Tech Talks Weekly #14 💥

2024-05-16: Featuring Devoxx UK 2024, React Conf 2024, NDC London 2024, GOTO 2024 and many more!

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Welcome to the 14. issue of Tech Talks Weekly! This post includes all the recently uploaded talks since the last Tech Talks Weekly issue from 11 conferences including Devoxx UK 2024, React Conf 2024, NDC London 2024, GOTO 2024 and many more!

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🏆 Featured talks of the week

Here are the must-watch talks uploaded since the last issue:

1. "Pushing Java to the Limits: Processing a Billion Rows in under 2 Seconds by ROY VAN RIJN" ⸱ +400 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 49m 09s

   Roy tells a story how he tackled Java’s 1B row challenge using memory mapped files, SWAR (SIMD as a register), bit twiddling, Graal native compilation, and sun.misc.Unsafe.

2. “What’s new in React 19“ ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 20m 08s

   A quick walkthrough that showcases all new React 19 features. Scroll down to see all the talks from React Conf 2024 that includes one from Dan called “React for Two Computers” from yesterday.

3. "What comes after ChatGPT? Vector Databases - the Simple and powerful future of ML? - Erik Bamberg" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 01h 02m 31s

   I took my first stab at vector databases after watching this talk. Overall, it’s a nice introduction that explains the purpose of vector DBs and the problems they aim to solve.

4. "The Modular Monolith - a Practical Alternative to Microservices by VICTOR RENTEA" ⸱ +100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 52m 00s

   From the speaker: This talk delves into the advantages and challenges of modular monoliths, beginning with exploring the concept of a 'module', its internal structure, public API, and inter-module communication patterns. Supported by spring-modulith, the talk provides practical guidance on addressing the main challenges of a Modultith Architecture: finding and guarding module boundaries, data decoupling, and integration module-testing.
   Added to my watchlist!

📆 All new uploads

Here’s a list of all the recently uploaded talks since the last issue grouped by conference and ordered by the number of views for your convenience.

1. Devoxx UK 2024

1. "Pushing Java to the Limits: Processing a Billion Rows in under 2 Seconds by ROY VAN RIJN" ⸱ +400 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 49m 09s

2. "My discovery of Rust: Why is it a Game Changer? by AYOUB ALOUANE" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 32m 34s

3. "IntelliJ IDEA Tips & Tricks by ANTON ARHIPOV" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 50m 43s

4. "What's Looming in Spring? by VENKAT SUBRAMANIAM & JOSH LONG" ⸱ +100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 52m 26s

5. "The Modular Monolith - a Practical Alternative to Microservices by VICTOR RENTEA" ⸱ +100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 52m 00s

6. "Architecture Decision Records - How not to get lost in the past by KRISZTIAN PAPP" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 48m 26s

7. "Revolutionizing Java-based LLMs: Unleashing the Power of GPUs with TornadoVM" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 29m 12s

8. "Intro to Probabilistic Data Structures by ANDREA IACONO" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 47m 07s

9. "Finding Java's Hidden Performance Traps by VICTOR RENTEA" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 51m 31s

10. "Project Leyden: Capturing Lightning in a Bottle by PER MINBORG" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 47m 24s

2. React Conf 2024

1. "React Conf 2024 Day 1" ⸱ +52k views ⸱ 16 May 2024 ⸱ 08h 32m 05s

   00:00 Pre-stream
   16:13 Intro
   29:48 Keynote
   1:32:22 Vanilla React
   2:28:00 What's new in React 19
   2:48:32 React Unpacked: A Roadmap to React 19
   3:20:20 Forget About Memo
   5:13:45 React for Two Computers
   5:46:05 Introducing Universal React Server Components in Expo Router
   6:41:08 Real-time server components
   6:55:16 React 19 Deep Dive: Coordinating HTML
   7:11:07 Let’s break React’s rules
   7:26:55 RedwoodJS, now with React Server Components!
   7:38:38 React team Q&A
   8:30:22 Outro

2. "React Conf 2024 Day 2" ⸱ +1.5k views ⸱ 16 May 2024

3. DevWorld 2024 (by JSWORLD)

1. "JSWorld Conference Replay 2024" ⸱ +300 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 02h 54m 28s

2. "Ryan Carniato - SolidJS - SolidStart - DevWorld 2024" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 28m 29s

3. "Ryan Dahl - State of Deno - DevWorld 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 29m 12s

4. "Adam Jahr - Rendering Revealed - DevWorld 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 30m 12s

5. "Frontend World - DevWorld 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 53m 03s

6. "Eric Fennis - The art of tree-shaking - DevWorld 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 16m 25s

7. "Elian van Cutsem - All Things Astro - DevWorld 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 20m 32s

8. "Marc Backes - Building a Time Machine with ES6 Proxies - DevWorld 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 29m 24s

9. "Shai Reznik - JavaScript Streaming - A Qwik glimpse into the future - DevWorld 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 49m 13s

10. "Scott Chacon - So you think you know GitAdvanced Git Tips and Tricks - DevWorld 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 23m 51s

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4. GOTO 2023 and GOTO 2024

1. "Sonic Pi: How to Live Code an Orchestra • Sam Aaron • GOTO 2023" ⸱ +41k views ⸱ 10 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 38m 52s

