💥 Tech Talks Weekly #64

90+ new recordings from 18 conferences

Jun 18, 2025

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Warm welcome to Tech Talks Weekly #64! This issue features all the Software Engineering talk recordings published since the last one back on June 12th. There’s tons of fantastic content to watch, so I highly recommend opening it in a browser by clicking the 💥 post title at the top.

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🏆 Featured talks of the week

Here are our top recommendations this week.

"Being An Awful Leader In A Few Easy Steps - Raphaël Beamonte at JOTB25" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 17 Jun 2025 ⸱ 00h 29m 10s
tldw: This talk explains how to create engineering team chaos through micromanagement, endless meetings, cryptic communication, and blame-shifting. You will learn how to push people to burnout, increase disorganization, and master indecisiveness to ensure project failure. And remember: without alignment, there's no misalignment.
"Brain States: The Missing Skill in Senior Dev Influence" ⸱ +400 views ⸱ 16 Jun 2025 ⸱ 00h 50m 08s
tldw: The speaker discusses the "Brain Languages" (rational, emotional, and survival),and how recognizing these states can help leaders effectively communicate. When emotions surge, regulation techniques like paraphrasing can steer discussions back to rationality.
"Getting excited about maintaining legacy systems - Blanca Garcia Gil at JOTB25" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 15 Jun 2025 ⸱ 00h 33m 56s
tldw: In this talk, you'll learn how maintaining legacy systems can be a fantastic learning experience for engineers. The speaker discuss developing a learning mindset, mapping software systems, and understanding tech debt's impact.
"Mohamed Rashad - Taking AI Agents from Prototype to Production" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 16 Jun 2025 ⸱ 00h 56m 58s
tldw: In this talk, you'll learn strategies for deploying AI agents in corporate environments with infrastructure constraints, while ensuring security.
"Advanced Rust Programming Techniques • Florian Gilcher • GOTO 2024" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 18 Jun 2025 ⸱ 00h 39m 40s
tldw: The speaker explains Rust's core concepts of ownership and borrowing, and their importance in building APIs. He also touches on encapsulation and immutable references, using a mutex example.
"Building Scalable Mobile Projects: Fast Builds, High Reusability and Clear Ownership" ⸱ +300 views ⸱ 16 Jun 2025 ⸱ 00h 41m 56s
tldw: In this talk, you'll see how to sustainably grow yourmobile project. The speaker shares strategies to handle a booming codebase and team, focusing on fast builds, reusability, and clear ownership. You’ll see different aspects like modularization, maintaining a big-picture view of dependencies, and optimizing build times.

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📆 New talks

Here’s the complete list of all the talks published in the past last seven days, grouped by conference, and ordered by the number of views for your convenience.

Enjoy the weekend ☀️ and see you next week!

Tech Talks Weekly

💥 Tech Talks Weekly #64

90+ new recordings from 18 conferences

🏆 Featured talks of the week

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📆 New talks

PyData Yerevan 2025

JCON EUROPE 2025

Code BEAM Lite Stockholm 2025

QCon San Francisco 2024

Spring I/O 2025

GOTO 2024

Android Makers 2025 (by droidcon)

J On The Beach 2025

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