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Brian Sletten

Forward Leaning Software Engineer @ Bosatsu Consulting

Brian Sletten is a liberal arts-educated software engineer with a focus on forward-leaning technologies. His experience has spanned many industries including retail, banking, online games, defense, finance, hospitality and health care. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from the College of William and Mary and lives in Auburn, CA. He focuses on web architecture, resource-oriented computing, social networking, the Semantic Web, AI/ML, data science, 3D graphics, visualization, scalable systems, security consulting and other technologies of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries. He is also a rabid reader, devoted foodie and has excellent taste in music. If pressed, he might tell you about his International Pop Recording career.

PRESENTATIONS

A QUIC Guide to the Past and Future of HTTP : Easy as 1, 2, 3
Advanced RAG : Multimodal and Agentic Systems
Agent Protocols
AI Crash Course : Catching Up to the Future
API Design
API Design I : The REST Architectural Style
API Design Part II : Managing, Testing, Documenting, and Securing APIs
API Design Part III : Messaging, GraphQL, and RPC
API Governance : Systematizing Organizational Endpoints
Architecture, Protocols, and Standards
Automating API Evolution with OpenRewrite
Automating Security Fixes with OpenRewrite: Patching Vulnerabilities Across the Codebase
Building an API Team
Building Production ML/AI Systems
ChatGPFFT : The Impact of Large Language Models (Or: How I Learned to Think Critically About Technology)
ChatGPFFT : The Impact of Large Language Models (Or: How I Learned to Think Critically About Technology)
Deno: Node Done Right
Designed In
Full Stack Engineering - Networking
Full Stack Engineering - Encryption
Hardware For Software People (HD)
Machine Learning Platforms : Architecture and Learning
Machine Learning Workshop
Mastering Secure Shell (SSH) For Developers
Modern Software Systems : Succeeding at IT in the 21st Century
Natural Language Processing I
Natural Language Processing II
Navigating the AI Landscape: Strategic Insights for Tech Leaders
Porting Code to WebAssembly
Practical AI : From Bits to Bots
Quantum and Biological Systems
R : Workshop I
R : Workshop II
RAG Systems : Using LLMs with Guardrails
Reactive Spring : Modernizing Code and Architecture in the Spring Ecosystem
REST Workshop : I
REST Workshop : II
Rust + WebAssembly
Rust : Functional, Fearless Concurrency
Rust : Making Software Fast and Safe
Security of Machine Learning Systems
Semantic Web Workshop
Super Power Dojo Command Line for Developers
Super Power Dojo ObjectOriented Design: Deep Dive
TensorFlow.js : Machine Learning in the Browser and Beyond With JavaScript
The Architectures of Information : REST, Linked Data and Knowledge Graphs
The Journey to ChatGPT and LLMs
TypeScript for the Win!
Useful Strategies for AI
Vector Databases : Accelerating Learning and Discovery
Web Security for APIs
Web Security Workshop
WebAssembly : The Component Model and Beyond
WebAssembly in the Cloud and on the Edge
WebAssembly Workshop
WebGPU : Graphics, Computation, and Hardware
Wireshark For Developers: A Trip From Applications to Packets and Back

EVENTS

Gateway Software Symposium April 4 - 5, 2025 St. Louis, MO
Code Remix May 12 - 14, 2025 Miami, FL
ÜberConf July 15 - 18, 2025 Denver, CO
Great Lakes Software Symposium August 1 - 2, 2025 Chicago, IL
Central Iowa Software Symposium September 5 - 6, 2025 Des Moines, IA
Northern Virginia Software Symposium September 19 - 20, 2025 Reston, VA
Pacific Northwest Software Symposium October 10 - 11, 2025 Seattle, WA
APIConf December 1 - 3, 2025 Clearwater, FL
TechLeader Summit December 3 - 5, 2025 Clearwater, FL
ArchConf December 8 - 11, 2025 Clearwater, FL
ÜberConf July 14 - 17, 2026 Denver, CO