
Petr Krebs
Head of Engineering @ Make
Petr is currently Head of Engineering for Growth and Monetization at Make, the workflow automation platform. With over 20 years in software spanning geospatial systems, cybersecurity, data platforms, and product-led growth — including roles at Avast and Productboard — his strength is versatility and breadth of experience across domains, team sizes, and organizational challenges. He is passionate about building strong engineering teams and is an active mentor through Femme Palette.

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Workshop
Stop Apologizing for Your Codebase: Taking Radical Ownership of Tech Debt
The engineers are begging to refactor. The business needs to ship value now. You are stuck in the middle". It is time to stop feeling like a victim of your legacy code and take radical ownership of the mess.
In this workshop, we will treat tech debt as an intentional trade-off, not a moral failure. In a world where AI accelerates both the volume of tech debt we create and the speed at which we can refactor it, execution is no longer our main bottleneck. We will learn to ruthlessly assess your technical reality, separating smart leverage from the unintentional drag that bogs you down.
You will leave with a framework to end circular debates over technical priorities, knowing exactly what to fix, what to ignore, and how to align your team on "good enough" solutions to maximize value.
In this workshop, we will treat tech debt as an intentional trade-off, not a moral failure. In a world where AI accelerates both the volume of tech debt we create and the speed at which we can refactor it, execution is no longer our main bottleneck. We will learn to ruthlessly assess your technical reality, distinguishing between smart leverage that helps you deliver fast and unintentional drag that bogs your team down.
You will walk away with a framework to end the circular debates over technical priorities. You will leave confident in knowing exactly which parts of the system to fix and which to ignore, equipped with the techniques to align your team on "good enough" solutions that maximize value.
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