NDC Conferences Courses

Impactful Mentorship

Discover strategies for community engagement, content creation, and public speaking. Learn from experienced mentors about navigating conferences, presentations, and personal growth in the tech industry.

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

Data Modeling and Partitioning in Azure Cosmos DB

Explore data modeling and partitioning techniques for NoSQL databases, focusing on Azure Cosmos DB. Learn to design scalable e-commerce applications with optimal performance and unlimited growth potential.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Decision Making in the Absence of Ground Truth

Explore innovative AI/ML techniques for predicting risk without historical data. Learn a practical solution for making informed decisions in scenarios lacking traditional ground truth observations.

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

Auditing Data and Answering the Life Long Question - Is It the End of the Day Yet?

Explore Nielsen's data auditing system design, covering AVRO headers, metadata, table optimization, alert monitoring, and determining end-of-day status in complex data workflows.

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

Building a Mobile Flight Simulator

Explore the creation of a Boeing 787 flight simulator in a trailer, featuring IoT controls, custom applications, and .NET code for instructor management. Learn to build your own simulated aviation experience.

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

The Leader's Leap

Exploring the transition from software developer to technical leader: skills needed, challenges faced, and insights for aspiring leaders in the tech industry.

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

An AI with an Agenda

Explore common biases in AI development and learn practical steps to create more objective and ethical algorithms, ensuring better decision-making in AI-assisted systems.

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

Kotlin - Boring Languages Are Dead - Long Live Boring Languages

Explore Kotlin's type system, null handling, and advantages over Java. Learn why Kotlin is becoming the new "default boring language" and how it can benefit your projects.

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

Zero to Document Hero

Explore document databases, MongoDB, and their integration with .NET. Learn key differences from relational databases and discover innovative use cases for NoSQL solutions.

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

Plain Text

Uncover the hidden complexities of "plain text" in software development, exploring encoding, culture, and historical influences that shape our digital communication.

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

Build Automation Revolution

Revolutionize CI/CD pipelines with NUKE, bringing build automation to the level of .NET projects. Learn OOP-based scripting, parameter injection, path abstraction, and CI configuration generation for optimized throughput.

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

Learning in Public - Live Coding on Twitch

Discover the growing community of live coders on Twitch, learn about the benefits of coding in public, and get inspired to start your own journey of sharing knowledge and learning together.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Kubernetes Isn't the Answer

Explore why Kubernetes may not be the ideal solution and learn to make technology choices based on simplicity, ease of implementation, and addressing organizational bottlenecks rather than technological potential.

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

Desired State - How React, Kubernetes and Control Theory Have Lots in Common

Explore the common architectural principles behind React, Kubernetes, and other declarative tools, focusing on desired state reconciliation and its applications across various computing domains.

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

Drinking a River of IoT Data with Akka NET

Explore scalable IoT data processing using Akka.NET's actor model. Learn strategies for handling massive device streams and developing resilient, stateful code for improved performance.

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