Bassem Dghaidi

Bassem Dghaidi, a senior software engineer at GitHub with extensive experience in large-scale services, shares his insights on practical system design. He discusses the importance of simplicity over complexity, warning against premature scaling. Bassem emphasizes vertical scaling as a strategy for startups and explains how GitHub efficiently handles massive traffic with minimal architecture. He also touches on translating technical challenges into business risks and the growing influence of AI agents in coding, speeding up processes considerably.