Who Wants to be a JavaScriptær?

Demoscene: The Golden Years

Standup Maths

The History of Computer Art

The Linebreakers

On Becoming a Space-Faring Civilization

No judgment, just good vibes and great tunes.

The Phil Nash Karaoke Party

After this workshop, you will discover how to make your voice count in the crowd.

This talk is crucial for engineers who find their messages lost in translation amidst team discussions or cross-discipline meetings. Learn to navigate the nuances of ensuring your ideas are not only heard but fully understood and appreciated, especially when dealing with non-technical team members.

Don't let communication barriers hold back your potential.

Join us to master the art of making every conversation count, where your input is not just acknowledged but drives meaningful action and decision-making.

Workshop (60 min)

Part 2/2: Building Bridges, Not Walls: Effective Communication Strategies for Engineers

People

Soft Skills

In this workshop, we will cover the basics of creating a simple virtual reality game using A-Frame, JavaScript, and the DOM API.
I hope this workshop will ignite your creativity and inspire you to create games and have fun!

Part 2/2: Hello (Virtual) Worlds

Gaming

JavaScript

OAuth 2.0 is more than a decade old and has been adopted far beyond the initial expectations, including highly-sensitive eHealth and financial scenarios.

This session will guide you through using OAuth 2.0 in environments where security is paramount. We will dive into the latest specifications designed to enhance OAuth 2.0's security capabilities. Topics include advanced security features like Resource Indicators, JAR, PAR, and DPoP. By the end of this session, you will possess a comprehensive understanding of the security aspects of OAuth 2.0, equipped to implement it in high-stakes settings.

Talk (60 min)

Supercharging OAuth 2.0 Security

Security

Talk (80 min)

In part 1 of the Enterprise AI Solutions Workshop we look at the essential tools and platforms for building enterprise AI applications, explore the use cases delivering business value today and the architectures for those use cases. We will look at how to build an AI CoPilot over your data and explore multi-modal AI solutions.

In part 2 of the workshop we get hands on and build out the solution on Azure and explore advanced frameworks to simplify development and improve time to market. We will explore the production deployment tooling to manage cost, performance, availability and scalability and discuss the future of building AI applications. 

Part 2/2: Building Enterprise AI Solutions Workshop

Stand-up Mathematics

Live Music

Residuality theory models software systems as interconnected residues - an alternative to component and process modeling that uses applied complexity science to make managing uncertainty a fundamental part of the design process.

An Introduction to Residuality Theory

Architecture

Cloud

Join Richard Campbell as he talks about the near-term technologies that are moving this idea closer to reality. The first problem is getting up there - and improvements in rocket design have substantially lowered the cost of access to space. Then the question - what do we do up there? And how do we stay? And is that even possible in the long term? Why bother being a space-faring civilization?

Space

You may not be an aviation nerd, but there are so many fascinating parallels between security and the aviation industry: the layering of safety controls, making sure there are different types of security controls in place, the improvements made after bad things happened, etc.

In this talk I'll discuss some of some notable examples in both the aviation and security industry and what we can learn and take away from that as security professionals.
Note: You don't have to be an aviation geek to enjoy this talk, promise!

Nerds on a plane: what we can learn from the aviation industry

Containers have become the standardized interface between software and the platform you run. Having that interface helps increase productivity in getting new software deployed. However, a container is fairly low-level interface, where processing architectures, and operating systems are part of it.

WebAssembly is a platform neutral compilation target. With the component model, the interface between your platform and software is no longer tied to operating systems, and processing architectures, but can include a much higher-level abstraction, e.g., an HTTP request/response platform.

This is not too different from working with a platform like AWS Lambda, but because of WebAssembly components, you get to choose freely between the programming language you want to use. This is one of many use-cases WebAssembly components will give you, as a software developer, or platform provider.

An introduction to WebAssembly components

Serverless

DevOps

Would you believe it if we told you that the secret lies in the ancient philosophy of Stoicism, born in the heart of Athens over two thousand years ago?

