Speaker: Tyler McMullen
Tyler McMullen is CTO at Fastly, where he’s responsible for the system architecture and leads the company’s technology vision. As part of the founding team, Tyler built the first versions of Fastly’s Instant Purging system, API, and Real-time Analytics. Before Fastly, Tyler worked on text analysis and recommendations at Scribd. A self-described technology curmudgeon, he has experience in everything from web design to kernel development, and loathes all of it. Especially distributed systems.
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Tracks
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21st Century Languages
Lessons learned from languages like Rust, Go-lang, Swift, Kotlin, and more.
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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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Applied AI & Machine Learning
Applied machine learning lessons for SWEs, including tech around TensorFlow, TPUs, Keras, PyTorch, & more
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Optimizing You: Human Skills for Individuals
Better teams start with a better self. Learn practical skills for IC
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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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Bare Knuckle Performance
Killing latency and getting the most out of your hardware
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Delivering on the Promise of Containers
Runtime containers, libraries, and services that power microservices
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Practices of DevOps & Lean Thinking
Practical approaches using DevOps & Lean Thinking
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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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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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Enterprise Languages
Workhorse languages found in modern enterprises. Expect Java, .NET, & Node in this track
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Socially Conscious Software
Building socially responsible software that protects users privacy & safety
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Future of Human Computer Interaction / Device & IoT
IoT, voice, mobile: Interfaces pushing the boundary of what we consider to be the interface
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JavaScript & Web Tech
Beyond JavaScript in the Browser. Exploring WebAssembly, Electron, & Modern Frameworks
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Microservice/Serverless Patterns & Practices
Evolving, observing, persisting, and building modern microservices
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Modern CS in the Real World
Thoughts pushing software forward, including consensus, CRDT's, formal methods, & probabilistic programming