Confreaks Courses

Applying Microservices Patterns to a Modular Monolith

Explore strategies for modernizing legacy monoliths using microservices patterns in a modular approach, focusing on data consistency and distributed transactions.

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

Strategies for Saying No: Focusing on Priorities and Preventing Burnout

Learn effective strategies for confidently saying no, managing workload, and preventing burnout in professional settings. Gain tools to prioritize tasks and maintain focus on important responsibilities.

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

Investing in the Ruby Community - A Developer's Journey

Explore how passion for Ruby drives community investment, featuring gems, train tracks, and ice cream in this captivating developer's tale.

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

Demystifying the Unionizing Process

Explore the unionization process, its motivations, and implications for software developers in the post-pandemic workplace.

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

Managing the Burnout Burndown

Discover strategies to manage stress and prevent burnout in tech leadership roles. Learn tools for balancing workload, team dynamics, and industry changes.

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

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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• Free Video