NDC Conferences Courses

Language Games - Communication Frameworks for Software Engineers

Explore rigorous frameworks for effective communication with both humans and computers, understanding why perfect communication isn't failure but normal, and practical strategies for engineers.

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

Developer Happiness and Why it Matters

Discover the connection between developer happiness and productivity, exploring practical strategies to reduce friction, boost team satisfaction, and improve retention rates.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Third Party Integration?

Discover strategies to confidently tackle third-party system integrations, overcome common challenges, and transform fear into excitement with proven tips and tools.

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

Building Adaptive AI for MRI Diagnostics - A Continual Learning Case Study

Explore how continual learning revolutionizes MRI diagnostics for epilepsy treatment, tackling catastrophic forgetting and building resilient AI systems that adapt to evolving medical data.

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

Getting Good (or Better) at Code Reviews

Discover how to overcome code review aversion and transform blind approvals into meaningful feedback that improves code quality and team collaboration.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Skills for the Age of AI Developer Tools

Discover essential skills for thriving alongside AI developer tools, covering workplace evolution, automation fears, and cultivating both technical and soft skills for the AI era.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Ripple Effect - How Information Architecture Transforms Your Product, Company and Everything

Discover how proper information architecture creates sustainable growth, improves user experience, and aligns teams through real-world examples and step-by-step solutions.

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

The Chips and Pickle Story - What's Really Behind Infamous, Historic UI Failures?

Explore how seemingly minor UI design flaws can trigger massive business failures and societal disruption through historic examples and practical insights.

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

Building a Culture of Healthy Conflict in Tech Teams

Discover how to transform team conflicts from destructive to productive, learning to recognize unhealthy vs healthy conflict patterns and develop leadership skills for collaborative environments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Are Rewrites Always a Bad Idea?

Explore when software rewrites make sense through a real project where a team tackled legacy C++ code, covering leadership, tech stack decisions, and turning academic code into production.

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

Building Next-Level Conversational AI Apps with .NET and Aspire

Discover how to build conversational AI apps using .NET and Aspire, covering Microsoft.Extensions.AI, RAG implementation, API integration, and Model-Context Protocol servers.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Can You Trust Your Large Language Model? - Understanding Model Performance and Reliability

Explore how machine learning models can deceive us and learn techniques to accurately assess LLM performance in an era of increasingly complex "black box" algorithms.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Back to the Future of Time Series Data

Discover how modern time series databases transform time-stamped data handling, from user behavior tracking to stock market monitoring, making temporal data analysis simple and scalable.

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

Platform Engineering vs DevOps

Explore the evolution from DevOps to Platform Engineering, uncovering the complexity behind these roles and their impact on developer experience in modern software development.

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

Adapting to Adversity - How Chaos Creates Resilience

Discover how to transform chaos and adversity into opportunities for growth through practical resilience-building strategies and real-world examples from Christina Aldan's inspiring journey.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video