Strange Loop Conference Courses

¡Escuincla Babosa! A Python Deep Learning Telenovela

Explora cómo crear guiones de telenovelas usando redes neuronales y aprendizaje profundo en Python, comparando frameworks como Keras, PyTorch y TensorFlow para generar drama y giros argumentales.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Python Performance Matters

Explore Python's unique performance challenges and discover Scalene, a cutting-edge profiler offering faster, more accurate, and actionable insights for optimizing CPU, GPU, and memory usage.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

A Commerce-centric Approach to Queuing Fairly at High Throughput

Explore Shopify's evolution from edge-tier rate limiting to application-tier user queueing, enhancing fairness and UX during high-traffic events. Learn strategies for load testing and migrating throttling mechanisms.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Programmable Ink

Explore innovative research prototypes combining stylus computing with dynamic behavior, merging the intimacy of ink with computational power for enhanced idea exploration and creative expression.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

The Secure Software Supply Chain

Explore tools and live demos for securing the software supply chain, addressing industry-wide attacks and shifting approaches to writing and shipping software.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Leveraging AI for Global Health

Explore AI's potential to address healthcare inequalities in low- and middle-income countries, focusing on adaptive interventions for diseases like Tuberculosis, HIV, and Malaria.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

The Early Days of id Software - Programming Principles

Explore id Software's early programming principles and game development methodology with co-founder John Romero, offering insights into the creation of iconic titles like DOOM and Quake.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Expert Software Developers' Approach to Error

Insights on how expert developers and high-performing teams leverage errors as opportunities for better software, based on decades of research with professionals in the industry.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Outperforming Imperative with Pure Functional Languages

Explore how pure functional programming languages can outperform imperative ones, from network-level to CPU instructions, challenging common performance assumptions in software development.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Functional Distributed Systems Beyond Request - Response

Explore event-driven patterns for building composable, scalable, and resilient distributed systems, moving beyond traditional request/response models to simplify cloud-native architecture.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Branchstack - Branching Infra for Better Development

Explore branchstack development: making environments, state, and services as flexible as code. Learn how branching infrastructure enhances developer onboarding, testing, and full-stack previews.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Carbon Footprint Aware Software Development

Explore techniques for reducing the environmental impact of software development, including carbon footprint analysis in CI/CD pipelines and strategies for writing more energy-efficient code.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

How We Used Serverless to Speed Up Our Servers

Leveraging serverless Lambda as an on-demand accelerator for complex queries, improving response times tenfold while addressing challenges and providing practical advice based on real-world experience.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Janus - Easy Complex UI with Declarative FRP

Explore Janus, a JS framework for complex UIs using declarative FRP. Learn about its data primitives, context-free programming, and flexible view framework for simplified development of sophisticated interfaces.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Waterpark - Distributed Actors vs the Pandemic

Explore how HCA Healthcare's Waterpark platform, built with ErlangVM and Elixir, revolutionized healthcare integration during COVID-19. Learn about actor models, continuous availability, and innovative tech solutions in a Fortune 100 company.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk