Confreaks Courses

Reading Rails - A Visual Walkthrough of the Source Code

Explore Rails source code through visual mapping of key components like Active Record and Action Pack, building debugging skills and confidence to navigate the codebase effectively.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

We Were Voyagers. We Can Voyage Again! - Reclaiming Ruby's Creative Spirit in the Age of AI

Explore how Generative AI can help Ruby developers reclaim the creative spark and playful experimentation that defined the language's "Golden Age" of developer happiness.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Lightning Talks - Ruby Development Topics and Tools

Explore diverse Ruby topics through rapid-fire presentations covering AI, career growth, tools, language managers, functional programming transitions, and overcoming challenges.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Operating Rails - What About After You Deploy?

Discover essential production operations for Rails applications beyond deployment, covering monitoring, debugging, security, data backup, and incident response strategies.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Docs, Demos, and DevRel - The Other Side of Tech

Explore alternative tech career paths beyond engineering and management, focusing on technical writing, developer advocacy, and curriculum development roles that blend technical expertise with communication skills.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Enabling Security Defenders with AI

Discover how AI can strengthen cybersecurity defenses through new CybersecEval benchmarks that measure LLM capabilities in vulnerability patching and SOC analyst tasks.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Dungeons and Dragons - The Security Tool You Didn't Know You Needed

Discover how tabletop roleplaying games like D&D revolutionize cybersecurity training through collaborative storytelling and the open-source HackBack framework.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Real Clients, Real Stakes - Building Cyber Leaders in Student-Run Clinics

Explore how student-led cybersecurity clinics transform learners into leaders by defending real organizations while developing technical skills and professional growth.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Hidden Cybersecurity Crisis Facing Human Rights Defenders

Uncover the digital vulnerabilities facing human rights defenders worldwide and learn why existing cybersecurity solutions often fail to protect those on the frontlines.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Manage Network Filtering at Scale

Discover how Meta streamlines network security policy management using Capirca and CI/CD pipelines to handle millions of access rules while maintaining developer productivity.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Lessons from 5 Years of UI Architecture at GitHub

Discover key UI architecture insights from GitHub's 5-year journey: native baselines, design system challenges, and why frontend development costs 10x more than backend work.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Ruby on Rails is a Game Engine

Explore how Ruby on Rails powers a turn-based web MMO, showcasing creative solutions like dynamic SVG, Sidekiq batching, PostGIS geometry queries, and Turbo Streams for game-like UX.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Sidekiq at Gusto - The Parts Where People's Jaw Drops

Discover how Gusto scales 100+ million daily Sidekiq jobs with jaw-dropping patterns for queue SLAs, autoscaling, Redis optimization, and job repair across 600+ engineers.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Learning Empathy From Pokémon Blue

Explore the famous Missingno glitch from Pokémon Blue to understand why bugs happen and apply those lessons to writing better Ruby code with empathy for fellow developers.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

We Who Remember Magic - Ruby, AI, and the Future of Developer Responsibility

Explore Ruby's magical past and AI's emerging future, reflecting on responsibility, creativity, and maintaining human values in technology development.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video