Tuesday

No Sessions

Wednesday

No Sessions

Thursday

8:00 AM

Automating Almost All Application Security Things with CI/CD -- Even Honeypots!

Presented by: Mick Douglas
Time: Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Application Security is hard... if you do it wrong. IT Departments are doing a woefully poor job at application security based on...checks news headlines...all the data. Improving your organization’s application security posture can seem like a daunting and expensive project that must compete...

Room: ZambeziTrack: SecurityTags: Security, DevOpsFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview
9:15 AM

Debugging Burnout

Presented by: Samuel Shaw
Time: Thursday 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Working in a product space requires knowing how to take a very complex problem and break it down into iterative chunks. Far too often, we’re so wrapped up in the problems we’re solving professionally, that we completely forget to introspectively look at ourselves and ask what problems in our...

Room: ZambeziTrack: Career Mapping & DevelopmentTags: Other, Soft Skills/Business, Career Development, Remote WorkFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview
10:30 AM

The State of Modern APIs - Comparing GraphQL, REST, and gRPC

Presented by: Spencer Schneidenbach
Time: Thursday 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

APIs are a huge part of our connected world - they drive our apps and are the points of integration between applications. There are a number of technologies available that have emerged as major players in the API space, from REST to GraphQL to gRPC - but with them comes a lot of hype, dogma, and...

Room: ZambeziTrack: ArchitectureTags: CloudFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview
3:30 PM

Continuous Learning for Developers

Presented by: Brian MacDonald
Time: Thursday 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

The world of technology never stops moving, and developers are frequently told that they have to be constantly learning in order to keep up. Entire industries are devoted to helping developers stay on the cutting edge, and they offer a multitude of options and formats: books, video, online...

Room: ZambeziTrack: Career Mapping & DevelopmentTags: Soft Skills/BusinessFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview

Friday

12:15 PM

Don’t let user authentication stop you from building your web app!

Presented by: Kyle Whitaker
Time: Friday 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Authentication is no trivial task; it is also an essential building block for most web applications. Building a robust user authentication flow for the first time can stop even a great developer dead in their tracks. Authentication can drown you in a sea of architectural complexity, and all you want...

Room: ZambeziTrack: Web/Front-EndTags: Cloud, Javascript, Security, TestingFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview
4:00 PM

Document databases vs. Relational Databases: An honest comparison and things to consider

Presented by: Alex Will
Time: Friday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Many developers still struggle to understand which application scenarios might benefit from utilizing a document database or a relational database. Both of these options are powerful and many vendors have great products ready to build on. Unfortunately not one size fits all and there are definite...

Room: ZambeziTrack: ArchitectureTags: OtherFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview