovation with a developer-first mindset.
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