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5-Minute Developer Lightning Talk (LT) Template (7 Slides)

Designed specifically for tech conference lightning talks where finishing within exactly 300 seconds is mandatory.

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5-Minute Developer Lightning Talk (LT) Template (7 Slides)

Slide Count 7 Slides

Target Duration 5 Minutes

Avg Pace 43 sec / slide

Format 16:9 Google Slides

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1. Title & Quick Intro (30s)

Hi everyone! Today I will share how we slashed our Docker build times in half.

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Slide 1 Title & Quick Intro (30s)

Punchy talk title with GitHub/X handle.

📝 Handheld Teleprompter Script: Hi everyone! Today I will share how we slashed our Docker build times in half.

Slide 2 The Core Takeaway (30s)

Single sentence takeaway before diving into technical details.

📝 Handheld Teleprompter Script: Bottom line: Switching to multi-stage caching cut CI runtimes by 60%.

Slide 3 The Horror Story / Incident (60s)

Relatable developer struggle that prompted the investigation.

📝 Handheld Teleprompter Script: Every release was bottlenecked by a 45-minute legacy compile step.

Slide 4 Technical Architecture & Fix (60s)

System diagrams and toolchain changes.

📝 Handheld Teleprompter Script: We re-architected the asset pipeline using Rust-based tooling.

Slide 5 Code Snippet Highlight (60s)

Clean, legible code highlighting only the critical 4 lines.

📝 Handheld Teleprompter Script: Notice how this simple cache layer intercepts redundant builds.

Slide 6 Benchmark Results & Wins (30s)

Quantifiable latency/throughput improvements.

📝 Handheld Teleprompter Script: Median deployment time dropped from 45 min down to 3 minutes.

Slide 7 Summary & Links (30s)

Repository link, demo URL, and thank you note.

📝 Handheld Teleprompter Script: Code is open source on GitHub. Thank you!

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