Dimitris Kyriakopoulos leads the Node.js Chapter at Kotsovolos Digital Factory, where he and his team build and operate large-scale microservice systems powering a modern e-commerce platform.His work focuses on backend architecture, distributed systems, and improving engineering practices across development teams, with particular emphasis on reliability, observability, and developer productivity.Recently, his team has been exploring practical ways to integrate AI into the software development lifecycle. One of the initiatives they introduced is AI-assisted code reviews integrated into GitLab CI/CD pipelines, helping developers receive automated feedback during merge requests and identify potential issues earlier in the development process.Dimitris enjoys sharing real-world engineering lessons from operating production systems and exploring how AI can enhance developer workflows.
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