Log It Like It's Hot: Unleashing the Superpowers of Logging

Dive into the underestimated world of application logging. This talk sheds light on how logging, often less appreciated than unit testing, can be transformed into a powerful tool in your development arsenal.

Discover practical tips and tricks to elevate your logging from mere text files to a proactive, insightful resource. Learn how to automate logging to simplify troubleshooting and predict issues before they escalate. We’ll discuss how to make your logs not just informative but actionable, turning them into a first line of defense when production environments go awry. We'll also dive in logging and tracing for your microservices and other distributed systems.

I’ll guide you through the nuances of modern logging practices, from implementing structured logging for better data analysis to smartly handling sensitive information. This session is ideal for developers and IT professionals seeking to enhance their logging strategy with efficiency and foresight. Maybe AI can also help us find insights in abnormal events.

Join me for a concise, insightful exploration into making logging an integral, dynamic part of your development process. Leave equipped with the knowledge to transform your logs into a valuable asset, ready to tackle any challenge that comes your way.

Demystifying the 1 billion row challenge

Dive into the heart of high-performance .NET data processing with our talk on '.NET and the 1 Billion Row Challenge'. We'll demystify the lightning-fast solutions and their reliance on unsafe code, then pivot to crafting your own safe implementations using cutting-edge .NET features. This session goes beyond code, offering a deep dive into harnessing hardware capabilities and navigating its limitations to optimize data handling. Perfect for developers eager to elevate their .NET prowess and push the envelope of what's possible in data-intensive applications.

Death to the repository

A highly opiniated talk about the non-existant purpose of the repository in an age of Entity Framework. How it just complicates and adds useless code that has no added value for our users. Although there might be one valid use-case...

What is software architecture?

Is it drawing lines and boxes? Deciding between architectures and technologies? How is "the business" involved? What makes a good architect and how do you become one?

Architecture is not a clean job in an ivory tower. Architects have to get their hands dirty in both the chaos of the business world and the clean structured world of software.

This talk will teach you the basic philosophies behind this mystical art. Let's see if this something for you.

Target audience developers and (aspiring) architects.
Duration about 60min, flexible depending on time slot of event.

Estimates

What's their purpose? How to do them well, more accurate and make them less painful.

"How long will it take?", is probably one of the most dreaded questions a developer can receive.

Estimates are by definition always wrong but they can be a very useful tool. At least when used wisely. In this talk we'll discover how to use them wisely, make them more accurate and less painful.

Selling your ideas

Have you ever tried to convince others, colleagues or managers, of your great idea? Everyone must see that your this is a great idea, it will improve the current way of working 10x. You used passion, logic reasons, numbers, success stories. But they weren't interested?

Convincing people of your idea can take more than numbers and logical reasons.

Let's explore some easy to use tips and tricks to improve your chances to sell your ideas and get them implemented. Whether you're in a leadership role to convince your team or selling it to higher management.

How to outsmart the Great Chinese Firewall with just your browser

The developer tools of the browser can do much more than just show errors in the console, see network traffic or debug an application.

This session shows how I managed to get a half working website usable from behind the Great Chinese Firewall using just the developer tools. No VPN, proxies or any other advanced developer tools.

This is a short talk, 15 minutes, 30min max.