Speaker: Alan Blount
Alan Blount has been a web application developer since 2000 and loves learning and teaching tech skill (aka. superpowers).
Before starting at Google as a Sr. Technical Solutions Consultant, Alan worked as a Tech Lead (and a variety of other titles) for eltoro.com and alliedhealtmedia.com - helping build startups into successful companies and working in many different technologies and infrastructures. Development was mostly web-based scripting languages, monoliths, microservices, and ETL. Infrastructure became DevOps with configuration management, cloud deployments, and containerized orchestration.
Alan cares about “the craft of software development” and firmly believes that anyone who wants to, can learn the tools of the trade. The most important traits are enthusiasm, curiosity, and imagination.
Current topics Alan is excited about are Elixir/Go, Docker+Kubernetes, and machine learning w/ TensorFlow. He is an evangelist for many technologies and processes including git, React, Node, Docker, DevOps / CI / CD, microservices & serverless, ETL, Testing / TDD / BDD.
When not on a computer, Alan and family like to hike, camp, rock climb, and play ultimate frisbee, ping-pong, and board games. Alan recently moved to Boulder Colorado, and is looking forward to snowboarding this winter.
Workshop : Introduction to Docker and Containers
Tracks
Monday, 5 November
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Microservices / Serverless Patterns & Practices
Evolving, observing, persisting, and building modern microservices
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Practices of DevOps & Lean Thinking
Practical approaches using DevOps & Lean Thinking
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JavaScript & Web Tech
Beyond JavaScript in the Browser. Exploring WebAssembly, Electron, & Modern Frameworks
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Modern CS in the Real World
Thoughts pushing software forward, including consensus, CRDT's, formal methods, & probabilistic programming
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Modern Operating Systems
Applied, practical, & real-world deep-dive into industry adoption of OS, containers and virtualization, including Linux on Windows, LinuxKit, and Unikernels
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Optimizing You: Human Skills for Individuals
Better teams start with a better self. Learn practical skills for IC
Tuesday, 6 November
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Architectures You've Always Wondered About
Next-gen architectures from the most admired companies in software, such as Netflix, Google, Facebook, Twitter, & more
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21st Century Languages
Lessons learned from languages like Rust, Go-lang, Swift, Kotlin, and more.
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Emerging Trends in Data Engineering
Showcasing DataEng tech and highlighting the strengths of each in real-world applications.
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Bare Knuckle Performance
Killing latency and getting the most out of your hardware
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Socially Conscious Software
Building socially responsible software that protects users privacy & safety
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Delivering on the Promise of Containers
Runtime containers, libraries, and services that power microservices
Wednesday, 7 November
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Applied AI & Machine Learning
Applied machine learning lessons for SWEs, including tech around TensorFlow, TPUs, Keras, PyTorch, & more
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Production Readiness: Building Resilient Systems
More than just building software, building deployable production ready software
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Developer Experience: Level up your Engineering Effectiveness
Improving the end to end developer experience - design, dev, test, deploy, operate/understand.
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Security: Lessons Attacking & Defending
Security from the defender's AND the attacker's point of view
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Future of Human Computer Interaction
IoT, voice, mobile: Interfaces pushing the boundary of what we consider to be the interface
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Enterprise Languages
Workhorse languages found in modern enterprises. Expect Java, .NET, & Node in this track