💥 Tech Talks Weekly #70: "Vibes won't cut it"

, will they?

Aug 06, 2025

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Warm welcome to Tech Talks Weekly #70! This issue features all the Software Engineering talk recordings published since the last one on July 30th.

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🏆 Featured talks of the week

Here are our top recommendations this week. Make sure to watch or bookmark!

"How to defend your sites from AI bots — David Mytton, Arcjet" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 30 Jul 2025 ⸱ 00h 20m 12s
tldw: AI bot traffic causes costly bandwidth issues. You'll learn about techniques like analyzing user agents, HTTP fingerprints, and IP data to distinguish between human and bots. On top of that: using robots.txt, proof of work challenges, rate limiting, …
"The irresistible UX: the psychology of brainwaves and clickbait - Dora Makszy - NDC Oslo 2025" ⸱ +300 views ⸱ 30 Jul 2025 ⸱ 00h 52m 46s
tldw: This is a great talk that explains the psychology behind today’s broken internet. The speaker explains how leveraging brain patterns and cognitive biases, like dopamine addiction and FOMO, creates engagement.
"Vibes won't cut it — Chris Kelly, Augment Code" ⸱ +13k views ⸱ 03 Aug 2025 ⸱ 00h 15m 34s
tldw: You'll learn why vibe coding isn't enough for serious software engineering. The speaker draws parallels between misconceptions about AI’s impact on jobs and past shifts like the rise of DevOps. I must say this talk resonated with me, so I highly recommend it to watch.
"Full Workshop: Realtime Voice AI — Mark Backman, Daily" ⸱ +5k views ⸱ 03 Aug 2025 ⸱ 01h 09m 41s
tldw: In this workshop, you’ll learn how to create voice bots with real-time responsiveness and integration with backend systems using Pipecat (OSS).
"82 Bugs I Collected in a Year You Won’t Believe Made It to Production - François Martin" ⸱ +2k views ⸱ 04 Aug 2025 ⸱ 00h 45m 09s
tldw: no summary needed :)
"Building an Application with TDD, DDD and Hexagonal Architecture... - Mufrid Krilic - NDC Oslo 2025" ⸱ +2k views ⸱ 04 Aug 2025 ⸱ 00h 40m 20s
tldw: Same here! I can only add that code examples are in Java.
"The fundamental misunderstanding in Team Topologies - Patricia Aas - NDC Oslo 2025" ⸱ +600 views ⸱ 30 Jul 2025 ⸱ 01h 00m 02s
tldw: The speaker argues that "Team Topologies" suggests counterproductive organizational strategies based on flawed principles. She questions the reliance on Conway’s Law, cognitive load theory, and Dunbar’s number, and makes a point that these concepts are misapplied / misunderstood.
"Jan Pipek - Data wrangling in a modern terminal (PyData Prague #28)" ⸱ +900 views ⸱ 03 Aug 2025 ⸱ 00h 28m 27s
tldw: You’ll see 'bat' and 'xsv' for data viz and manipulation, along with 'pandas' and 'rich' libraries for formatting data. You’ll learn about tools like 'plotext' for creating simple graphs right from the terminal.
"Building Secure ReactJS Apps: Mastering Advanced Security Techniques • Jim Manico • GOTO 2024" ⸱ +800 views ⸱ 31 Jul 2025 ⸱ 00h 42m 53s
tldw: The speaker explains how to propertly secure ReactJS apps by tackling threats like XSS, content injection, and data leaks. The talk covers defensive coding tactics. Key points are: 1. understand React's protections, 2. use props carefully, 3. URL validation, 4. be aware of dangerouslySetInnerHTML, 5. avoid client-side control for security tasks.

📆 New talks

Here’s the complete list of all the talks published since the last Tech Talks Weekly issue, 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 #70: "Vibes won't cut it"

, will they?

🏆 Featured talks of the week

📆 New talks

AI Engineer 2025

NDC Oslo 2025

QCon San Francisco 2024

PyData Prague 2025

ACCU 2025

CITYJS LONDON 2025

JCON EUROPE 2025

KotlinConf 2025

GOTO 2024

RailsConf 2025

LDX3 London 2025 by LeadDev

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