I invite you to join me on a fascinating journey from the cradle of Stoicism in ancient Greece to the buzzing industry of technology. This isn't your average talk on leadership; it's an exploration of the hidden power that fuels resilience, emotional intelligence, and strategic thinking in our tech leaders today. We're about to unlock an age-old secret and unveil the unseen force that has been driving successful tech leaders around the globe.

Ready to decode the mysterious formula for impactful leadership? Come, and be part of this enlightening journey. The secrets from ancient wisdom await you.

Athens to Algorithms: Zeno as a Tech Leader

Part 1/2: Building Bridges, Not Walls: Effective Communication Strategies for Engineers

This session endeavours to transpose the principles of TDD into the leadership domain, introducing a novel approach dubbed as "Test-Driven Leadership."

Over the talk, we'll delve into the core aspects of Test-Driven Leadership, starting with the identification of testable leadership principles. We’ll explore how setting measurable objectives, creating testable leadership hypotheses, and identifying key metrics for verification can foster a culture of continuous improvement and assured success. Then, we’ll touch upon designing strategies that are structured around measurable outcomes, incorporating feedback loops, and utilising A/B testing in decision-making - drawing a parallel to the red-green-refactor cycle in TDD.

As we transition to the practical aspects of implementing and refining these testable strategies, real-world examples will spotlight how this approach has been instrumental in driving success in various organisational settings. The session will also address common challenges encountered in this journey and provide solutions and best practices to overcome them.

Join us in unfolding how the essence of Test-Driven Development can be reimagined to pioneer a culture of Test-Driven Leadership, bridging the chasm between theoretical principles and verifiable, real-world success.

Talk (20 min)

Test-Driven Leadership: Crafting Testable Strategies

With a critical eye, we revisit the XR timeline, dissecting pivotal moments and products. This analysis aims to dispel common misconceptions and highlight how these advancements have shaped the industry. The focus then shifts to the current state of XR, showcasing recent evolution in hardware (Meta Quest 3, Apple VisionPro, Magic Leap 2) and software (AR Foundation, MRTK3, Lightship ARDK) that demonstrate its growing impact across various industries.

This talk also simplifies the technicalities of XR development, making it accessible for developers looking to transition into this field. We discuss practical applications, emerging tools, and opportunities for innovation. Concluding, we explore XR's future impact on digital interaction, urging developers to rediscover XR with a clear-eyed view of its potential and challenges.

XR Demystified: Separating Facts from Fiction in 2024

We will start with getting your development environment set up, whether you are using Visual Studio 2022, VS Code, or Rider -- we got you covered.

Next stop is the design, we will get to play around with the original UI designs for the application within Figma and see how we can actually generate the C#/XAML for the UI of the entire app directly from Figma!

You will then learn how to properly integrate the Uno Toolkit into your app, a library of UI components and helpers, as well as our support for Material Design 3.

By the end you will have a shiny new cross-platform YouTube player. Go ahead and run it on whichever platform you choose!

Let's build a .NET YouTube player! For which platform? All of them!

.NET

Cross-Platform

Microsoft

Mobile

In this session, through a live demo, we will cover the basics of creating a simple virtual reality game using A-Frame, JavaScript, and the DOM API.
I hope this talk will ignite your creativity and inspire you to create games and have fun!

Hello (Virtual) World

Part 1/2: Hello (Virtual) Worlds

The problem with these tests is that sometimes they become flaky, unreliable and expensive to maintain and execute, due to the distributed nature of our system.

But what if we could ensure that our system’s components are compatible and can communicate with each other straight from the development phase?

Let’s have a look at what Contract testing is and see how it can help us mitigate the risk of integration bugs before running long tests, with examples in C#.

Contract Testing Made Easy: Mastering Pact for Microservices in C#

Design

Tools

This session invites you to fast forward from those simple beginnings to today's gaming world, illuminated by ray-traced graphics and orchestrated soundtracks, transforming the humble blips of Pong into a grand symphony of digital artistry.

Let's revisit key moments that have forever shaped the landscape of video games, leading us to the immersive gaming experiences we enjoy today. Whether you're a veteran gamer or just a casual player, this nostalgic expedition promises to be an enlightening, entertaining, and engaging experience.

