Speaker: Al Sweigart

Developer & Creator InventWithPython.com

Al Sweigart is a software developer and tech book author living in San Francisco. He's the author of several Python books, including Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, and releases them under Creative Commons licenses. He is the maintainer of the PyAutoGUI open source project, and produces videos for Udemy courses and live coding streams on Twitch.

Find Al Sweigart at

@AlSweigart

Tracks

Architecting for Failure

Building fault tolerate systems that are truly resilient
Architectures You've Always Wondered about

QCon classic track. You know the names. Hear their lessons and challenges.
Modern Distributed Architectures

Migrating, deploying, and realizing modern cloud architecture.
Fast & Furious: Ad Serving, Finance, & Performance

Learn some of the tips and technicals of high speed, low latency systems in Ad Serving and Finance
Java - Performance, Patterns and Predictions

Skills embracing the evolution of Java (multi-core, cloud, modularity) and reenforcing core platform fundamentals (performance, concurrency, ubiquity).
Performance Mythbusting

Performance myths that need busting and the tools & techniques to get there

Dark Code: The Legacy/Tech Debt Dilemma

How do you evolve your code and modernize your architecture when you're stuck with part legacy code and technical debt? Lessons from the trenches.
Modern Learning Systems

Real world use of the latest machine learning technologies in production environments
Practical Cryptography & Blockchains: Beyond the Hype

Looking past the hype of blockchain technologies, alternate title: Weaselfree Cryptography & Blockchain
Applied JavaScript - Atomic Applications and APIs

Angular, React, Electron, Node: The hottest trends and techniques in the JavaScript space
Containers - State Of The Art

What is the state of the art, what's next, & other interesting questions on containers.
Observability Done Right: Automating Insight & Software Telemetry

Tools, practices, and methods to know what your system is doing

Data Engineering : Where the Rubber meets the Road in Data Science

Science does not imply engineering. Engineering tools and techniques for Data Scientists
Modern CS in the Real World

Applied, practical, & real-world dive into industry adoption of modern CS ideas
Workhorse Languages, Not Called Java

Workhorse languages not called Java.
Security: Lessons Learned From Being Pwned

How Attackers Think. Penetration testing techniques, exploits, toolsets, and skills of software hackers
Engineering Culture @{{cool_company}}

Culture, Organization Structure, Modern Agile War Stories
Softskills: Essential Skills for Developers

Skills for the developer in the workplace

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