Abstract GraphQL offers the enticing promise of enabling developers to design and evolve an API in a product-focused way while allowing clients to query data from a single endpoint and from any number backing data sources. But as GraphQL adoption gains traction across teams, a company may soon find itself in a scenario where it … Read More
Abstract We live in a competitive world. That competition forces change. It has always forced change. Change is normal. The question is not whether our organizations will change, that’s a given, but can we see this change before it hits us, do we know where we’re heading or are we simply floating aimlessly being carried … Read More
Abstract Prioritizing technical debt is a hard problem as modern systems have millions of lines of code and multiple development teams — no one has a holistic overview. In addition, there’s always a trade-off between improving existing code versus adding new features so we need to use our time wisely. What if we could mine … Read More
Abstract What do you do when your quest for power leads you to implementations which are not just platform-but processor- and even architecture-version-specific in nature? How do you even start tracking down a bug in a Scala-based implementation which is not only nondeterministic, but only manifests on certain hardware? In this talk, we will dive … Read More
Abstract Not just large companies, even small ones often ship their org chart to customers. They work within the constraints of the org structure, budget structure and optimize for their small team. Greater innovation and synergies happen when organizations work across the company for the greater good of the company vs. for their own team. … Read More
Abstract Concurrent applications, those serving multiple independent application actions simultaneously, are the bread and butter of Java server-side programming. The thread has been Java’s primary unit of concurrency since Java’s inception, and is a core construct around which the entire Java platform is designed, but its cost is such that it can no longer efficiently … Read More
Abstract At Vouch.io, ClojureScript accelerates and radically simplifies the development of a new kind of digital key for one the largest automotive manufacturers in the world. With one language, we can wrangle iOS, Android, and copious amounts of custom native code, all without ever losing the ability to “jack-in” via a REPL to inject some … Read More
Abstract Does looking at your work calendar fill you with excitement and anticipation? Are you able to spend time focusing on the work that is most important and impactful to you and your business? If not, we are here to help. Jeff Bezos has said that he aims to make 3 decisions per day, and … Read More
Abstract How can anyone keep up with new technologies in computing today? We have new CPUs, GPUs, drives, network gear, libraries, and OS versions all the time. How do those with an eye for performance deal with this rapidly changing space? In this session, we will explore some modern technologies. How they make us reconsider … Read More
Abstract There are no shortage of systems that claim to help with analysis of large amounts of data. Under the hood, today’s popular systems have a variety of interesting and unique architectures. As the classic film “Some Like It Hot” famously ends: “Nobody’s Perfect.” In this talk, we’ll reflect on why you can never seem … Read More
