Confreaks Courses

10 Costly Database Performance Mistakes and How to Fix Them

Discover 10 real-world Rails database mistakes that cause costly performance issues and learn practical solutions to optimize queries, indexing, and schema design for better efficiency.

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

Derailing Our Application - How and Why We Are Decoupling Our Code from Rails

Discover how Cisco decoupled 800,000 lines of Ruby code from Rails to scale their team to 1,000+ engineers while maintaining Rails benefits in this architecture evolution story.

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

Small Company, Big Threats - Cybersecurity for the Rest of Us

Discover practical cybersecurity strategies for small businesses navigating EU Cyber Resilience Act and NIST Framework compliance through real-world implementation insights.

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

LabVIEW-Driven Discovery - Next-Gen X-Ray Detectors for Human Advancement

Discover how LabVIEW accelerates X-ray detector development from PC simulations to FPGA processing (4000× faster) to 70k fps synchrotron experiments, enabling rapid prototyping and user control.

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

Everything You Need to Know about VI Scripting in LabVIEW

Master VI Scripting in LabVIEW to automate repetitive programming tasks, modify code programmatically, and boost productivity with 26 years of expert insights.

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

Time Series Databases and Web Based Clients - Essential Tools for the Modern Data System

Explore time series databases and web-based clients for modern data acquisition systems, enabling remote monitoring of live and historical test data through custom dashboards.

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

Behind the Scenes of the LabVIEW Compiler

Uncover how LabVIEW transforms graphical code into CPU instructions, exploring compiler concepts like clumping, inplaceness, and DFIR to enhance programming skills and performance.

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

Tom's Timely Tips and Tricks - LabVIEW, Windows, and Work Life Hacks

Discover the best LabVIEW, Windows, and work-related tips and tricks as voted by Choose Movement Consulting engineers in this engaging 28-minute presentation.

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

LabVIEW Interfaces - Exploring Their Potential For Improving Our Code

Explore LabVIEW interfaces to enhance code quality, improve API usability, decouple legacy systems through scripting tools, and discover unconventional implementation strategies.

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

Sweetening LabVIEW with Syntactic Sugar

Discover G-Sugar, an open-source library that transforms cluttered LabVIEW code into clean, readable diagrams through elegant syntactic shortcuts and interactive pattern analysis.

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

Risky Business - Embracing Risk-Taking for Engineers and Technologists

Discover how engineers and technologists can embrace calculated risk-taking to drive innovation in test & measurement technology and advance humanity through courage and strategic decision-making.

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

LabVIEW at a Large Scale R&D Facility

Discover how LabVIEW powers the U.S.'s largest sodium R&D ecosystem, managing 100+ devices at Argonne National Laboratory with standardized frameworks and AI integration for nuclear facilities.

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

What's New with Community Training Initiative (CTI) - LabVIEW Hardware Integration

Discover the latest Community Training Initiative updates for democratizing LabVIEW training with Raspberry Pi Pico boards, including Pico W support, UART, I2C, SPI, and new tooling.

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

Creating a MIDI Interface in LabVIEW - Orchestrating Innovation

Discover how to build a comprehensive MIDI interface in LabVIEW, from file drivers to C++ wrappers, transforming piano practice into innovative automation solutions.

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

The Rails Story - Two Decades of Design and Decisions

Explore Rails' evolution over two decades, uncovering design decisions like "Convention over Configuration" and understanding why features evolved or vanished entirely.

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