Indy.Code()
April 24-26, 2019
Announcing Indy.Code()
- Indy's largest and best professional software development conference!
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- Over 85 sessions, from the best speakers
- Full-day Workshops from industry experts
- Your opportunity to advance your career
Keynote: Hacking your work life __ balance to take over the world.
Jennifer Wadella
Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day, so how do some people seem accomplish so much more? It’s time to learn to hack your work life __ balance to have more time to pursue your passion projects, spend more time with those you love, while keeping your work ethic strong. Let’s take over the world!
About Jennifer
Jennifer Wadella has been writing code since before she realized it was a credible career path. She currently works as a lead front-end developer at legal tech startup and loves building javascript applications and speaking at technical conferences. Jennifer is an active member of the KC tech community and the founder of Kansas City Women in Technology(KCWiT), an organization aimed at growing the number of women in technology careers in Kansas City. She's created a number of programs for KCWiT to help women and girls learn to code including CoderDojoKC, Coding & Cupcakes and Coding & Cocktails. She is a Silicon Prairie Champion Award Nominee, Rising Trendsetter STEMMy award-winner, and is apparently Missouri's Coolest Woman according to Pure Wow. She doesn't blog much, but can handle 140 characters - @likeOMGitsFEDAY
Keynote: The Role of an Architect
Ted Neward
What is the role of an architect in a software project? This question has plagued many a software organization (and even those who do the job), and provided loads of entertainment. In this presentation, we aim to explore the intersection of software architect with the worlds of architecture, psychology, business, and even music. By the end, though, you'll have a clear idea of what an architect is, does, and needs.
About Ted
Ted Neward is an industry professional of twenty years experience. He speaks at conferences all over the world and writes regularly for a variety of publications across the Java, .NET, and other ecosystems. He currently resides in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, two sons, dog, four cats, eight laptops, seven tablets, nine phones, and a rather large utility bill.
Keynote: The Future of Programming
Jimmy Miller
As professional developers, most of our time is spent thinking about the near future. We are cemented into our current workflow by policy, social cohesion, or pragmatic considerations. While we may be constantly seeking to improve, new tools and libraries come with a certain amount of cost. It is simply not practical to completely change the way we are doing things and so we end up with small incremental improvements.
We will look at what could happen if we gave up these small incremental improvements and looked at radically different ways of programming. We will explore three languages that cast a particular vision of programmings future. The first, Idris, explores the idea of code that can guarantee that is free of all sorts of bugs. With Idris, we may in the future be able to have a proof that our program is secure. Next we will explore Unison, a language that allows us to control thousand of machines in just a few lines of code. No longer would we need microservices, a new service is a just a line of code away. Finally we will look at Eve, an experiment in language design that asks what our programs would be like if 1) code ordering didn't matter 2) all our programs were edited live 3) we could write the same systems in order of magnitude less code and less time.
About Jimmy
I started programming at the age of 10. My bother always hogged the computer, so I found my own out by the dumpster. Many hours and burned CDs later, I had a working Ubuntu machine. Ever since, my life has involved programming, whether that was skipping class in high school to go to the computer science room or reading Philip Wadler papers until early hours of the morning. I currently work at healthfinch where I do Clojure fulltime.
Keynote: Exploring Parallelism With Raspberry Pi
Ray Hightower
Moore's Law is running out. Still, customers want more computing power, more performance. Parallelism offers a way for software developers to deliver more. This talk offers an intro to parallelism, including some inexpensive ways to study the topic using that well-known single-board computer, the Raspberry Pi.
About Ray
Ray Hightower founded and ran a technology company for twenty-one years before selling the company to 8th Light in 2016. Today, Hightower serves as Director of the 8th Light office in Los Angeles, California. Hightower is a perpetual student, currently exploring parallelism, quantum computing, and IoT. He studied Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and completed his BS in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Hightower is invited to speak at tech conferences around the world, and he blogs on technology and business growth at RayHightower.com.
Keynote: Memoirs of a Grumpy Developer
Miguel Castro
We have all witnessed the exponential rate at which our tools of the trade change. Either by improvement of existing ones or by completely new innovations. Do you think that's a good thing? Well, I'm here to tell you that sometimes it just pisses me off. Don't get me wrong. I love geeking out on new stuff just like you. But with the birth of new technologies comes the inevitable afterbirth, the judgmental know-it-all. Did you ever notice that every time something new comes out, what we've been using all this time is now not only old, but bad, and in some eyes even dead. Now, this isn't gonna be a rant about a certain type of people, as fun as that would be. I am however, going to talk about what I find is important as a consultant in the field and why I may not jump on the new shiny new coin the minute its release is hinted. And in doing so, I may make reference to certain types of folk that I think we've all come across. One of the most common comments I get in evals is along the lines of, "finally, something I can use today in my workplace". So, when is something "good enough"? When is the shiny coin worth jumping on immediately? Is it really wrong that I'm using "this" and "that" or doing things "this way" or "that way"? The answers to these questions are going to vary from person to person and just as important, workplace to workplace. But I think they're worth discussing. So how did I get to my middle-aged, grumpy self? It all started when...
About Miguel
Miguel Castro is an architect, developer, and trainer with over 30 years of experience in the software industry. He’s a Microsoft MVP for 15 years running and a member of several of the Microsoft Insider groups. With a Microsoft background that goes all the way back to VB 1.0 (and QuickBasic in fact), Miguel speaks regularly at numerous user groups, code camps, and conferences in the US and abroad. He has also been featured on several technology talk shows on numerous occasions and is also a PluralSight author with 3 #1 courses in the catalog. He specializes in architecture and development consulting and training with emphasis on Microsoft technologies.
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