Software systems quietly assume that time is stable, ordered, and shared. Twice a year, Daylight Saving Time proves otherwise.
In real-time and safety-critical environments, such as healthcare systems, DST can cause records to appear duplicated or missing, alerts to misalign with reality, and timelines to contradict themselves – even when nothing is “broken” in the traditional sense.
Drawing from experience working in a hospital environment, this Ignite talk examines Daylight Saving Time as a recurring disruption in socio-technical systems, highlighting what happens when clocks, software, and human workflows disagree about what “now” means.
Because time isn’t just a configuration detail.
It’s a coordination mechanism – and when it breaks, people absorb the consequences.
Shahar Shporer is a DevOps architect with experience building secure, scalable infrastructure and developer-friendly CI/CD workflows across multi-cloud environments. She brings expertise in Python, Infrastructure as Code, and test-driven DevOps practices and automated solutions. Shahar thrives on translating complex engineering challenges into elegant, developer-friendly DevOps solutions that foster productivity and organizational growth.
Outside the world of pipelines and platforms, Shahar is also a certified paramedical tattoo artist, creating 3D areola reconstruction tattoos and helping breast cancer survivors reclaim their bodies with dignity and art.
Keynote session: Hadas Grossmon Ella
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Lightning talks session
Roundtable closing
Talk by Hila Paz
Talk by Dr. Moran Mizrahi
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