Confreaks Courses

Beyond CRUD: PostgreSQL Techniques Your Rails App Is Missing

Explore advanced PostgreSQL techniques for Rails apps, including locking mechanisms and mutex, to enhance scalability and prevent production outages.

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

Upgrading the Ruby Community - From MINASWAN to Rails Camps

Explore strategies to enhance the Ruby community's welcoming nature and create lasting positive impacts in the tech industry and beyond.

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

Merged PRs: An Untapped Resource for Practice and Exploration in Rails Debugging - RailsConf 2023

Enhance Rails debugging skills using real-world examples from merged PRs, improving framework familiarity and confidence in navigating complex issues.

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

Keynote - RailsConf 2023

Explore the future of Ruby on Rails development with insights from a leading expert in this thought-provoking keynote address.

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

How Rails Fosters a Diverse and Competitive Tech Ecosystem in the Era of Big Tech

Explore how Rails promotes diversity and competition in tech, challenging big tech patterns through economic and organizational critique.

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

Leading Through Change - When Two Cultures Combine

Explore leadership strategies for navigating cultural integration during organizational changes, focusing on effective communication and team cohesion.

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

Deep End Diving: Getting Up to Speed on New Codebases

Discover strategies for quickly mastering new codebases, tools, and tech stacks, enabling faster contributions and smoother onboarding for developers at all levels.

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

Rails Performance Monitoring 101: A Primer for Junior Developers - Lecture 1

Aprenda a diagnosticar e resolver problemas de desempenho em aplicações Rails usando uma abordagem top-down para triagem e escalabilidade.

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

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

Taylor's Guide to Big Rewrites - Lessons from a Successful Application Migration

Learn strategies for successful large-scale application rewrites, drawing insights from Taylorism and a real-world case study of migrating 2,500 customers' data over 18 months.

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