NDC Conferences Courses

Using Kafka for Real-Time Data Ingestion with .NET

Learn Kafka’s architecture and design principles, then build a .NET project that produces and consumes messages efficiently.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

From SQL to Azure Cosmos DB

Explore how document modeling changes when moving from relational databases to Cosmos DB, including tradeoffs in transactions, queries, and application design.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Erlang Ecosystem

See how Erlang’s telecom origins shaped its concurrency and error-handling model, the BEAM virtual machine, and an ecosystem that can host new languages.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

From Reactive Extensions to Reactive Streams

Traces how Rx.NET and async enumerables led to Reactive Streams, then explores the design and internals of Akka.NET Streams.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Modern Security with Microservices and the Cloud

See how Vault provides scalable, customizable secrets as a service for microservices and people, including static and dynamically generated credentials.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Dependency Injection Revisited

A reconsideration of dependency injection through functional programming, exploring alternatives and whether they also work in object-oriented code.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Enough String View to Hang Ourselves

Explores whether C++17 std::string_view can simplify string handling across standard, GUI, and operating-system APIs in a mature Windows application.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

C++ - Be Type-Safe - The Journey of Determining the Number of Elements in an Array

Explore the tricky path to a type-safe C++ implementation for counting an array’s elements at compile time.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

How to Network if You’re Scared of People

Practical ways to make networking manageable when meeting new people feels daunting, including alternatives to frequent events and techniques for building lasting connections.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Domain-Driven Design - Hidden Lessons from the Big Blue Book

A re-reading of Domain-Driven Design’s “big blue book” reveals how bounded contexts and core domains can shape teams and software delivery.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Muddling Through the Middle Bits - What Comes After Junior and Before Senior

Maps the uncertain mid-career stretch between junior and senior developer, exploring the skills and milestones that shape the transition.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Monitoring A-Z

A practical introduction to monitoring software after deployment, focused on helping developers spot issues early and know what to instrument.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Manifesto for a DevOps-like Culture Shift in Data & Analytics

A seven-principle manifesto shows how product developers can own data and analytics in a scalable, distributed DataDevOps model.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Technical Debt Isn't Technical

Technical debt is traced to weak problem-domain models and organizational friction, shifting its remedy from cleaner code toward better collaboration and shared understanding.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Give it a REST - Tips for Designing and Consuming Public APIs

Practical lessons from maintaining public APIs, evolving them without breaking clients, and making applications resilient to unexpected responses.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk