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Past Presentations
Next Gen Networking Infrastructure With Rust
As the world becomes ever more connected, the scale and sophistication of network infrastructure software is increasing dramatically. However, the requirements for this software are as stringent as ever: it must not only be fast, it must be “safe”, i.e. able to process untrusted data without...
Go - A Key Language in Enterprise Application Development?
Go’s popularity in the last few years is hard to miss. It has jumped up in the Tiobe index and is holding steady. The language has had a significant impact on the startup scene due to its simplicity, speed and enabling productivity in engineering teams. Large companies are starting to...
Understanding Python Memory at Instagram
Instagram server is one of the biggest Python deployments in the world to support more than 700M active users. At Instagram, the computing parallelism is based on multi-processing instead of threading. Memory utilization becomes critical in such model, i.e., with less memory per process, we are...
CLR/CoreCLR: How We Got Here & Where We're Going
Let's chat about the work the CLR/CoreCLR team has been doing to move .NET development forward. Then we'll discuss what the future looks like for developers working with the CLR and CoreCLR. TLDR; The future is pretty bright.
Fresh Async With Kotlin
Asynchronous programming is on the rise. Modern software systems are connected and constantly communicating. Programming languages are adding some form of asynchronous programming like async/await. However, Kotlin had taken a fresh approach to this problem with Kotlin Coroutines. In this talk,...
The JDK in 2018: What's Here, and What's Next
JDK 11 was released in September 2018, six months after JDK 10 and a year after JDK 9. This talk will walk you through the modular Java platform introduced in JDK 9, and explain how it enabled further evolution in JDK 10 and 11. We'll look at new Java language features that enhance productivity...
Interviews
Developing Great Web APIs Architectures w/ ASP.NET Core 2.1
What's the focus of the work that you do today?
Over the last five years, I've been busy getting solutions out to people. I work more on the backend doing API work, but that’s also meant I help mobile application and web application developers utilize the APIs I’m developing.
Read Full InterviewThe Most Secure Program Is One That Doesn’t Exist
QCon: What’s the focus of the work you do today?
Diane: I am the security and privacy lead on the mixed reality team. The focus of my work is building a browser that provides a secure, immersive web experience. I also work very closely with the Rust team. I lead the formal verification effort which is determining how we leverage the unique properties of Rust to allow people to use...
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Can you tell me more about what your talk is about?
I'll talk more about server-side stuff, and I’ll emphasize Node. We've found that the security message is important to people, so there will be quite a bit there. There's been this huge shift in how JavaScript is used and enterprises are only just beginning to catch up to that. There are many people working on JavaScript, and they're...
Read Full InterviewHerding Nulls and Other C# Stories From the Future
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What is the primary role that you have with Kotlin at JetBrains?
I'm currently leading the team of Kotlin libraries. We are working in close cooperation with Kotlin language team, the design, etc..
Read Full InterviewBuilding a Reliable Cloud Based Bank in Java
When you selected Java to build a modern, cloud-based architecture for Starling, is it correct to say that you went for the guarantee of Java's longevity rather than for the rapid iteration cycle you might get from a smaller, more opinionated language?
Yes, absolutely. Our aim and focus are much more long-term than many startups, and because of that, we are prioritizing the aspect of reliability. This goes to the heart of my talk. We want to guarantee stability because we will be around in years to come.
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