Tech Talks Weekly #7 ⭐️

2024-03-21: All the recently uploaded talks from NDC, GOTO, Conf42, CppCon, LeadDev, and more!

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Welcome to the #7 issue of Tech Talks Weekly! This week has brought some fantastic talks from NDC, GOTO as well as CppCon, Conf42, LeadDev and many more.

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🏆 Featured talks of the week

Here are the must-watch talks since the last Tech Talks Weekly issue:

1. "Contract-Driven Development • Naresh Jain • YOW! 2023" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 00h 50m 17s

2. "Secret Shortcuts of Loading Web Performance - Nikola Mitrovic - NDC Porto 2023" ⸱ +700 views ⸱ 00h 37m 54s

3. "Java Project Loom: Why Should I Care? • Erwin de Gier • GOTO 2023" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 00h 37m 38s

4. "Help your engineering, product and security teams get on the same page" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 00h 46m 05s

5. "C++ Memory Model: from C++11 to C++23 - Alex Dathskovsky - CppCon 2023" ⸱ +18k views ⸱ 00h 58m 38s

📆 All new uploads

Here’s a list of all the recently uploaded talks since the last issue grouped by conference and ordered by the number of views for your convenience.

1. NDC

1. "Get old, go slow, write code! - Tobias Modig - NDC Porto 2023" ⸱ +6k views ⸱ 00h 52m 39s

2. "Developer Joy – How great teams get s%*t done - Sven Peters - NDC Porto 2023" ⸱ +3k views ⸱ 00h 57m 40s

3. "Intentional Code - Minimalism in a World of Dogmatic Design - David Whitney - NDC Porto 2023" ⸱ +3k views ⸱ 00h 56m 31s

4. "Your website does not need JavaScript - Amy Kapernick - NDC Porto 2023" ⸱ +3k views ⸱ 00h 48m 15s

5. "F# for the C# Developer - F#, the .NET Runtime, and Aesthetics - Scott Arbeit - NDC Porto 2023" ⸱ +2k views ⸱ 01h 00m 22s

6. "Architecture Modernization: Aligning Software, Strategy, and Structure - Nick Tune" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 00h 48m 17s

7. "Messaging: The fine line between awesome and awful - Laila Bougria" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 00h 52m 38s

8. "Connecting Remotely Like a Pro - Adam Furmanek - NDC Porto 2023" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 01h 02m 38s

9. "Fine Grained Authorisation with Relationship-Based Access Control - Ben Dechrai - NDC Porto 2023" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 00h 41m 19s

10. "Secret Shortcuts of Loading Web Performance - Nikola Mitrovic - NDC Porto 2023" ⸱ +700 views ⸱ 00h 37m 54s

2. GOTO

1. "Creating Software with Modern Diagramming Techniques • Ashley Peacock & Stefan Hofer • GOTO 2024" ⸱ +2k views ⸱ 00h 35m 33s

2. "Contract-Driven Development • Naresh Jain • YOW! 2023" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 00h 50m 17s

3. "Livebook & Elixir: Where AI, Web & Concurrency Meet • José Valim • YOW! 2023" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 00h 47m 21s

4. "Spotify Plugins for Backstage: How Commercial & Open Source Go Hand-in-Hand • Joon Park • GOTO 2023" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 00h 43m 53s

5. "Java Project Loom: Why Should I Care? • Erwin de Gier • GOTO 2023" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 00h 37m 38s

6. "Static Kotlin Bug Hunting • Marharyta Nedzelska • YOW! 2023" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 00h 42m 52s

7. "Riding Waves of Change: From Motorbike Novice to Career Crossroad • Anne-Marie Charrett • YOW! 2023" ⸱ +900 views ⸱ 00h 34m 19s

8. "The Art of EDA Visuals: Exploring Concepts Through Graphics • David Boyne & Eric Johnson • GOTO 2024" ⸱ +800 views ⸱ 00h 38m 45s

9. "Decoding Modern Tech: Cloud, APIs, Wasm, Security, & More • Daniel Bryant & Matt Turner" ⸱ +700 views ⸱ 00h 52m 06s

3. Rust

1. "Diplomat - Idiomatic Multi-Language APIs - Robert Bastian - Rust Zürisee March 2024" ⸱ +2k views ⸱ 00h 15m 33s

4. Big Data LDN

1. "Methods & Frameworks for a value-driven and ethical Data & Analytics strategy" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 24m 07s

5. CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]

1. "Generating network policies - the power of automation" ⸱ +700 views ⸱ 00h 17m 59s

2. "CNL: Rapid GoLang prototyping with KubeFox Virtual Environments & Hasura" ⸱ +700 views ⸱ 01h 00m 50s

3. "Adopting Infrastructure from Code: Challenges with IaC and why IfC is needed" ⸱ +300 views ⸱ 00h 45m 06s

4. "Introducing the BACK Stack!" ⸱ +300 views ⸱ 00h 31m 26s

5. "KubeSights - An Insider's Look at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon" ⸱ +300 views ⸱ 00h 59m 28s

6. "What actually makes software cloud native" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 00h 25m 03s

7. "Honey, I’ve secured your boot" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 00h 42m 41s

8. "Space-Age GitOps: The Rise of the Humble Pull Request - Zach Aller & Michael Crenshaw, Intuit" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 00h 25m 26s

9. "Keynote: Accelerating AI Workloads with GPUs in Kubernetes - Kevin Klues & Sanjay Chatterjee" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 00h 15m 28s

