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How to Prevent Catastrophic Failure in Production ML Systems
Martin Goodson describes the unpredictable nature of artificial intelligence systems and how mastering a handful of engineering principles can mitigate the risk of failure.
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Unikernels Aren’t Dead, They’re Just Not Containers
Per Buer looks in depth at one of the IncludeOS applications they have built, how they built it and how it has worked out in production.
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Life beyond Java 8
Trisha Gee talks about Java 8, wondering whether we should move to a later version, which one to choose, and how painful it might be to upgrade.
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The Evolving Practice of Security
Michael Brunton-Spall talks about practices that are evolving in the security space, and how developers and security can collaborate more with new and modern practices.
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Otherworldly Java: Gateway to the Moon and beyond
Diane Craig demonstrates the art of the possible when using modern Java toolkits to build high quality, high performance applications for Science and Aerospace industries.
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Life of a Packet through Istio
Matt Turner talks about Istio - a service mesh for Kubernetes that offers advanced networking features. He gives insight into Istio’s full power, and its architecture.
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Graal: Not Just a New JIT for the JVM
Duncan MacGregor takes a look at the differences between C2 and Graal, what this can mean for the performance of a code, and what else is possible with this new JIT.
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FreshEBT
Ram Mehta talks about Fresh EBT - a mobile app used by over a million households each month to manage their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits - scaling the app nationwide.
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BBC iPlayer: Architecting for TV
David Buckhurst talks about BBC iPlayer and explores the challenges of TV application development. He touches on the next steps for iPlayer as they blur the lines between broadcast and IP television.
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Test-Driven Machine Learning
Detlef Nauck explains why the testing of data is essential, as it not only drives the machine learning phase itself, but it is paramount for producing reliable predictions after deployment.
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Airbnb’s Great Migration: Building Services at Scale
Jessica Tai recaps her QCon SF 2018 “Great Migration” presentation then continues the story with a focus on how Airbnb is building, operating, and scaling its expanding network of services.
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Peddle the Pedal to the Metal
Howard Chu gives tips and techniques for writing highly efficient and scalable software drawn from decades of experience. The talk is focused on programming in C.