Demian Neidetcher

4 Things You Should do for All Outbound Calls

You're tasked with calling another system from your app. You have the code written, you're parsing the bytes from the wire. But are you done? I assert that there are four more things that you should seriously consider every time you talk to a remote system. These things protect your system, the systems you call and give visibility into your system, the systems you're calling and the network.

Scala Idiom for Practical Engineers

It's tempting to see Scala features and assume they behave similarly to Java constructs you have used for the last 10 years. This talk is about getting the most out of Scala's idioms early on so you can get well on your way to being idiomatic.

Successful Scala Project

What happens when a team of traditional Java engineers decide to port a growing high-profile production system to Scala? By the title you can imagine it is a success but of course there's more to the story.

This talk will be a mix of lessons learned and a general lay of the land for what you can expect for your successful Scala project.

Service Discovery and Monitoring

Ever get a bad URL, dubious credentials and out dated documentation with the expectation that you will productively consume a service in your application? Before you start coding in your production stack there are reasons to use simple tools to poke around a new API. We'll cover the best tools for the job some you know and others you might not.