2. "A Hybrid Intelligence Approach to Developing Generative AI Applications • Jacob Sherson • GOTO 2023" ⸱ +14k views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 49m 54s

3. "The Tools Spotify Uses to Onboard Engineers & Encourage Career Mobility • Helen Greul • GOTO 2023" ⸱ +2k views ⸱ 13 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 29m 05s

4. "Insights on Leadership & Innovation • Gene Kim & Charles Humble • GOTO 2024" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 14 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 41m 23s

5. "The Art of EDA Visuals: Exploring Concepts Through Graphics • David Boyne & Eric Johnson" ⸱ +600 views ⸱ 10 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 39m 30s

6. "From Challenge to Solution: Demant's Journey with Dynatrace • Rasmus Rasmussen • GOTO 2024" ⸱ +400 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 28m 47s

5. NDC London 2024

1. "Common mistakes in EF Core - Jernej Kavka - NDC London 2024" ⸱ +4k views ⸱ 10 May 2024 ⸱ 01h 05m 04s

2. "Analogue Evolution, Digital Revolution: Tipping Points in Technology - Dylan Beattie" ⸱ +2k views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 01h 03m 41s

3. "Stay with C# or switch to F#? Let's fight! Let's vote! - Vagif Abilov & Max Arshinov" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 13 May 2024 ⸱ 01h 00m 56s

4. "What comes after ChatGPT? Vector Databases - the Simple and powerful future of ML? - Erik Bamberg" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 01h 02m 31s

5. ".NET gRPC - deep dive - Irina Scurtu - NDC London 2024" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 14 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 59m 22s

6. "Level up with GitHub Copilot: using AI to learn, code, and build - Michelle "MishManners" Duke" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 59m 52s

7. "The Evolution of Responsive Web Design: What's Next? - Trung Vo - NDC London 2024" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 10 May 2024 ⸱ 01h 00m 33s

8. "Let's build the worst Event Sourcing system! - Oskar Dudycz - NDC London 2024" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 14 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 57m 31s

9. "The Future of Cookies - Anders Abel - NDC London 2024" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 43m 52s

10. "An Introduction to Residuality Theory - Barry O'Reilly - NDC London 2024" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 54m 15s

6. Conf42 SRE 2024 and Conf42 JS 2023

1. "Premiere - Conf42 Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) 2024" ⸱ +100 views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 15m 59s

2. "Journey to Next-Gen AIOps: eBPF & GenAI | Michele Dodic & Anastasia Archangelskaya | Conf42 SRE 2024" ⸱ +100 views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 24m 43s

3. "2024: I Don't Know K8S and at This Point, I'm Too Afraid To Ask | Alex Dejanu | Conf42 SRE 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 22m 09s

4. "SRE 2.0: Amplifying Reliability with GenAI | Indika Wimalasuriya | Conf42 SRE 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 49m 34s

5. "DevOps to MLOps: Scaling ML Models to 2 Million+ Requests per Day | Chinmay Naik | Conf42 SRE 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 33m 50s

6. "How to Avoid Being an Agile Victim | David Argent | Conf42 SRE 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 31m 55s

7. "Building Authorization with Node.js: Dos and Don’ts | Gabriel Liechtman Manor | Conf42 JS 2023" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 12 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 42m 52s

8. "Chaos Engineering in Action: Building Fault-Tolerant Systems | Hareesh Iyer | Conf42 SRE 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 19m 05s

9. "Clinical troubleshooting: diagnose production issues | Dan Slimmon | Conf42 SRE 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 27m 37s

10. "Advanced Visualization Techniques for Complex Data Sets | Serter Kazim Solak | Conf42 SRE 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 26m 28s

7. Shift Conference Miami 2024

1. "Ivan Burazin: Standardized Dev Environments: Improving Productivity & Enhancing Developer Experience" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 10 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 25m 24s

8. ElixirConf EU 2024

1. "Keynote: Gang of None? Design Patterns in Elixir - José Valim | ElixirConf EU 2024" ⸱ +7k views ⸱ 14 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 56m 49s

2. "Nobody wants to lose a single message… by Gabor Olah | RabbitMQ Summit 2023" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 14 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 28m 22s

9. Data Science Conference Europe 2023

1. "Data Science in Gaming | Siyu Sun | DSC Europe 23" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 10 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 48m 46s

10. PyData Südwest meetup 2024

1. "Dask DataFrame is fast now - Florian Jetter (Coiled) @ PyData Südwest" ⸱ +900 views ⸱ 15 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 59m 39s

11. try! Swift Conference Tokyo 2024

1. "try! Swift Tokyo 2024 - Getting to Know TextKit" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 09 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 45m 23s

🥇 Still not enough?

Here are the top 3 most clicked links from the previous issue:

1. "Devoxx Greece 2024 - Taming Distributed Systems: Key Insights from Wix's Large-Scale Experience" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 04 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 41m 30s

2. "Devoxx Greece 2024 - Java Language Update -- a look at where the language is going by Brian Goetz" ⸱ +4k views ⸱ 04 May 2024 ⸱ 00h 37m 08s

3. "Better Code Reviews FTW! - Tess Ferrandez-Norlander - NDC London 2024" ⸱ +4k views ⸱ 02 May 2024 ⸱ 01h 00m 41s

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Enjoy the weekend ☀️ and see you next week!