๐ฅ Tech Talks Weekly #46: ๐ Conf42 Python 2025, JSNation, QCon London, DDD Europe, GOTO, PapersWeLove
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That all being said, welcome to the 46th issue of Tech Talks Weekly! This time, we have lots of really great talks published since the last issue of TTW across the following conferences:
โก๏ธ DDD Europe 2024
โก๏ธ JSNation 2024
โก๏ธ QCon London 2024
โก๏ธ PapersWeLove NYC
โก๏ธ performance.now() 2024
โก๏ธ Lambda Days 2024 & Code BEAM 2024
โก๏ธ GOTO 2024
โก๏ธ CppCon 2024
โก๏ธ ๐ Conf42 Python 2025 & Conf42 DevSecOps 2024 (thereโs plenty of good content in this one, so itโs worth scrolling to the bottom!)
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๐ Featured talks of the week
Here are the must-watch talks uploaded since the last TTW issue.
"What we learned about event sourcing and DDD while building a bank - Thomas Bรธgh Fangel - DDD Europe" โธฑ +2k views โธฑ 10 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 59m 45s
"Sidecar-Less or Sidecars for Your Applications in Istio Service Mesh?" โธฑ +400 views โธฑ 03 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 49m 51s
"Apache Kafka Meets Apache Iceberg: Real-Time Data Streaming โข Kasun Indrasiri โข GOTO 2024" โธฑ +900 views โธฑ 12 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 35m 57s
"The One Billion Row Challenge in Elixir: From 12 Minutes to 25 Seconds - Raj Rajhans | Code BEAM" โธฑ +500 views โธฑ 13 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 37m 07s
"C++ 20 Innovations: High-Performance Cross-Platform Architecture in C++ - Noah Stein - CppCon 2024" โธฑ +4k views โธฑ 04 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 54m 32s
"The Hidden Potential of Python's Dunder Methods | Eti Ijeoma | Conf42 Python 2025" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 06 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 37m 31s
๐ New talks
Hereโs the complete list of all the talks uploaded since the last Tech Talks Weekly issue, grouped by conference, and ordered by the number of views for your convenience.
DDD Europe 2024
"What we learned about event sourcing and DDD while building a bank - Thomas Bรธgh Fangel - DDD Europe" โธฑ +2k views โธฑ 10 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 59m 45s
"Effective Test Automation for Developers - Aki Salmi - DDD Europe 2024" โธฑ +1k views โธฑ 03 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 49m 03s
JSNation 2024
"The Easiest Way to Add Animations to Your Website" โธฑ +400 views โธฑ 04 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 20m 52s
"20 Years of Web Testing: From Selenium's Dawn to Vitest's Promise" โธฑ +100 views โธฑ 11 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 22m 25s
QCon London 2024
"Curating a Developer Experience - a Hands-On Guide for Platform Engineers" โธฑ +500 views โธฑ 30 Jan 2025 โธฑ 00h 45m 51s
"Sidecar-Less or Sidecars for Your Applications in Istio Service Mesh?" โธฑ +400 views โธฑ 03 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 49m 51s
"Unleashing the Kernel with eBPF" โธฑ +300 views โธฑ 11 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 50m 10s
"Dissecting the Intelligence of AI with Avraham Poupko" โธฑ +200 views โธฑ 10 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 34m 17s
"The Human Factor in UX and Data-Driven Decisions" โธฑ +200 views โธฑ 31 Jan 2025 โธฑ 00h 23m 43s
PapersWeLove NYC
"Alex Kesling on Apache Arrow DataFusion [PWL NYC]" โธฑ +200 views โธฑ 12 Feb 2025 โธฑ 01h 00m 21s
performance.now() 2024
"Aiming for the Stars | Annie Sullivan | performance.now() 2024" โธฑ +300 views โธฑ 30 Jan 2025 โธฑ 00h 43m 55s
Lambda Days 2024 & Code BEAM 2024
"Lessons learnt from writing 10k LOC in Elm - Sophie Collard | Lambda Days 2024" โธฑ +900 views โธฑ 04 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 32m 24s
"The One Billion Row Challenge in Elixir: From 12 Minutes to 25 Seconds - Raj Rajhans | Code BEAM" โธฑ +500 views โธฑ 13 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 37m 07s
