Presentations
When building an application on top of a relational database, it's very easy to fall into antipatterns that can cause the application to perform poorly as it scales… or when you first turn it on! The scope of this talk is talking about the most common ways in which applications abuse databases, and how to address them early in development so you are not struggling later.
DevOps revolutionized Software engineering with its adoption of agile, lean practices, and fostering collaboration. We will look at an approach where we apply DevOps for data engineering efficiently.
Disney is one of the world’s largest media companies and home to some of the most respected and beloved brands around the globe. Embracing the latest technology is an important strategic focus at Disney, allowing guests to better connect with Disney and allowing Disney to better connect with guests in innovative and delightful ways. We will tell you a story about a century-old organization that has scaled its SRE practice to ignite digital magic across the globe.
The design, manufacturing, & certification of medical devices and PPE's is a tightly regulated space. Such regulations commonly require a complete set of bill of materials, change management, and quality assurance processes. Meeting such requirements, while also adhering to the principles of open-source hardware, poses its own set of technical challenges. This talk tells the story of how Tetra Bio Distributed (TBD), a volunteer-founded 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, developed medical devices and PPE as open-source hardware, using a docs-as-code approach.
A lack of access to educational material affects half the world's population. Even within the borders of the US there are large pockets of people with limited or no access to online materials. Let's discuss how Kiwix can help solve that problem, and then show how to use Helm to create an easily repeatable and maintainable Kubernetes-based deployment of Kiwix and Zim files.
Attackers are taking advantage of insecure software deployment pipelines; the White House, OWASP, Google, and others have released guidelines on best practices in response. We will break down the key takeaways and compile a list of best practices for mitigating software supply chain security risk.
The Ubuntu operating system has increased its commercial foothold in recent years as an open-source alternative to Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. As versions of Ubuntu reach End of Support (EOS), companies are faced with the choices of migrating to a supported version of Ubuntu, continuing to use an unsupported version, or paying for Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) to continue to receive security updates. Understanding the level of risk associated with legacy operating systems will support the decision-making process when prioritizing budgets and schedules.
Training Middle School and High Schools students in cyber security can be a challenging task especially with engaging students and keeping them on task. Come and learn how customizing Linux installations can help improve participation and engage students in solving cyber defense tasks. We will cover general topics of cyber defense, preparing a themed customized desktops, and using the Python programming to automate the customizations.
The linked data approach is designed for the exchange of information. Linked Open Data on the web is possibly the best example of the standards-based interoperability of semantically tagged data, enabling organizations to readily incorporate publicly available data without having to transform or flatten the data. Knowledge Graphs rely on many of the same standards to deliver these benefits to the enterprise. By aligning data with standard models and vocabularies, these graphs facilitate internal system interoperability via Linked Enterprise Data.
Your company is planning to migrate from one programming language to another: now what? Do your engineers know the language? Are they familiar with its best practices? What will your first set of microservices look like when two different teams start rewriting their services independently whilst learning the new language of choice?