6. Code Sync

1. "Concurrent All the Way Down: Functional Concurrency with Libretto by Tomas Mikula | Lambda Days 2023" ⸱ +400 views ⸱ 00h 44m 51s

2. "Keynote: The Human Factor - Jenny Bramble | Code BEAM America 2024" ⸱ +100 views ⸱ 00h 49m 44s

7. Conf42

1. "Synergizing Threat-Informed Defense | Kennedy Torkura | Conf42 Cloud Native 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 44m 44s

2. "Modernize without the madness: monoliths to microservices | Hareesh Iyer | Conf42 Cloud Native 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 34m 28s

3. "Leadership 2.0: Adapting to Tech-Driven Paradigms | Tanvi Mishra | Conf42 Cloud Native 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 16m 48s

4. "Patterns for efficient serverless development | Yan Cui | Conf42 Cloud Native 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 29m 58s

5. "Forget Dev Platforms, Think Dev Productivity! | Christian Denich & Robert Hoffmann | Conf42 CN 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 45m 19s

6. "Integrating Gamification Into Daily Plant Practices | Ruslan Zaripov | Conf42 Cloud Native 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 14m 02s

7. "Mastering Generative AI: Harnessing AWS GenAI for Your Solutions | Samuel Baruffi | Conf42 CN 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 59m 05s

8. "Architectural Best Practices for Large-Scale Data Systems | Santosh Nikhil Kumar | Conf42 CN 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 48m 20s

9. "Journey Beyond: AWS Quest for Excellence | Dmytro Hlotenko | Conf42 Cloud Native 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 01h 15m 46s

10. "Practical AI with Machine Learning for Observability in Netdata | Costa Tsaousis | Conf42 CN 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 43m 07s

8. CppCon

1. "C++ Memory Model: from C++11 to C++23 - Alex Dathskovsky - CppCon 2023" ⸱ +18k views ⸱ 00h 58m 38s

2. "Back to Basics: Forwarding References - How to Forward Parameters in Modern C++ - Mateusz Pusz 2023" ⸱ +3k views ⸱ 01h 01m 41s

3. "Building Consensus on a Set of Rules for Our Massive C++ Codebase - Sherry Sontag - CppCon 2023" ⸱ +2k views ⸱ 00h 30m 40s

4. "Better Code: Contracts in C++ - Sean Parent & Dave Abrahams - CppCon 2023" ⸱ +2k views ⸱ 01h 05m 10s

5. "Tips on Surveying the C++ Community - Anastasia Kazakova - CppCon 2023" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 01h 03m 55s

9. Data Science Conference

1. "How to Build and Scale Ultra-Lean Gen AI Startups | Tarry Singh | DSC Europe 23" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 53m 16s

2. "Redefining User Experience with Large Language Models | Igor Ilic | DSC Europe 23" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 45m 52s

10. GeeCON Conference

1. "GeeCON Prague 2023: Markus Kett - High Performance Java Cloud Native Apps" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 52m 51s

2. "GeeCON Prague 2023: Bogomil Shopov - Where Did All the Fun Go?" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 20m 23s

3. "GeeCON Prague 2023: Tannaz N. Roshandel - Machine Intelligence With Humans in Mind" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 19m 11s

11. Infinite Red

1. "RNR 291 - RNR Explains: The Dev Menu" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 26m 50s

12. LeadDev

1. "Help your engineering, product and security teams get on the same page" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 00h 46m 05s

13. Plain Schwarz

1. "Nuna Dionísio – A user-centric (r)evolution #FOSSDesign" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 17m 11s

2. "René Kriegler – The power of adding a story to your demo #FOSSDesign" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 16m 49s

3. "Samira Gibson – Building the Holodeck: XR for Designers #FOSSDesign" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 20m 10s

4. "Christopher Hunter – The Power of UX Heuristics in Open Source Projects #FOSSDesign" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 19m 39s

5. "Pedro Fernandes – Re-thinking product adoption through documentation design #FOSSDesign" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 23m 58s

6. "Carolina Portugal & Elena Alcalde – Building an Open Source Community Beyond the Code #FOSSDesign" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 18m 53s

7. "Gleb Stroganov – Designing UIs without a UI designer #FOSSDesign" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 14m 12s

8. "Ashley Sametz – What being a Biker Gang Investigator taught me about FOSS #FOSSBack" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 32m 24s

9. "Aparna Sundar - Increasing the human element in open source software #FOSSDesign" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 23m 18s

10. "Anton Lovchikov – Devs in mind: how to design interfaces for developer tools #FOSSDesign" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 20m 55s

14. SF Python

1. "Yash Kamothi - Helping Developers Help Themselves - SF Python @ Sentry (2024-03-15)" ⸱ +100 views ⸱ 00h 13m 15s

2. "James Abel - Spreadsheet Does What?! - SF Python @ Sentry (2024-03-15)" ⸱ +100 views ⸱ 00h 13m 06s

3. "Lisa Dusseault - Production for Use (Data Pipeline Scorecard) - SF Python @ Sentry (2024-03-15)" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 00h 28m 44s

15. Smashing Magazine

1. "Designing Search UX in 2024 with Vitaly Friedman, Feb 2024" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 03h 14m 03s

2. "Smashing Hour with Nathan Curtis — March 2024" ⸱ +100 views ⸱ 00h 59m 57s

16. WASM I/O

1. "Wasm Warriors: Conquering Real-World Problems in Production [Panel] @ Wasm I/O 2024" ⸱ +300 views ⸱ 00h 34m 00s

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Enjoy the weekend ☀️ and see you next week!

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