From Pong to Playstation: The Evolution of Video Games

It all started with: "hey I'm porting Doom to C#, want to have a go at getting it to run on MAUI?".
Couple of weeks later there was something resembling Doom running on my phone, few months later and we have a fully playable game.

During this adventure I have hit a couple of limits of Microsoft's new cross-platform framework. In this session I'll explain the limits we've run into, the workarounds, and how much code we can actually share between the WPF version and the MAUI version of Doom.

This session has demons, in more than one way.

From Hell to Heaven: Porting Doom to MAUI

This talk delves into the awe-inspiring stories of artists who, coming from fine arts backgrounds, stumbled upon the magic of computers in the 1970s. We'll unravel the mysteries of mathematical algorithms that have become the still lives and croquis nudes of computer art, adding a touch of beauty and emotional resonance to the digital canvas.

Relive the rebellious 1980s, where amateur programmers ignited the demoscene movement, echoing the ethos of the street art. Explore the fusion of technology and rebellion, where code became a medium for expressing raw, unbridled creativity.

In the digital age, witness the internet transform into a global gallery, showcasing not only the final masterpieces but also the code itself as a form of art. Marvel at the unexpected instances where a computer printout of a well-known algorithm commands thousands at art auctions, blurring the lines between traditional and digital markets.

We'll unravel the artistic potential of mathematical algorithms, exploring how they breathe life into digital works. Moreover, we'll showcase instances where the code itself is the masterpiece, challenging conventional perceptions of art.

Be prepared for a visually engaging experience supported by stunning imagery and beautiful code, aiming to inspire you to dive into the rich world of computerized art. Gain insights into the frameworks and tools that empower you to channel your creativity through code. Join us in embracing the fusion of technology and imagination, where the possibilities for artistic expression are as limitless as lines of code on a screen.

Maybe you'll even have an answer to the everlasting question of "What is art?".

GenAI

But with using a NuGet Package that is developed by others, we also put a lot of trust in it, which might result in bigger security problems later. Of course, it's always a good idea to get updates of libraries in case of a bug fix related to a functional and/or security issue found. But will that be enough? What about packages that have malicious code inside? Even related to your own supply-chain security, any problem in the package its supply-chain implicitly means your supply-chain is compromised as well!
Would it not be nice if there is a better way to review NuGet packages for security? An easier way to perform an assessment based on certain aspects of the package that will tell you more about the package its software security. With the introduction of Scorecard project the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) exactly tries to achieve that. You could consider a Scorecard being the equivalent of a nutrition labels put on food you buy in a supermarket. It will allow you to see what's inside and determine if you want to eat it or not.
In this session we start out with different area's covered by of OpenSSF Scorecard, like how well it's maintained, does the build have dangerous workflows, and does the project use other security tools to check for problems? We're also going to identify additional area's for NuGet packages in which we could add additional information related to reproducibility, insights on what .NET APIs are used, and security review of the codebase. All combined will give us the ability to assess a NuGet package its security posture more easily and improve our own application security.

Reviewing NuGet Packages security easily using OpenSSF Scorecard

With the increasing importance that the CI/CD pipeline has, the demands placed on it rise proportionally.

As with a lot of things in life, a great pipeline operates seamlessly in the background, wile a poorly designed one becomes a constant source of irritation.

In this talk I will bring up a few antipatterns that I have encountered in the wild, explain why I consider them antipatterns and what you should do instead.

Let's make sure that our pipelines never frustrate us again!

2 Days

CI/CD Patterns and Antipatterns - Things your Pipeline Should (Not) Do

In this talk, we will show you how you can get your .NET microservice to production in just minutes. We will discuss (why do you need it, what does it solve, how does it work,…) the pieces that make this experience possible - .NET Aspire, the new Azure Developer CLI (AZD), and Azure Container Apps. Last but not least, we will show you what the same experience looks like with an unmanaged cluster so you can see how much work is done behind the scenes to make your development experience fast, easy, and painless.

Deploy to the cloud with .NET Aspire and Azure Container Apps

Microservices

What is the accessibility tree, really?

As a senior software engineer, working in the industry for over a decade, I have seen and experienced various code review processes. In this talk, I will share the best practices I have learned for conducting an effective code review. These practices will improve your code review process and contribute to your team's productivity, delivery, and quality of features.

