Micro-Optimization for Fun and Profit - Scala Days Seattle
Explore JVM micro-optimization techniques, focusing on hardware, compiler, and JVM fundamentals. Learn to write dramatically faster code without sacrificing functionality.
The Making of the com.lihaoyi Ecosystem
Explore the evolution, principles, and unique aspects of the com.lihaoyi Scala ecosystem. Learn about its development techniques, successes, and failures over the past decade.
From Managing Scala to Managing People
Insights from a Scala developer's transition to engineering management, exploring challenges, responsibilities, and how Scala skills translate to leadership roles.
Coaching through Coding
Discover strategies for coaching and mentoring through everyday coding activities, expanding beyond traditional one-on-one conversations to support team members' career growth.
Upgrading GitHub to Ruby 2.7
Strategies for upgrading large-scale Ruby applications to version 2.7, including handling deprecation warnings, performance improvements, and maintaining open-source dependencies.
The Realities of Running a Rails App Long Term
Explore the evolution of a Rails app over a decade, covering design choices, testing, integrations, and challenges faced in long-term development and maintenance.
The Trail to Scale Without Fail - Rails
Explore creative solutions for handling high-traffic web applications, using Cloudinary as a case study. Learn strategies to manage load fluctuations and ensure system stability at scale.
What the Fork?
Explore Unix fork() system call, its role in Rails development/production, and techniques for optimizing memory usage and parallel processing in Ruby applications.
What is Developer Empathy?
Explore strategies for fostering empathy in dev teams, promoting psychological safety, and creating equitable practices that enhance learning and collaboration across all levels.
How to Get a Project Unstuck
Learn strategies to revive stalled open source projects, including coordination, leadership, and practical steps for short and long-term success. Gain insights from case studies and principles for effective project revival.
Writing Design Docs for Wide Audiences
Learn to create effective design documents that convince and align stakeholders, addressing key questions and involving the right people for successful technical communication.
Why We Worry About All the Wrong Things
Explore root causes of fear and anxiety, learn to rewrite instincts, and redirect worry towards productive outcomes for a safer, happier, and less stressful life and career.
Engineering at Root
Discover how Root is revolutionizing car insurance using technology to measure driving behavior, offering fairer rates, and building innovative software to power their mission.
The Intentional Plan for Intersectionality
Explore intersectionality in STEM, addressing challenges faced by underrepresented groups. Learn to recognize privilege, workplace issues, and create an intentional plan for inclusivity.
Dungeons and Collaboration - A Player's Handbook to Working With Distributed Teams
Discover how Dungeons & Dragons principles can enhance collaboration in distributed teams, improving online etiquette and team-building skills for developers.
Railsbench - Rdoc Generation - Microbenchmarks - Proposal to Enable VWare Resizing Objects - Shrinking RVALUE
Explore Ruby's memory optimization project to improve performance by moving system heap memory into Ruby heap memory, reducing allocations and enhancing CPU cache efficiency.
Debugging Product Teams
Explore techniques for identifying and addressing issues within product teams, focusing on observation, hypothesis formation, and targeted interventions to improve team dynamics and performance.
This Is Not a Talk About Airplane Crashes
Explore aviation safety principles and their application to human-technical systems through fascinating accident case studies and valuable lessons for collaborative work environments.
Virtual Job Fair - Kolide, Fullscript, CZI
Explore career opportunities with Kolide, Fullscript, and CZI in this virtual job fair, highlighting innovative tech roles and initiatives in education and community development.
Job Fair Part 1 - Weedmaps, MX, and Doximity
Explore career opportunities with leading tech companies Weedmaps, MX, and Doximity in this insightful job fair session from RubyConf 2021.
Workshop - Tackling Technical Debt - An Analytical Approach
Learn analytical techniques to measure, prioritize, and address technical debt in software projects, focusing on high-leverage changes and code stewardship to improve system maintainability and prevent code bankruptcy.