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Using FlameGraphs to Illuminate the JVM
Nitsan Wakart talks about FlameGraphs, a new way to visualize execution profiles and explores the JVM and Java applications using this perspective and the profiles and the utility of this new method.
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Real-World Java 9
Trisha Gee shows via live coding how we can use the new Flow API to utilize Reactive Programming, how the improvements to the Streams API make it easier to control real-time streaming data, etc.
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Thinking Strategically about IoT
Holly Cummins talks about the big picture of IoT and whether embedded devices are relevant to business. Cummins demos using an embedded device with MQTT and a Java toolkit for MQTT.
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gRPC: A High Performance, Modern RPC System
David Howden introduces gRPC and outlines its main strengths/weaknesses, and then recounts his experience of migrating from JSON/HTTP-based REST to gRPC, including benefits and issues encountered.
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A Practical Road to SaaS in Python
Armin Ronacher discusses his experiences building SaaS businesses on a Python technology stack from a security and scalability point of view, and what other technologies work well with Python.
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Why We Chose Erlang over Java, Scala, Go, C
Colin Hemmings discusses when and why one should choose Erlang over other options, but also when not to choose it.
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GraphQL for Fun & Profit
Tom Adams introduces GraphQL, explaining why it is useful when dealing with an API.
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Full-Scale Elm in Production
Richard Feldman introduces Elm, how it works, what differentiates it from the other front-end technologies, and gives practical advice for introducing it to an existing JavaScript codebase.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Serverless JavaScript
Steve Faulkner discusses Bustle's entire serverless stack. He talks about the good, the bad, and the ugly, sharing real numbers from production systems.
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In-Memory Caching: Curb Tail Latency with Pelikan
Yao Yue introduces Pelikan - a framework to implement distributed caches such as Memcached and Redis. She discusses the system aspects that are important to the performance of such services.
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High Performance Managed Languages
Martin Thompson explores how their managed runtimes can equal, and even better in some cases, the performance of native languages.
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Performance Testing in Java
Ix-chel Ruiz and Andres Almiray talk about the tools, like JMeter and JMH, and some techniques that should make engaging in performance testing a rewarding experience.