Continuous Improvements of The Code Review Process

So would it shock you to know how many new features have come to CSS in recent years? Now you can style an element based on how big it’s parent is, or based on what child elements you have, or change the page layout depending on if someone’s native language reads left-to-right, right-to-left or top-to-bottom!

Gone are the days we have to say “Sorry, CSS can’t do that” or reach for 52 different libraries to have something according to the design*. So join me as we tour the new world of CSS and play with the shiny new specs.

**Disclaimer: you’ll still need a library to style a select field, sorry. But pretty much everything else is possible now!

What's new with CSS?

In this talk, I will describe at length the current process, share some of the real-world challenges we’ve encountered from publishing open source packages, opportunities for improvement, and tradeoffs.

This talk is not to brag about how smooth and amazing our release process is. It is a slightly awkward and lumbering 80% solution that includes a few manual steps is perfect for us. Hopefully some open-source teams can learn from our experience.

Open-source releases: Everything we've learnt in 4 years

Agile

Languages

In this talk let's explore where AI all started. Drawing on my experience founding an AI company in 2016 (which is still going), let's embark on a journey through the history of artificial intelligence (AI), delving into its origins and casting a visionary gaze towards the future. From humble beginnings to the cutting-edge advancements of today, we unravel the how behind AI's evolution, exploring the pivotal moments, key influencers, and transformative breakthroughs that have shaped its trajectory.

As we decipher the code that defines AI, we not only uncover the technological genesis but also examine the societal, ethical, and economic landscapes. This talk doesn't just focus on the past. We also look into the uncharted territories of supposedly AI's limitless potential.

Let's consider some of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. How will AI redefine industries, reshape human interactions, and impact the very fabric of our existence. I'll also leave you with some takeaways on skills we need as humans to stay ahead of the game when it comes to AI, and ensure we are equipped to have a job in a world where AI will seemingly be working alongside us.

Beyond Code: Unraveling AI's Origins and Futures

Ethics

Machine Learning

In this talk, you will learn how React Server Components work, how to use them in your web apps, and what benefits they offer over traditional approaches. You will also see some real-world examples of React Server Components in action and get some tips and best practices for adopting them in your projects.

React Server Components: A New Way to Build Fast and Interactive Web Apps

It's a place for artistic and technical rivalry, evolving from simple digital signatures in software to the vibrant, competitive showcases of the 80s and 90s.

In this session I'll highlight some of the most impressive demos, dive into the art of live demo creation, and explore various topics including:

The demo scene's evolution
Iconic demos from C64, Amiga, and PC
Classic effects: Plasma, Moiré, Fire, and more
The creative process behind these digital art pieces
Modern demo-making techniques

I got started back in the 90s, and I have made a couple of winning demos in my later years. Come join me on a fun and exiting hour of celebrating creative programming and the beauty of algorithms. The scene is not dead, and we are hiring... 

So you wanna be a demoscener

Most of us will know the names of the most commonly used asymmetric encryption algorithms, RSA and ECDSA. But how many of us know how they actually work? What are their drawbacks and limitations, and where are they vulnerable?

Join me for a mathematical deep dive into one of the most fundamental underpinnings of our security infrastructure, journeying from the inception of these algorithms and their algebraic foundations to their modern day usage. We'll talk about why ECDSA has superseded RSA, why it's still not good enough in a post-quantum world, and what's next for asymmetric encryption.

Asymmetric Encryption: A Deep Dive

Well, a CLI tool might be the answer to your problem. In this session, I will show you how to build a CLI tool in .NET with the following topics:

- What makes a good CLI tool?
- Cocona (a CLI tool framework that feels like building a ASP.NET Minimal API)
- Command option semantics
- Help documentation support

After that we will look at how to publish it to NuGet so no matter where or who you are you can easily install it. By the end of the session you will have a good understanding of how to build and distribute your own CLI tool.

