Michael Carducci

Diving into Big Data and Hadoop I

Big Data is exploding into our industry and these skills are increasingly in demand. Much of our existing body of knowledge needs to be updated, however as Big Data solutions present a number of unique challenges. In this half-day workshop we start with the question “What is Big Data?” and “How do big data solutions differ from traditional data architectures.” We then dive into core Hadoop technologies to tackle your Big Data challenges and dive into several tools and technologies for distributed processing of large datasets.

Diving into Big Data and Hadoop II

Big Data is exploding into our industry and these skills are increasingly in demand. Much of our existing body of knowledge needs to be updated, however as Big Data solutions present a number of unique challenges. In this half-day workshop we start with the question “What is Big Data?” and “How do big data solutions differ from traditional data architectures.” We then dive into core Hadoop technologies to tackle your Big Data challenges and dive into several tools and technologies for distributed processing of large datasets.

MongoDB Patterns, Pitfalls, and Best Practices

Interest in MongoDB and other NoSQL platforms has waxed and waned over the years, however, Mongo remains an enormously useful tool.

In this session, you will learn everything you need to know to master MongoDB.

Docker for WebDevelopers

Modern web apps have many moving parts. Setting up development environments can be tedious. Truly mirroring staging and production environments can be a nightmare (especially when including app settings, security settings, back-end services etc.)

An Introduction to Micronaut

Micronaut is a modern, JVM-based, full-stack framework for building modular, easily testable microservice applications.

The Influential Engineer Overcoming resistance to change

By the end of this conference you will have learned many new tools and technologies. The easy part is done, now for the hard part: getting the rest of the teamand managementon board with the new ideas. Easier said than done.

Whether you want to effect culture change in your organization, lead the transition toward a new technology, or are simply asking for better tools; you must first understand that having a “good idea” is just the beginning. How can you dramatically increase your odds of success?

You will learn 12 concrete strategies to build consensus within your team as well as 6 technique to dramatically increase the odds that the other person will say “Yes” to your requests.

Influential Engineer Part 2 Persuasion Patterns

In Part 1, you learned the core principles of influence and persuasion. How to we take this back to the office and apply what we've learned?

VDD: Value Driven Development 10 Golden Rules for incremental Greatness

On the NFJS tour, there are questions that seem to come up again and again. One common example is “How do we determine which new tools and technologies we should focus our energy on learning?” another is “How do we stop management from forcing us to cut corners on every release so we can create better and more maintainable code?” which, after awhile becomes “How can we best convince management we need to rewrite the business application?”

There is a single metaanswer to all these questions and many others.

From Zero to Continuous Delivery - Concepts, Culture and Overview

Continuous delivery is not a pipe-dream technology, reserved only for the “cool kids” at hip tech startups. Although it's not easy, many concepts are within reach of most teams. That being said, it require more than simple technology changes. Attend this session to learn the fundamental concepts of CD, how to build your CD pipeline with Gradle and Jenkins, and recommendations on tools and best practices.

Productivity for the hopelessly disorganized

It happens to us all; there are simply days where it seems impossible to get anything done. This session focuses on techniques and tips to get into the zone, stay in the zone and to protect your productivity, even in disruptive environments.

Architecting Big Data Solutions

This session covers the landscape of Big Data tools, technologies and best practices in 2018. You'll leave this session armed with the knowledge you need to build Big Data solutions by assembling the best technologies for you.

MySQL Optimization and Performance Tuning

This hands on workshop covers both the theory and practice of optimizing and tuning a production MySQL Database.

Security & Deception: Lessons From a Professional Liar

“Forewarned is forearmed”
-Old Proverb

If it seems like humans are easy to deceive, it's because we are. The myriad traits that make humankind so eminently exploitable are practically baked into our DNA. Too often these same traits make it into the software we build. This session takes an entertaining look at why humans are so easy to fool and goes on to explore what we can do to overcome our weaknesses and build more secure software.