Claudio Lassala

Technical Director

Claudio is a Technical Director at Improving. He has been developing software since the late ’90s (FoxPro, .NET, Ruby on Rails). When not building software, consulting with clients, doing presentations, delivering training, or hanging out with his family, he can probably be found either working on his music or riding his motorcycle. Check out his blog at www.lassala.net

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Tech Insights

Hidden Cost of Over-Engineering Enterprise Applications

Over-engineering feels productive but costs teams 42% of their time. A senior architect on the linguistic tax, misaligned incentives, and user empathy.

Tech Insights

Why AI Skills Are Now Part of the Product Owner’s Playbook

AI compresses the manual work that consumed POs for years. A senior architect on taxonomy cleanup, BDD prototyping, and the shift to Impact Technology.

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Stop Treating Legacy Systems as the Enemy

Legacy systems aren’t failures—they’re survivors. A senior architect’s case for evolutionary modernization over rip-and-replace.

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Embedding AI Into Daily Development: What Software Engineers Actually Learn

What senior engineers actually learn when they embed AI into daily development: from killing the cold start to the 3,000-test migration.

Jan 11, 2023, 6:00 PM UTC

Finding the Bug in “UX == ‘The Art of Making Things Look Pretty’”

This session will explore acquiring good skills in UX design as developers to make the product of your code really shine

Nov 1, 2023, 5:00 PM UTC

BDD, but not the way you heard it before

Is Behavior-Driven Development a QA Process? Or is it a coding practice? What tool should we use? In this talk, I’ll put a different spin on it and offer you an unusual perspective.

Jan 31, 2024, 6:00 PM UTC

Effective User Stories

In this talk, we’ll look at techniques to try right away: product owners, business analysts, QA, developers, UX designers, everyone is like.

Jun 11, 2025, 5:00 PM UTC

Leveling Up: Preparing Senior Developers for Lead Roles with AI

Unlock your leadership potential with AI-powered skills practice. Learn to write better stories, guide junior devs, and translate stakeholder input into clear specs. Discover your readiness to lead, with no title required – just a willingness to learn by doing.

Jan 28, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC

Define the Need, Solve the Problem: An AI-First Playbook for Developers

Use an AI‑First Playbook to turn ideas into features faster by streamlining workflows, prototyping instantly, and reducing delivery friction.