Command Line Craftsmanship: Building and Sharing .NET CLI Tools

He used to go to the bar with his friends, got some financial resources from his grandpa. Had loads of fun! Today, the world is only accessible via a digital interface. Unfortunately John is not able to use a computer with the software currently build, not able to use a smartphone with apps either. With a bitter feeling John's parents decide to put him in a home for people with disabilities. John is not able to participate in the digital world. He is not able to participate in the world at all.

Lisa is a teenager on the autism spectrum. She is not the smartest of the class but she's not dumb either. She need some more time to execute the thoughts in her head. She has a brother without autism or other disabilities. Unfortunately Lisa's parents focus all the way on her brother. In school, due to time restrictions teachers only invest the bare minimum in Lisa. It seems more interesting to invest in the other students. Lisa has more and more hassle to keep up with the rest of the class. When she is 18 she is not able to find a job. She is not able to participate in the world.

Kim is 56 and has an accident with a severe brain injury. She has a lot of trouble to communicate and to understand what is happening around her. She is married with Dave, he is 66 and has a light form of dementia. The couple has a lot of difficulties navigating and living in the world where everything in real life has mandatory digital twin to access. They are not able to participate in the world.

Today I'll teach you about those three persona's. 3 Persona's we unfortunately don't see enough in our day-to-day jobs and environment. I tell you, it's not because you don't see someone, they are not there! I have more than 10 years experience building digital interface for people with those kind of disabilities. It's possible to build the digital world in a way that everyone can participate. I'll show you how!


Coding a Disability Inclusive World: 3 Stories

In this session, you'll learn all about that and more with tips taken from building event driven systems in the real world. Starting from why, understanding what and plenty of practical things you can take away and use in your own applications. From the simple, through to some advanced integration patterns that this architecture style unlocks. To improve the resilience, extensibility and scalability of your systems.

So You Want to Build An Event Driven System?

This powerful tool allows you to effortlessly generate a DbContext and entity classes from your existing database, offering a plethora of customization options.

In this demo-packed session you will see how easy it is to get started with EF Core with and existing database in a matter of seconds, and we will dive into some of the many options you can tweak.

EF Core database model first - take it to the next level with Power Tools CLI

Database

In this session, we will learn how to best use async/await in C# by analyzing how .NET compiles our async code.

Join me as we take an existing app and optimize its async code together, showing off performance gains, better exception handling, improved run-time speed, and smaller app size!

Correcting Common Async/Await Mistakes in .NET 8

Concurrency

In this session we will explore how things can go wrong, very wrong. We will look at LLMs from responsible AI perspectives, and from security perspectives, and see what happens if they are exploited or used improperly. And what you can do to evaluate or combat things like hallucination and undesired effects.

LLMs gone wild

Visualizing the Dev experience

So, what makes one product different from another? While being clever with how you ask (politely?) AI to do tasks (prompting engineering) is important, the real game changer is the unique data you have. In this talk, we'll share our story of how we made our products special by focusing on data that no one else can use the way we do. We'll talk about how we look upon scraping and build AI products that are truly different because they leverage unique data.
Come find out how having your own, unique data can make your products stand out, even when everyone is using the same AI tools.
Data is still the new oil, Gen-AI is just a new powerful drill.

Winning with unique data: Standing out in a world full of AI

Big Data

How about…not having to use passwords anymore? Well, welcome to that future. The no passwords one, not flying cars.

I’ll take you on a journey through our future where you can log in to a site or app by unlocking your phone and show you how to build your own authentication system using passkeys.

Our future without passwords

In today's age of frequent cyberattacks, relying solely on traditional identity verification methods isn't sufficient. Organizations collect extensive personal data from users, often leaving users with little control over who can access their information. This session aims to demystify Verifiable Credentials by explaining their concepts, showcasing use cases, and offering a practical overview of how they can be implemented.

Why Verifiable Credentials and Decentralized Identity?

This session is meant to encourage participants to consider their own biases (and the impact they may have on machine learning models), and to provide the tools needed to create more fair and just systems. We will begin with an interactive and human-focused discourse about bias: what it is, the forms it appears in, and how it permeates our society. Then we'll explore different types of bias within the context of machine learning using real-world stories and examples. Together we will examine the consequences of bias left unattended, including the potential for discrimination and unfair decision-making.

