Dynamic Languages in Production - Progress and Open Challenges
Explore debugging challenges in Node.js production systems and innovative tools for postmortem and in situ analysis of JIT-compiled VMs, presented by Joyent engineers.
Some Considerations for Scaling - What We Did At New Relic
Insights on scaling a tech company from hundreds to billions of daily metrics, covering strategic decisions in sharding, caching, and hardware improvements for effective growth.
Scaling During Hypergrowth
Explore strategies for scaling engineering teams during rapid growth, covering hiring, failure management, architecture, monitoring, and best practices for maintaining stability and efficiency.
Big Data, Bad Analogies
Exploring data management concepts from prehistory to modern era, debunking analogies, and examining design principles to guide architecture decisions and avoid technical debt.
Setting a Good Example - How to Improve Your SBE, BDD & ATDD Artefacts
Practical guidance on improving BDD, SbE, and ATDD practices, focusing on creating high-value specifications and testable scenarios that provide long-term value as living documentation.
REST - I Don't Think It Means What You Think It Does
Explore common misconceptions about REST architecture, its principles, and best practices for designing truly RESTful APIs with insights from SOA expert Stefan Tilkov.
To the Moon
Explore the transformative impact of the Moon landing on society and technology, drawing parallels to modern software development and innovation in this inspiring talk by Russ Olsen.
Root Cause Analysis of Some Faults in Design Patterns
Explore design pattern flaws, focusing on Observer, Adapter, and Iterator. Learn valuable lessons for improved pattern writing and implementation in software development.
Mixing Lean UX and Agile Development
Explore integrating Lean UX and Agile methodologies to create sustainable, cross-disciplinary teams that validate features weekly, aligning product development with market fit faster and more effectively.
x86 Internals for Fun and Profit
Explore x86 processor internals to optimize code efficiency. Gain insights into modern CPU architecture for better performance and understanding of low-level programming concepts.
Software Architecture vs Code
Explore the disconnect between software architecture and code, and learn strategies to align them for better development practices and team communication.
Polyglot Data
Explore diverse data models and their applications in solving complex problems. Learn to choose the right approach for each scenario, avoiding accidental complexity in software development.
So You Want To Rewrite That
Explore the technical and cultural implications of replatforming systems, including best practices and potential pitfalls when replacing outdated or inefficient software architectures.
Speed and Scale - How to Get There
Explore high-velocity software delivery through innovation, data-driven decisions, agile development, and cloud-native architectures. Learn strategies for migrating to microservices and NoSQL databases for improved scalability and speed.
Does the Browser Have a Future
Exploring the future of browsers vs. mobile apps, discussing advantages, challenges, and implications for user privacy, security, and the evolving digital landscape.
Highly Available & Scalable Solutions with RavenDB
Explore RavenDB's capabilities for load distribution, replication, disaster recovery, and data-driven sharding. Learn how this document database scales under load and maintains high availability during failures.
Easy Scaling with Open Source Data Structures
Explore distributed programming with Hazelcast, an open-source solution for easy scaling. Learn about data structures, partitioning, and practical applications in this informative talk.
Designing for Performance
Explore high-performance software design principles, focusing on achieving optimal system performance through effective architecture, algorithms, and implementation strategies.
Event Streams at Groupon with Storm, Mesos & Griddle
Explore Groupon's efficient event stream processing using Storm, Mesos, and Griddle. Learn about shared infrastructure and specialized tooling for real-time data handling at scale.
Raising Abstractions for the Software Defined Business
Exploring software-defined business challenges, this talk discusses raising abstractions to address interoperability issues in diverse IT environments and proposes unified horizontal application architecture solutions.
How Did We End Up Here
Explore software industry challenges, antipatterns, and solutions. Gain insights on simplicity, fundamentals, and diversity in tech from experienced architects and specialists.