The Xen Project's code contributions have been growing 10% a year. However, during this period of growth, the code review process became much slower, leading to issues in the community. Lars Kurth and Daniel Izquierdo explain how software development analytics came to the rescue: it provided surprising insights that allowed the project members to understand issues and take corrective action.

Modern houses and robots have a lot in common. Both have a lot of sensors and have to make a lot of decisions. However, unlike houses, robots adapt and perform helpful tasks. Brandon Rohrer details an algorithm specifically designed to help houses, buildings, roads, and stores learn to actively help the people that use them.