We will delve into the latest research and several approaches to mitigating bias, including methods in pre-processing, in-processing, and post-processing. We will also work through one example together to give participants a hands-on understanding of how to apply these techniques in practice. By understanding bias and taking the steps necessary to quell its effects, we can ensure that machine learning is used responsibly and ethically in the future, resulting in a world with more trustworthy technology.

The Elephant in your Dataset: Addressing Bias in Machine Learning

In this talk I will take you though this additional way to tackle and derive insights from huge data, aggregations, configuration, Compaction Policy, per-shard threads for cross-key queries, integration with other tools like Grafana, its features, examples and much more!


Time is Data: A Deep Dive into Redis Time Series for Big Data Enthusiasts

Prompt design, often referred to as Prompt Engineering, is a burgeoning field that demands creativity and meticulous attention to detail. It involves carefully selecting the right words, symbols, patterns, and formats to guide the LLMs in generating high-quality and relevant texts for the tasks at hand.

We will write live prompts - taking input from the audience, and improving it on the fly!

In Prompts We Trust

From his years of experience of working at the BBC, BSkyB and QVC, Liam will be covering how television originally worked, the move to digital, why changing a satellite channel takes over a second, how CRTs and modern flat screens actually work, and the basics of video compression. All of which allow you to stream this talk on your mobile phone.

Geek Out - How television led to streaming video on your mobile phone

Don't despair. We can leverage centuries-old practices used by scientists. Observation, hypothesis, experiment - rinse and repeat. This method worked for me in real cases. I'll tell about a non-deterministic test, a nasty production issue, and malfunctioning CI infrastructure.

This talk will show you how to debug without frustration. You'll see practices hardening you for a fight against complex bugs. Finally, you'll know how to scale debugging to the entire team.

Debug Like a Scientist!

In some cases, this even happens with automatically suggested imports by the IDE. Learn about the correct way of importing from dependencies, tricks you can use to easily determine the impact on bundle size, and why having a lot of dependencies may not be as bad as you think!

How writing just one import the wrong way slows down your website

In this session, Steve will share his latest work at Elastic, generating the majority of the .NET client for Elasticsearch from a simple specification. Steve will introduce and demonstrate how to get started with leveraging the Roslyn APIs. He will show you how the Elastic .NET code generator transforms a JSON spec into a C# syntax tree and outputs thousands of classes in only a few seconds.

You'll leave this session with an understanding of the Roslyn APIs and how to utilise them in your work. You'll understand core concepts such as syntax trees, the SyntaxFactory and tools to help you write code with code.

Writing Code with Code: Getting Started with the Roslyn APIs

I'll share insights on how to choose the right cloud providers tailored to each business need, leveraging their unique strengths and capabilities. We'll also discuss the power of integrating with open-source tools to enhance flexibility and customization in your cloud environment. Throughout our discussion, we'll examine practical considerations like identity and access management, security, and cost management, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of multi-cloud complexities. Through the real-world examples that we'll discuss, you'll gain actionable insights. Whether you're a seasoned architect or a budding developer, this session will empower you to navigate the multi-cloud landscape with confidence and independence.

Architecting the Future: Building Scalable and Secure Multi-Cloud Applications

However, even basic constructs of programming languages are broken. Strings, collections, async, private members, equality checks and many more - all these things are ill-designed and should be reworked. Do you know why and how?

In this talk, we're going to revisit the basics of programming languages. We'll see why our interfaces are wrong, why async shouldn't use coroutines, why we shouldn't encapsulate with private members, or why we should replace strings with something better. We'll see the problems and then consider solutions that lead to better language design and better code quality.

Basics Designs and How We Got Them Wrong

And yet, CSS continues to be an ever-evolving, eternally fascinating and downright amazing language for doing just that.

In this high-energy talk, Lemon’s going to take you on a whirlwind tour of twelve different design challenges and the methods for turning that into resilient, responsive, performant code using some CSS (and Sass) methodologies to assure nothing is more complicated than it needs to be. You’ll leave with some concepts, code snippets and examples you can start playing with right away.

