Mentorship in Three Acts
Discover effective mentorship strategies for team growth, covering three stages of program integration and methods to engage hesitant teams. Learn to create a structured system that enhances skills and culture.
Managing the Burnout Burndown
Practical strategies for tech leaders to manage stress, reduce burnout, and maintain productivity. Combines real-world experience with academic insights for a balanced approach to workplace well-being.
Building a More Effective, Bidirectional Mentor-Mentee Relationship
Explore strategies to enhance mentor-mentee relationships, drawing from research and personal experiences. Learn to overcome common challenges and maximize value for both parties.
Keynote - Investing in the Ruby Community
Explore how a developer's passion for Ruby led to community investments, featuring insights on Rails, Shopify upgrades, and Ruby VM improvements.
Leading through Change - When Two Cultures Combine
Explore leadership strategies for navigating cultural mergers, fostering collaboration, and driving positive change in diverse organizational environments.
Solo - Building Successful Web Apps By Your Lonesome
Strategies for successful solo web app development: pros, cons, project selection, professional growth, and efficient processes for time-saving and peace of mind.
Ruby Office Hours with Shopify Engineering
Explore Shopify's Ruby projects and engineering culture in this Q&A session. Gain insights on Ruby development, Shopify's contributions, and career opportunities from experienced engineers.
How We Implemented Salary Transparency - And Why It Matters
Explore the implementation and benefits of salary transparency, including increased trust, job satisfaction, and improved gender and racial equity in the workplace.
Knowing When to Walk Away
Strategies for identifying workplace issues, addressing concerns, and making tough career decisions when a dream job turns sour.
Open the Gate a Little - Strategies to Protect and Share Data
Strategies for balancing data protection and sharing in software development, focusing on HIPAA compliance, data anonymization techniques, and secure access methods.
How to A/B Test with Confidence
Learn to conduct accurate A/B tests, avoid common pitfalls, and make data-driven decisions confidently. Discover practical tips for setup, implementation, and analysis to ensure trustworthy results.
Engineer in Diversity & Inclusion - Tangible Steps for Teams
Learn practical steps to implement Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in software engineering, empowering you to build inclusive platforms and become a better ally and community member.
Refactoring - A Developer's Guide to Writing Well
Learn practical tips to improve your writing as a developer, from commit messages to architecture docs, using advice from fiction authors and editors to enhance clarity and impact.
Junior Devs are the Solution to Many of Your Problems
Discover how early-career software developers can bring unique value to your team. Learn strategies for identifying and leveraging their potential to solve key problems and drive performance.
Engineering MBA - Be The Boss of Your Own Work
Improve your development career with strategic planning, leadership, and process management skills. Learn MBA concepts valuable for developers without the costs of business school.
Using Rails to Communicate with the New York Stock Exchange
Learn to build scalable trading apps with Rails, managing complex APIs, TCP protocols, and RPC for high-frequency transactions with the New York Stock Exchange.
Rust-based, Secure and Lightweight Container Runtime for Embedded Systems
Explore a Rust-based container runtime for embedded systems, offering enhanced security, faster startup, reduced memory usage, and fine-grained access control using seccomp notify.
DevSecOps in the US Air Force
Explore how the US Air Force leverages DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and Istio for digital modernization and rapid innovation, demonstrating value delivery strategies applicable to any organization.
Scheduling 68k COVID Tests with Linkerd - The Pennsylvania State University
Discover how Penn State used Linkerd to secure, monitor, and troubleshoot a HIPAA-compliant COVID-19 testing scheduling system for 68,000 campus returnees, highlighting microservice performance optimization.
The Long, Winding and Bumpy Road to CronJob's GA
Explore the evolution of Kubernetes CronJob API, from its inception to GA status, covering major challenges, performance improvements, and future possibilities.
CNCF SIG Observability Updates
Updates on CNCF SIG Observability's progress, future plans, and opportunities for involvement. Overview of observability landscape, ongoing projects, and invitation to contribute to improving CNCF's observability space.