"The Nerves Community Fleet - Lars Wikman | Code BEAM Europe 2024" โธฑ +500 views โธฑ 31 Jan 2025 โธฑ 00h 43m 10s
"An Effect-ful functional framework for TypeScript - Alberto Schiabel | Lambda Days 2024" โธฑ +500 views โธฑ 31 Jan 2025 โธฑ 00h 43m 25s
"Native AMQP 1.0 - David Ansari | RabbitMQ Summit 2024" โธฑ +300 views โธฑ 30 Jan 2025 โธฑ 00h 46m 21s
"Far more than you've ever wanted to know about ADTs - Nicolas Rinaudo | Lambda Days 2024" โธฑ +200 views โธฑ 12 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 44m 42s
GOTO 2024
"Monitoring as Code: E2E Testing in Production with Playwright โข Tim Nolet โข GOTO 2024" โธฑ +2k views โธฑ 31 Jan 2025 โธฑ 00h 39m 58s
"3 Ways Youโre Screwing up Platform Engineering โ And How to Fix It โข Steve Smith โข GOTO 2024" โธฑ +2k views โธฑ 04 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 42m 52s
"Apache Kafka Meets Apache Iceberg: Real-Time Data Streaming โข Kasun Indrasiri โข GOTO 2024" โธฑ +900 views โธฑ 12 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 35m 57s
""Looks Good to Me" Constructive Code Reviews โข Adrienne Braganza Tacke & Paul Slaughter" โธฑ +900 views โธฑ 31 Jan 2025 โธฑ 00h 52m 55s
"Living on the Edge โข Erica Pisani โข GOTO 2024" โธฑ +800 views โธฑ 05 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 39m 54s
CppCon 2024
"Blazing Trails: Building the World's Fastest GameBoy Emulator in Modern C++ - Tom Tesch CppCon 2024" โธฑ +6k views โธฑ 05 Feb 2025 โธฑ 01h 02m 04s
"Performance Optimization in Software Development - Being Friendly to Your Hardware - Ignas Bagdonas" โธฑ +4k views โธฑ 10 Feb 2025 โธฑ 01h 05m 04s
"ISO C++ Standards Committee Panel Discussion 2024 - Hosted by Herb Sutter - CppCon 2024" โธฑ +4k views โธฑ 31 Jan 2025 โธฑ 01h 34m 30s
"C++ 20 Innovations: High-Performance Cross-Platform Architecture in C++ - Noah Stein - CppCon 2024" โธฑ +4k views โธฑ 04 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 54m 32s
"Boost Your Intra-Process Communication Programs With C++20 & Contract-Concept-Implementation Pattern" โธฑ +4k views โธฑ 03 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 45m 23s
"Implementing Particle Filters with C++ Ranges - Nahuel Espinosa - CppCon 2024" โธฑ +3k views โธฑ 06 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 30m 23s
"Build Safer Modern C++ Application: Mix Assertion, Logging, Unit Testing and Fuzzing with ZeroErr" โธฑ +2k views โธฑ 30 Jan 2025 โธฑ 00h 54m 09s
"Making Hard C++ Tests Easy: A Case Study From the Motion Planning Domain - Chip Hogg - CppCon 2024" โธฑ +2k views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 01h 03m 12s
"Bridging the Gap: Writing Portable C++ Programs for CPU and GPU - Thomas Mejstrik - CppCon 2024" โธฑ +1k views โธฑ 12 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 47m 42s
"Beyond Compilation Databases to Support C++ Modules: Build Databases - Ben Boeckel - CppCon 2024" โธฑ +1k views โธฑ 11 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 49m 28s
"Rollback System in C++ for Online Multiplayer Games - Elias Farhan - CppCon 2024" โธฑ +300 views โธฑ 13 Feb 2025 โธฑ 01h 02m 57s
Conf42 Python 2025 & Conf42 DevSecOps 2024
"Building GraphQL Microservices Using FastAPI | Aby M Joseph & Jayalekshmi K S | Conf42 Python 2025" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 06 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 26m 47s
"Green Code: Transforming DevOps for a Sustainable Future | Clifton Reddy | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 16m 19s
"API Security in DevSecOps: Built-In, Not Bolted On | Anirudha Karandikar | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 24m 14s
"Securing the Kubernetes Ecosystem | Thiyagarajan Aramudhan | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 11m 25s
"The Hidden Potential of Python's Dunder Methods | Eti Ijeoma | Conf42 Python 2025" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 06 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 37m 31s
