Confreaks Courses

Crocheted Computer Graphics - Exploring 3D Art and Textile Connections

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Explore connections between 3D graphics and textile art through videogames, crocheted cubes, and 3D prints. Discover historical and material links, queering gender configurations in programming and crafting.

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

Introducing LMDA - Enhancing Lateral Movement and Data Access Identification on Windows Systems

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Discover LMDA artifacts for Velociraptor that streamline Windows DFIR investigations by aggregating forensic data to identify lateral movement and data access patterns efficiently.

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

Simulated Annealing: The Most Metal Algorithm Ever - Lecture

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Explore simulated annealing algorithm for near-optimal solutions in constrained optimization problems, inspired by metallurgy and applicable to Ruby apps.

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

Let Your Body Lead: Career Planning with Somatics

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Explore somatic intelligence for career decision-making, unlocking a personalized guide to professional fulfillment and satisfaction.

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

Open-source Python Tools to Visualize and Analyze Geospatial Data

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Explore open-source Python tools for geospatial data analysis, focusing on QGIS integration with Django. Learn to visualize and analyze location data using raster and vector tools for both developers and professionals.

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

Let's Build a Mobile App with Hotwire Native

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Discover how to build mobile apps using Rails and Hotwire Native, leveraging existing HTML/CSS while keeping business logic server-side for faster development without mobile expertise.

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

Emoji, Web Components, and Art - Making Creative Web Tools

Explore how to create web art using emoji, web components, and custom tools for transforming words into emoji art and images into CSS-stylable pixels.

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

Solving Imaginary Scaling Issues, at Scale

Explore a humorous yet practical guide to avoiding unnecessary scaling solutions while learning genuine strategies for real scaling challenges from experts serving billions of JavaScript downloads weekly.

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

Atomic Design as a Migration Strategy

Discover how Atomic Design can be used as a migration strategy for web applications, building complexity from simple components to gradually transform legacy systems.

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

The True Cost of Unmoderated Collaboration: A Story from the Trenches

Explore the importance of having clear codes of conduct and moderation guidelines in open-source projects to prevent toxic behavior and harassment, based on real experiences from the trenches.

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

Conversational UIs: Talking to Siri, Alexa, and Your Web Browser

Explore the world of Conversational UIs, from voice interactions with Siri and Alexa to screenless interfaces, and learn how to implement these technologies in your own applications.

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

Albers as a Millennial - Making Generative Interactive Art with JavaScript

Discover how to create generative interactive art with JavaScript, applying color theory with HSL, composing patterns with SVG, and adding depth through motion and interaction.

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

Accelerate DevOps Adoption With A Dojo

Discover how Verizon's engineering dojos accelerate DevOps adoption through coaching, story mapping, and focused sprints, transforming knowledge into wisdom and addressing cultural challenges in organizational transformation.

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

Resolving Outages Faster With Better Debugging Strategies

Discover effective debugging strategies beyond dashboards, using dynamic query evaluation and tracing integration to resolve outages more efficiently.

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

Perfecting Perf: Rapid, Rigorous and Reproducible Performance Experiments

Discover how to quickly assess web optimization ideas through rigorous experimentation, focusing on mobile performance to improve user experience and search rankings.

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