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Joe Rogan Experience #1169 - Elon Musk
Elon Musk is a business magnet, investor and engineer. Michael Levin Jul 31, 2019 104 views
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks Google, Apple and the NSA
Larry Ellison is America's third richest man. His company, Oracle, makes a widely-used database tha… Michael Levin Jul 21, 2019 104 views
What people think programming is vs. how it actually is
Music: Noisia - Seven Stitches I thought you might find this one entertaining... Bradlee Sargent Dec 28, 2018 114 views
Swampcast features Jonathan Schwartz, former Sun CEO
Join Michael Levin in this video interview with Jonathan Schwartz, former Sun Microsystems CEO. "Jo… Michael Levin Aug 4, 2018 376 views
What do programmers actually do?
I left a physics job to do software engineering. Was it worth it? What do software engineers actual… Michael Levin Dec 2, 2017 104 views
re:publica 2017 - Maciej Ceglowski: Notes from an Emergency
Find out more at: https://re-publica.com/en/17/session/notes-emergency The Trump administration and… Michael Levin Jul 22, 2017 138 views
Ryan Dahl: Original Node.js presentation
The first presentation on Node.js from Ryan Dahl at JSConf 2009. This is a great look at issues wit… Michael Levin Feb 18, 2017 142 views
Gebeya Senior Front Engineer and Trainer: Ousmane Samba
Ousmane Samba is from Senegal. He is one of Gebeya's trainers and a bonafide senior front-end engin… Michael Levin Feb 1, 2017 122 views
OSCON 2016 Light Painting Portraits thanks to Microsoft
Taken at OSCON 2016 in Austin at the Open at Microsoft booth by Julian Cash of http://AuroraLightPo… Michael Levin Jun 12, 2016 110 views
Talking With Mycroft Developer Ryan Sipes at OSCON 2016
Ryan Sipes of the Mycroft project talks Open AI and what openness means for the fast-arriving futur… Timothy Lord May 31, 2016 118 views
Charlie Rose + Tim O'Reilly - IAB MIXX 2011
According to Tim O'Reilly, the makers want to see the things they make become reality. Wow, Tim and… Michael Levin Feb 14, 2016 92 views
Steve Wozniak's Top 10 Rules for Success
He's an inventor, electronics engineer, and a computer programmer. He was awarded with the National… Michael Levin Feb 3, 2016 112 views
Marissa Mayer's Top 10 Rules For Success
She's an American businesswoman with a degree in computer science, currently serving as the preside… Michael Levin Dec 25, 2015 146 views
Blitzscaling Session 17: Marissa Mayer
Marissa Mayer talks in depth about her background and tenure as CEO of Yahoo. Michael Levin Dec 13, 2015 59 views
Get Hip with JHipster: Spring Boot + AngularJS + Bootstrap by Matt Raible
Get Hip with JHipster: Spring Boot + AngularJS + Bootstrap by Matt Raible Michael Levin Nov 19, 2015 106 views
Having fun with a drone
These guys! Check out the drone. Pros? You might think so, what with that sweet skinned Porsche but… Michael Levin Sep 9, 2015 70 views
It's YOUR Java Community Process
JCP Program Manager Heather VanCura and Tori Wieldt discuss the improvements to the Java Community… Michael Levin Sep 8, 2015 60 views
Change-Making at the Largest Public Interest Startup - Mikey Dickerson Keynote
From OSCON 2015 in Portland: The Federal Government’s approach to technology is outdated and madden… Michael Levin Aug 16, 2015 102 views
Steve Jobs Insult Response
Steve Jobs at the 1997 WWDC. This is the question that contains an insult based on a question asked… Michael Levin Aug 10, 2015 102 views
Good Message from AliBaba President Mr Ma Yun
What you need to learn about entering into entrepreneurship, a practical suggestion by Alibaba CEO!… Michael Levin Jul 3, 2015 99 views
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QCon London 2026: From DVDs to Global Streaming How Netflix’s Commerce Architecture Actually Evolved
Dynamic principal engineer at Netflix, Kasia Trapszo, expertly navigates the evolution of the company’s commerce architecture from a DVD rental service to a global streaming giant. Her insights on pragmatic adaptations to billing systems reveal invaluable lessons on agility, localization, and the complexity of modern payment landscapes.
By Daniel CurtisQCon London 2026: Reliable Retrieval for Production AI Systems
At QCon London 2026, Lan Chu, AI Tech Lead at Rabobank, shared lessons from deploying a production AI search system used internally by more than 300 users across 10,000 documents. Her experience shows that most failures in RAG systems stem from indexing and retrieval, rather than the language model itself.
By Daniel DominguezQCon London 2026: Shipping Constantly with Humans and Beyond at Monzo
At QCon London 2026, Suhail Patel, a principal engineer at Monzo who leads the bank’s platform group, described how the bank has built a developer platform capable of shipping hundreds of changes to production every day.
By Matt SaundersQCon London 2026: Managing Asynchronous APIs at Scale
At QCon London 2026, Ian Cooper, senior principal engineer at Just Eat Takeaway, discussed managing asynchronous APIs in production, showing how endpoint definitions can drive code generation, schema registration, and the automation of messaging infrastructure.
By Renato LosioQCon London 2026: Your Multi-Cloud Strategy Is a Product Problem — Treat It Like One
JP Morgan Chase engineers Luis Albinati and Surabhi Mahajan argued that multi-cloud complexity can't be solved with engineering alone. Speaking at QCon London, they showed how treating multi-cloud as a product with capability mapping, demand governance, and defined users tames the chaos.
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