"AI Agents: Customizing AI to Your Needs | Anna Gutowska | Conf42 Python 2025" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 06 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 24m 24s
"Cloud Architecture and API Integration in Modern Enterprises | Himaja Sabbineni | Conf42 Python 2025" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 06 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 13m 05s
"Improving DevOps workflows with GenAI | Julio Arruda | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 41m 04s
"A Primer on Software Bill of Materials for DevSecOps | Safeer C M | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 25m 26s
"GitOps Dynamics: Navigating the new era of DevOps | Megha Kadur | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 21m 21s
"Breaking Down Silos | Joshua Arvin Lat & Raphael Joseph Rosario | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 13m 02s
"Kubernetes Networking 101 | Abdul Karim Memon | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 20m 26s
"Vulnerability Management that developers won't hate | Anthony Laiuppa | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 44m 17s
"Enhancing Embedded Device Security | Mounika Ponugoti | Conf42 Python 2025" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 06 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 11m 05s
"Building and deploying secure apps by โshifting leftโ | Peter De Tender | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 42m 34s
"Modern Web APIs for Secure UI/UX Enhancements | Karthik Vallamsetla | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 11m 35s
"Designing for Failure: Build Resilient Services | Abhishek Vajarekar | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 50m 55s
"Careers in Educational AI and Digitalization | SantoshKumar Pulijala | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 18m 11s
"Internal Developer Platform and Kusion | Hoang Dinh Nguyen | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 23m 05s
"Adaptive, AI-Driven Security Assessments | Vijay Kumar Valaboju | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 14m 44s
"The Power of SecretOps: Automating Secrets Workflows | Nic Manoogian | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 16m 15s
"Leveraging AI for Resilient Supply Chains | Madhusudan S Vadigicherla | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 26m 58s
"Navigating Security in the Subscription Economy | Kiran Nagubandi | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 16m 30s
"The CISO is Dead, Now What ? | Ilan Finkelstein & Pieter VanIpere | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 27m 44s
"The Hidden Danger in Financial Transactions | Paul Edward | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 16m 54s
"Secure SRE Practices: An Expertise-Driven Approach | Nagarjuna Malladi | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 11m 36s
"How AIOps Drives Operational Resilience on AWS | Indika Wimalasuriya | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 30m 39s
"A Policy-as-Code Approach to RBAC Authorization | Graziano Casto | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 13m 42s
"Revolutionize SAP Prod Planning with Hyperautomation | Karthiksai Chenna | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 11m 45s
"Introducing the power of Rating in Cybersecurity | Ramon Izaguirre Bilbao | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 22m 18s
"Monolith to Microservices: A Guide to Seamless Transitions | Daniil Koshelev | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 30m 47s
"Pushing the boundaries of security with Azure Arc | Carlos Solรญs Salazar | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 32m 30s
"Mastering K8s Security | Deepu K Sasidharan | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 24m 30s
"Data Analytics for Security in Pharmaceutical Launches | Harpreet Singh | Conf42 DevSecOps 2024" โธฑ <100 views โธฑ 07 Feb 2025 โธฑ 00h 12m 32s
Enjoy the weekend โ๏ธ and see you next week!