USENIX Courses

MySQL and InnoDB Performance for the Rest of Us

Demystifies MySQL and InnoDB performance, covering storage engines, indexes, and query optimization. Provides practical insights for improving database efficiency and understanding SQL operations.

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

SLX - An Extended SLO Framework to Expedite Incident Recovery

Explore an extended SLO framework (SLX) for managing high-availability systems, featuring innovative concepts like SLF and SLD to build knowledge graphs and expedite incident recovery.

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

Take Me Down to the Paradise City Where the Metric Is Green and Traces Are Pretty

Explore OpenTelemetry for cloud-native observability, including its APIs and SDKs. Learn how to implement traces and metrics in Java and Go, with practical examples and insights on framework stability.

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

Cache Strategies with Best Practices

Explore efficient cache strategies for data-intensive services, including item management, TTL optimization, and warm-up techniques. Learn to enhance system performance and availability through real-world examples.

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

A Political Scientist's View on Site Reliability

Explore how political science concepts can provide fresh perspectives on site reliability, team dynamics, and simplifying complex production environments in software engineering.

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

Latency Distributions and Micro-Benchmarking to Identify and Characterize Kernel Hotspots

Explore kernel hotspots using latency distributions and micro-benchmarking. Learn techniques to identify and address OS scale limits for improved system performance on bare metal hardware.

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

When Linux Memory Accounting Goes Wrong

Debugging Linux memory accounting issues in cgroups, exploring scenarios where misaccounting can lead to host inaccessibility and application failures despite set limits.

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

Engineering Onboarding

Industry experts discuss challenges, changes, and future trends in engineering onboarding, covering remote work, diversity, training methods, and strategies for improving new hire experiences.

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

Don't Follow Leaders or - All Models Are Wrong - and So Am I

Reflective analysis of SRE book's impact, addressing its strengths, weaknesses, and unresolved challenges in production engineering and reliability practices five years after publication.

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

The Cornerstone for Cybersecurity - Cryptographic Standards

Introduction to NIST cryptographic standards, their applications in cybersecurity, and future challenges including quantum threats, transitions, and lightweight cryptography for constrained devices.

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

Why You Should Burn Down Your Datacenter

Explore datacenter optimization challenges, integrating infrastructure management with power, space, and cooling systems. Learn about industrial controls and their limitations in this thought-provoking talk.

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

Lessons Learned from a Ransomware Attack

Comprehensive analysis of a real-world ransomware attack on a school district, covering timeline, damage, recovery, and preventive measures for future cybersecurity preparedness.

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

Beyond Firefighter vs. Safety Matches - Growing the DevSecOps Pipeline

Explore strategies for balancing specialization and generalization in DevSecOps talent development, addressing challenges in modern systems development, operations, and security.

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

Computing Performance - On the Horizon

Explore future computing performance trends in processors, memory, storage, networking, and cloud technologies, with insights on emerging innovations and their potential impact.

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

Kind Engineering - How to Engineer Kindness

Explore practical strategies for fostering kindness in software engineering, covering code reviews, psychological safety, feedback, and workplace honesty to create happier teams and companies.

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