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Holistic EdTech & Diversity
Antoine Patton discusses how he is leveraging his unique experiences to help solve the problems of people with similar experiences.
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Mapping the Evolution of Socio-Technical Systems
Cat Swetel uses Wardley Maps to examine the evolution of computing and explores potential futures.
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Build Your Own WebAssembly Compiler
Colin Eberhardt looks at some of the internals of WebAssembly, explores how it works “under the hood”, and looks at how to create a (simple) compiler that targets this runtime.
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Beyond Microservices: Streams, State and Scalability
Gwen Shapira talks about how microservices evolved in the last few years, based on experience gained while working with companies using Apache Kafka to update their application architecture.
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Mistakes and Discoveries While Cultivating Ownership
Aaron Blohowiak talks about Netflix’s model of the five levels of Ownership: Demonstration, Oversight, Observation, Execution and Vision. He shares his mistakes and what they have learned so far.
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Parsing JSON Really Quickly: Lessons Learned
Daniel Lemire talks about the lessons learned while writing the fast JSON parser, simdjson. One of the most important lessons is the importance of a nearly obsessive focus on performance.
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Coding Without Complexity
Ellen Chisa talks about complexity in software and the need to remove it as much as possible. One possibility is to remove something that is not absolutely needed as a way to reduce complexity.
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Evolution of Edge @Netflix
Vasily Vlasov reviews Netflix’s edge gateway ecosystem - multiple traffic gateways performing different functions deployed around the world.
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User & Device Identity for Microservices @ Netflix Scale
Satyajit Thadeshwar provides useful insights on how Netflix implemented a secure, token-agnostic, identity solution that works with services operating at a massive scale.
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Scaling Patterns for Netflix's Edge
Justin Ryan talks about Netflix’ scalability issues and some of the ways they addressed it.
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Make Your Electron App Feel at Home Everywhere
Kilian Valkhof discusses the process of making an Electron app feel at home on all three platforms: Windows, MacOS and Linux, making devs aware of the pitfalls and how to avoid them.
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When Machine Learning Can't Replace the Human
Pamela Gay explores how creative software solutions let scientists explore the solar system.