💥 Tech Talks Weekly #73: 🎉 7,000 subscribers

Also featuring "Python: The Documentary"

Sep 04, 2025

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🏆 Featured talks of the week

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

Python: The Documentary | An origin story ⸱ +288k views ⸱ 28 Aug 2025 ⸱ 01h 24m 04s
"This 90-minute documentary features Guido van Rossum, Travis Oliphant, Barry Warsaw, and many more, and they tell the story of Python’s rise, its community-driven evolution, the conflicts that almost tore it apart, and the language’s impact on... well… everything."
"Take the Polar Plunge: A Fearless Introduction to Apache Iceberg™ | Danica Fine (EN)" ⸱ +100 views ⸱ 29 Aug 2025 ⸱ 00h 45m 54s
tldw: The talk covers key features such as schema evolution, hidden partitioning, and ACID-compliant transactions. The speaker delves into the Iceberg ecosystem, including open-source tools and query engines, and shows an interesting demo.
"You don't need Elasticsearch! Fuzzy Search with PostgreSQL and Spring Data by Thomas Gräfenstein" ⸱ +3k views ⸱ 02 Sep 2025 ⸱ 00h 42m 23s
tldw: You'll learn how to implement efficient and error-tolerant search capabilities using PostgreSQL's trigram module, including similarity scoring. The session covers practical techniques and demonstrates integrating these features into applications using Spring Data JPA. You'll also see how to configure indexes for performance and explore different query methods for adding fuzziness to searches. #PostgresForEverything
"Reproducable environments using nix - Martin Ertsås - NDC Oslo 2025" ⸱ +400 views ⸱ 02 Sep 2025 ⸱ 00h 59m 26s
tldw: You'll learn how Nix uses a declarative programming language to set up environments, handle dependencies, and even manage Linux-based systems like NixOS.
"Content Security Policy: From newbie to advanced - Halvor Sakshaug - NDC Oslo 2025" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 02 Sep 2025 ⸱ 00h 59m 44s
tldw: You'll see how CSP helps protect against cross-site scripting and other security vulnerabilities by controlling which content can execute in the browser. There’s plenty of practical examples along the way.
"Rebuilding trust: Leadership after layoffs | Phillipa Rodney | LDX3 London 2025" ⸱ +100 views ⸱ 27 Aug 2025 ⸱ 00h 24m 00s
tldw: You'll learn about the REST framework, which helps lead teams. The speaker shares examples from her experience how this framework can help maintain team cohesion and motivate team members despite reduced resources.
"Swift concurrency for curious Kotliners | Nikita Bobko" ⸱ +3k views ⸱ 31 Aug 2025 ⸱ 00h 12m 44s
tldw: With Swift 6, Apple introduced strict concurrency features to prevent data races with mechanisms like actors, await, and sendable objects. The speaker shows the enw features and tries to find similarities with Kotlin Coroutines.
"Kotlin Worst Practices — How to Maximize Your Hassle | Liliia Abdulina" ⸱ +3k views ⸱ 29 Aug 2025 ⸱ 00h 15m 42s
tldw: You'll learn about misusing mutable data classes, problematic use of the Elvis operator without clear error messages, and the dangers of inline functions with internal visibility. The talk is for those of you who want more debugging challenges.
"Wat? That’s Possible in Java? | Michael Vitz (EN)" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 27 Aug 2025 ⸱ 00h 20m 49s
tldw: You'll see examples designed to challenge assumptions about Java, such as Python-like syntax in Java, unique method overloading, and unconventional ways to handle integers and exceptions and many more.
"Query your structured data with a LangChain AI agent by Christophe Bornet | PyConSe | 2024" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 31 Aug 2025 ⸱ 00h 30m 24s
tldw: You'll see how to use LangChain to generate SQL queries using LLMs, execute those queries, and retrieve data from a database.
"Platform Engineering is Domain Driven Design - Gregor Hohpe - DDD Europe 2025" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 01 Sep 2025 ⸱ 00h 48m 18s
tldw: The speaker explains how Platform Engineering aligns with Domain-Driven Design.
"Guilherme Dalla Rosa - Architecting Multi-Tenant Solutions with Next.js and the App Router" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 31 Aug 2025 ⸱ 00h 21m 50s
tldw: The speaker discusses leveraging Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR) for dynamic content while addressing challenges like tenant identification and routing in multi-tenant setups. You'll see how middleware and URL rewrites help manage the complexity of serving different customers under distinct domains.

📆 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.

CityJS Athens 2024 - November

"Women in Tech the Panel" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 02 Sep 2025 ⸱ 00h 40m 21s

Code BEAM Lite Stockholm 2025

"Testing Feature Interactions in Payments - Thomas Arts& Adam Lindberg | Code BEAM Lite STO 2025" ⸱ +200 views ⸱ 28 Aug 2025 ⸱ 00h 26m 20s
"Tying it all together - Lars Wikman| Code BEAM Lite STO 2025" ⸱ <100 views ⸱ 04 Sep 2025 ⸱ 00h 23m 54s

ElixirConf EU 2025

"Building Terminal Applications With Elixir - Gary Rennie | ElixirConf EU 2025 | ElixirConf EU 2025" ⸱ +1k views ⸱ 02 Sep 2025 ⸱ 00h 19m 49s
"From Ruby to Elixir: Elevate Your Engineering Team Without Fear - Stephen Bussey | Code BEAM Europe" ⸱ +300 views ⸱ 03 Sep 2025 ⸱ 00h 46m 23s

C++ on Sea 2025

"CMake for the Impatient - Steve Love - C++ on Sea 2025" ⸱ +2k views ⸱ 28 Aug 2025 ⸱ 00h 54m 23s
"Software Engineering Completeness - Knowing When You Are Done and Why It Matters - Peter Muldoon" ⸱ +500 views ⸱ 31 Aug 2025 ⸱ 01h 28m 34s

That’s it for today!

‼️ Let me know what you think about this issue

Enjoy the weekend ☀️ and see you next week!

Tech Talks Weekly

💥 Tech Talks Weekly #73: 🎉 7,000 subscribers

Also featuring "Python: The Documentary"

🏆 Featured talks of the week

📆 New talks

LDX3 London 2025 by LeadDev

NDC Oslo 2025

KotlinConf 2025

JCON EUROPE 2025

QCon San Francisco 2024

PyCon Sweden 2024

Spring I/O 2025

GOTO 2025 / 2024

DDD Europe 2025

EuroPython 2025

CITYJS LONDON 2025

CityJS Athens 2024 - November

Code BEAM Lite Stockholm 2025

ElixirConf EU 2025

C++ on Sea 2025

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