Solving Layout Challenges With Pure Sass

How building a portable escape room made me a better developer

However, as a developer, you still have important responsibilities, such as changing indexing policies, configuring connections, estimating workloads, and selecting the right throughput options. All of these tasks have a direct impact on the performance and cost of your application.
To keep your application running smoothly and fast, we'll explore the .NET/SDK settings, connection types, and indexing types. We'll also focus on selecting the right throughput options, using Query Execution Metrics and server-side programming.
Join me as we explore how to optimize your Azure Cosmos DB solutions for the best performance.


Performance tuning for Azure Cosmos DB

With a wave of powerful new features, Java has shed its verbose reputation and emerged as a streamlined, expressive force in modern development.

In this talk, we'll dive into the Java renaissance. Explore records, sealed classes, pattern matching, and string templates – the tools that are making Java code more concise and elegant than ever before. We'll also take a peek at virtual threads and structured concurrency, features that streamline multithreading for the modern era.

Ready for a fresh look at an old favorite? Discover the Java that will surprise you and transform the way you code.

Breaking Java Stereotypes: It's Not Your Dad's Language Anymore

Java

Working with a weaver, though, is tedious, error prone and the resulting code is a black box. These are some of the reasons that convinced us to migrate to Source Generators, a feature introduced in .NET 5 that allows to produce code on the fly during compilation.
This talk will go through the reasons why IL Weaving was used in the first place, our long journey switching to Source Generators and why they do not yet satisfy all our needs.


From IL Weaving to Source Generators, the Realm story

But when creating a modern application, in addition to the Frontend, you also need a Backend to store data and media, send notifications and etc. Additionally, you need to grow your user base and improve your app experience. Integration with Firebase gives the opportunity to develop these features easily.
This session is focused on the integration of Firebase products like Firebase Cloud Firestore, Authentication, Analytics, Remote Config, and Firebase Cloud Messaging with your Flutter apps.
How to build a beautiful app that runs natively on iOS, Android and Web, all from a single codebase. Besides, how to marry Flutter's latest multi-platform reactive UI elements and other capabilities with powerful Firebase SDK functionality.
Together with the audience, we will take a look at the development of an application that allows you to mark your favorite speakers and show their ratings.

Flutter + Firebase. Explosive combination

Mobile test farms, such as Perfeсto, Firebase Test Lab, and Mobitru, are not only essential for ensuring wide device coverage and identifying compatibility issues but also serve as powerful tools in the development process, enabling developers to detect and address potential issues early on. The talk will emphasize how these technologies contribute to improving app quality and performance from inception to deployment.

The session will provide a practical comparison of leading mobile test farms and discuss how AI enhances these platforms by automating tasks, analyzing results, and predicting user behaviors. Attendees will learn about the dual role of these innovative tools in streamlining development and testing workflows, ensuring that the end product is robust, user-friendly, and performs well across a multitude of devices and operating systems. By integrating these advanced technologies, developers and testers alike can elevate the efficiency and effectiveness of their mobile app strategies, and reduce the costs of mistakes.

Mobile Farming for Perfection

Testing

But what is it about LLMs, compared to other, similarly complex algorithms, that have so captured our imagination? And why is it that we are so ready to believe that these models have started to show signs of human behavior?

In this talk, we’ll delve into some of the more extraordinary claims that have been made about LLMs in the past few years, including that these models are showing signs of sentience or intelligence. We’ll discuss why humans have a tendency to see such traits in these models, due to the way they mirror back a “lossy compression” of our humanity. And we’ll talk about how dispelling myths about LLMs being anything more than language models can help us apply them to their best current uses.

Mirror, mirror: LLMs and the illusion of humanity

In this session, we will explore Microsoft's new Radius project, an open-source Cloud-native application platform designed to empower developers and platform engineers to collaborate on a common definition of an application and an environment. Leveraging them, teams can easily understand, deliver and manage applications that follow corporate best practices for operations and security by default. We will delve into the key features, benefits, and potential use cases of Radius, and discuss how it addresses the challenges of building and managing Cloud-native applications across multiple environments

Agenda

19:00 - 20:00 (UTC+02)

20:30 - 20:50 (UTC+02)

21:00 - 22:00 (UTC+02)