Resurrecting a Recommendations Platform
Explore the implementation of a deep learning model for recommendations while maintaining a legacy platform, focusing on data, machine learning, and A/B testing tiers in cloud migration.
A Theory of Everything
Unifying backend and frontend development perspectives to create a holistic approach to software engineering, bridging the gap between traditional computation and user interaction.
Generating Music From Emotion - and Other Experiments
Explore innovative techniques for generating music based on emotional patterns in books, videos, and films, using sentiment analysis and other non-musical data as foundations for musical storytelling.
Towards Language Support for Distributed Systems
Exploring language-level solutions for distributed systems challenges, focusing on CRDTs and serverless function compositions to simplify development and enhance reliability.
Changing the World
Explore the concept of world-changing impact and its implications with insights from Erica Joy Baker's thought-provoking conference talk.
Kotlin - Uncovered
Explore Kotlin's inner workings by decompiling to Java, examining data classes, lambdas, and delegation to gain deeper understanding and tools for further investigation.
Datafun - A Functional Query Language
Exploring Datafun: a functional query language bridging general-purpose and database languages. Simplifies data manipulation, optimizes queries, and integrates database theory with programming language concepts.
Universal Reason
Explore building universal ReactJS apps with ReasonML, a typed language compiling to JavaScript. Learn language basics, library bindings, and full-stack development for modern web applications.
Riot Messaging Service - Message Players Like a Pro
Explore the architecture and scalability of Riot Games' messaging system for League of Legends, enabling real-time communication with millions of players across hundreds of services.
How to Play with Deep Space Data
Explore deep space data for personal projects with NASA developer Lisa Ballard. Learn to access and utilize space mission imagery and information in web and hardware applications.
Tuning Elasticsearch for English-Language Precision
Optimize Elasticsearch for precise English word searches, handling irregularities and edge cases. Learn to balance precision and recall, rank results, and manage linguistic complexities.
Lazy Defenses - Using Scaled TTLs to Keep Your Cache Correct
Explore dynamic cache TTL scaling to reduce inconsistencies in high-traffic systems. Learn strategies for balancing availability and correctness, with insights from Twitter's User Service team.
Onyx-Native, Information Flow Models and Scientific Computing
Explore Onyx-Native library for modernizing legacy scientific computing systems, focusing on information flow models and their application to complex, long-lived codebases like NOAA's ASOS Ingest System.
Towards New Deep Learning Abstractions on Top of Existing Frameworks
Explore Nervana Graph, a Python library for efficient neural network implementation across platforms. Learn about its modular design, computational efficiency, and hardware flexibility.
Biomaterials as UI
Exploring biomaterials as a new frontier for user interfaces, this talk inspires developers to consider innovative ways of integrating nature-inspired materials into technology for enhanced user experiences.
Origami Software from Scratch
Explore the journey of creating origami software, from basic geometry to complex algorithms, with interactive visualizations and insights into mathematical foundations and user-friendly design.
Strength in Numbers - Unums and the Quest for Reliable Arithmetic
Explore unums as an alternative to floating-point numbers, examining their benefits and real-world applications. Includes a primer on floating-point arithmetic and its limitations.
The Biological Path Towards Strong AI
Exploring Hierarchical Temporal Memory as a biologically-inspired approach to Strong AI, with visualizations of key concepts like sparse distributed representations and temporal memory.
Aesthetic Engine 2
Explore alternative web data interpretation and artistic rendering with Aesthetic Engine 2. Discover unconventional approaches to data visualization and software development in the era of Big Data.
Build Your Child Their Very Own Node.js Frozen Bot
Create a voice-responsive NodeBot using Node.js, robotics frameworks, and Arduino. Learn step-by-step bot creation for customizable functionality.
Unlimited Register Machines, Gödelization and Universality
Explore computational theory through Unlimited Register Machines, understanding Turing equivalence and universality. Gain insights into the foundations of computing power and algorithmic complexity.