Strange Loop Conference Courses

The Early Days of id Software - Programming Principles

Explore id Software's early programming principles and game development methodology with co-founder John Romero, offering insights into the creation of iconic titles like DOOM and Quake.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Expert Software Developers' Approach to Error

Insights on how expert developers and high-performing teams leverage errors as opportunities for better software, based on decades of research with professionals in the industry.

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

Outperforming Imperative with Pure Functional Languages

Explore how pure functional programming languages can outperform imperative ones, from network-level to CPU instructions, challenging common performance assumptions in software development.

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

Functional Distributed Systems Beyond Request - Response

Explore event-driven patterns for building composable, scalable, and resilient distributed systems, moving beyond traditional request/response models to simplify cloud-native architecture.

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

Branchstack - Branching Infra for Better Development

Explore branchstack development: making environments, state, and services as flexible as code. Learn how branching infrastructure enhances developer onboarding, testing, and full-stack previews.

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

Carbon Footprint Aware Software Development

Explore techniques for reducing the environmental impact of software development, including carbon footprint analysis in CI/CD pipelines and strategies for writing more energy-efficient code.

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

How We Used Serverless to Speed Up Our Servers

Leveraging serverless Lambda as an on-demand accelerator for complex queries, improving response times tenfold while addressing challenges and providing practical advice based on real-world experience.

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

Janus - Easy Complex UI with Declarative FRP

Explore Janus, a JS framework for complex UIs using declarative FRP. Learn about its data primitives, context-free programming, and flexible view framework for simplified development of sophisticated interfaces.

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

Waterpark - Distributed Actors vs the Pandemic

Explore how HCA Healthcare's Waterpark platform, built with ErlangVM and Elixir, revolutionized healthcare integration during COVID-19. Learn about actor models, continuous availability, and innovative tech solutions in a Fortune 100 company.

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

Training an Autonomous Pentester with Deep RL

Explore deep reinforcement learning for autonomous pentesting, using Metasploit and simulated networks to train an AI agent capable of compromising real-world vulnerable systems.

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

Making Webapps Collaborative with Composable CRDTs

Learn to create collaborative webapps using Compoventuals, a TypeScript library of CRDTs. Discover how to maintain data structure and type safety while enabling offline work, server-free collaboration, and end-to-end encryption.

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

Strange Dreams of Stranger Loops

Explore self-referential and introspective concepts through running code in this talk on reflective programming, strange loops, and relational reasoning.

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

The Future of Conferences

Exploring the evolution of conferences, their challenges, and potential future directions in a post-pandemic world, focusing on sustainability, inclusivity, and leveraging online alternatives.

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

How Flutter Can Change the Future of Urban Communities

Explore how Flutter's cross-platform capabilities can revolutionize urban development, enhancing efficiency and simplifying code for innovative community solutions.

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

Software for Court Appointed Special Advocates

Explore the development of open-source software for Court Appointed Special Advocates, supporting volunteers in data recording and reminders to assist youth in the foster system.

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