Strange Loop Conference Courses

The Truth About Mentoring Minorities

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Explore effective mentoring strategies for minorities in tech, addressing inclusion challenges and career advancement. Learn from real-world experiences and case studies to foster diversity and retention.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Playing with Engineering

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Explore innovative approaches to engineering education through play and creativity with insights from AnnMarie Thomas's Playful Learning Lab and research on maker culture.

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

Birdsong as Code - Transcribing and Analyzing Avian Musical Structures

Explore birdsong transcription into code, comparing avian and human musical structures while leveraging programming's unique abstractions for novel musical analysis.

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

Software and the Game of Go

Exploring parallels between software development and the game of Go, highlighting strategic thinking, problem-solving, and long-term planning in both domains.

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

Cursorless - A Spoken Language for Editing Code

Explore a revolutionary spoken language for efficient code editing by voice, leveraging tree-sitter parser for smart manipulations and flexible primitives to create powerful command chains.

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

Using Data-Driven Metrics to Anticipate and Prevent Security Incidents

Learn how GitHub's PSIRT Engineering team uses data-driven metrics and variant analysis to anticipate and prevent security incidents, reducing pressure on incident response and enhancing product security.

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

Oatmeal is Cheap - A Fundamental Theorem for Procedural Generators

Explore Kolmogorov complexity in procedural generation, linking generator knowledge to output complexity. Insights for game design decisions in Minecraft, Borderlands, and Tea Garden, with interactive examples.

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

The Lemniscate by Ann Johnson, Charles Comstock

Explore the Lemniscate editor: programming animations, MIDI integration, and live demos for an interactive sculpture. Learn about system architecture, language basics, and design constraints.

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

Building Observability for 99% Developers

Exploring techniques for simplified observability in modern web applications, focusing on API-layer visibility and control for small engineering teams without extensive DevOps resources.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

There Are No Shortcuts in Organizing, but Technology Sure Does Help

Explore how tech skills enhanced workplace organizing efforts, featuring data visualization, automation, and web development techniques used by the Times Tech Guild to boost solidarity.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Diagrammar - Simply Make Interactive Diagrams

Explore Diagrammar, a tool for creating interactive STEM diagrams using Elm. Learn its primitives, design principles, and insights from thousands of diagrams across various courses.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Modern B-Tree Techniques

Explore advanced B-Tree techniques in databases and file systems, covering efficiency improvements, new functionalities, and hardware adaptations. Learn about PostgreSQL implementations and other database applications.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

The Education of a Civic Technologist

Explore how U.S. Digital Response partners with governments to address COVID challenges, focusing on problem discovery, suitable tool selection, and creating scalable civic tech solutions.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Reviving 1990's Digital Dress-Up Dolls with Smooch

Explore the revival of 1990s digital dress-up dolls using JavaScript and Haskell. Dive into the Kisekae Set System's specifications, custom image format, and scripting language for a nostalgic journey through digital art history.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Data Driven Investigation in Defense of Human Rights

Exploring data-driven methods for exposing human rights abuses, combining code, design, and analysis to develop new investigative techniques and foster interdisciplinary collaborations.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk