Confreaks Courses

Rails as a Piece of Birthday Cake - Layering Approach for Maintainable Applications

Explore layering techniques in Rails to maintain healthy, scalable applications. Learn to extract and add new layers for improved maintainability as your project grows.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Making GitHub's Rails Monolith Accessible by Default

Discover strategies for making legacy Rails applications accessible using automated scanning, preview-driven development, and an accessibility-first form builder.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

An Imposter's Guide to Growth in Engineering

Overcome imposter syndrome and leverage it for growth in engineering with practical strategies for mid to upper level professionals.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Upstream Your Code to Rails

Learn the process of contributing to Rails, from identifying good contributions to navigating the review process, with insights from a real-world feature upstreaming experience.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Bridging the Gap: Creating Trust Between Non-Technical Stakeholders and Engineering Teams

Discover strategies to build trust between non-technical stakeholders and engineering teams using data-driven communication and analysis techniques.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Forging Your Path to Senior Developer

Discover strategies to advance from mid-level to senior developer, gaining insights on skill development and career progression in software engineering.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Breaking the Grind: Crafting Your Ideal Software Engineering Career

Explore software engineering career paths through RPG-style skill trees. Unlock new abilities, level up existing ones, and discover diverse routes to advance your professional journey.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Who Wants to Be a Ruby Engineer? - Exploring Unusual Ruby Code

Test your Ruby knowledge with quirky code snippets, exploring the language's strangest corners. Challenge yourself to become a "Strange" Ruby Engineer and win prizes!

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Math Every Programmer Needs - Practical Applications of Discrete Math in Ruby

Discover practical discrete math concepts to enhance your programming skills, from Boolean algebra to graph theory, without complex equations.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Scaling Teams with Federated Super Apps

Explore strategies for scaling teams and building federated super apps in React Native, overcoming challenges in large-scale product development.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Not Your Grandparents' Expo - Modern Adaptations and Customizations

Discover modern Expo's adaptability, faster development, and simplified configuration for customizing native projects and complex build setups.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Signed, Sealed, Deployed: Shipping React Native Apps

Learn to build and ship React Native apps confidently with a crash course on deployment processes and essential ecosystem tools.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Simple by Default - A New Model for Complexity in Development

Explore a new model for understanding complexity in development, aiding in the adoption of React, React Native, and Next.js.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Performance Myths of React Native

Debunk React Native performance myths through real-world app comparisons with native development. Gain insights into optimizing cross-platform mobile applications.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

PUMA's Mobile App: From Zero to One Million Downloads in 6 Months

Discover PUMA's mobile app success story: scaling from zero to a million downloads in 6 months. Explore tools, tasks, and processes for effective app development and maintenance.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video