Strange Loop Conference Courses

How Expert Programmers Think About Errors

Explore how expert programmers approach errors, viewing them as opportunities for learning and improvement. Gain insights into disciplined practices and perspectives that enhance problem-solving skills.

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

Value and Waste in Software Engineering

Explore sources of waste in software development, including bad code reviews and technical debt, and learn strategies to create value and reduce inefficiencies in the development process.

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

Challenges and Opportunities for Software Engineering in Papua New Guinea

Exploring software engineering in Papua New Guinea: regional challenges, opportunities, and lessons for global developers on considering local contexts in their work.

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

Chat with Hillel Wayne about TLA+

Explore TLA+, a formal specification language, with Hillel Wayne. Learn about its applications, benefits, and the upcoming TLA+ Conference, gaining insights into this powerful tool for software design and verification.

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

Chat with Paula Gearon about the Asami Graph Database

Explore Asami, a graph database that transforms JSON into a graph with minimal code. Learn its features, querying syntax, and ideal use cases from creator Paula Gearon.

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

Carbon Footprint Aware Software Development

Explore sustainable software practices with Netflix engineer Tejas Chopra, discussing carbon-aware development strategies and their impact on the tech industry's environmental footprint.

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

The J Programming Language

Explore J, a unique array-based language that transforms problem-solving approaches. Learn tacit form, verb trains, and array manipulation for sleek, simple solutions in this functional programming paradigm.

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

Zip Code - Unpacking Data Compression

Explore data compression algorithms, from basic techniques to advanced tools, and learn how to design efficient protocols and data formats for various applications, including embedded systems.

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

Curing Your Event Processing Blues with Rx

Explore Reactive Extensions (Rx) for taming asynchronous code complexity in modern applications. Learn to compose and query observable sequences for improved event processing and maintainability.

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

Tracking Millions of Ganks in Near Real Time

Explore Riot Games' transition to Riak for real-time statistics in League of Legends, discussing data modeling, scalability challenges, and strategies for handling eventually consistent data in gaming.

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

Building Optimising Compiler for Dart

Explore the development of Dart VM's new compilation pipeline, focusing on language features' impact and lessons from V8. Learn about JIT compiler design for object-oriented languages with optional static typing.

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

The History of Women in Technology

Explore the pivotal contributions of women in computing, from Ada Byron to Grace Hopper, highlighting their innovations in programming, documentation, and compiler design that shaped the industry.

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

Learnfun and Playfun - A Nintendo Automation System

Explore an innovative approach to automating NES gameplay using lexicographic ordering and time travel. Learn how a program deduces winning strategies by observing human players and searches for optimal button sequences.

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

Building a Multi-Master Distributed Redis in Erlang

Explore the development of Edis, a highly available NoSQL database using Redis protocol and Erlang. Learn about multi-master architecture, paxos algorithm, and distributed computing concepts.

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

Continuum - A JS - ES6 - VM Written in JS - ES3

Explore an ECMAScript 6 VM built in ECMAScript 3, covering parsing, compilation, linking, and interpretation. Dive into Continuum's architecture, compatibility, and self-hosted standard library implementation.

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