Conference Talks

PASS Data Community Summit

Inside Tempdb

A deep dive into tempdb’s engine internals uses debugging and database diagnostic tools to explain its structures and help prevent usage problems.

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

PASS Data Community Summit

Index Fragmentation - Internals, Analysis, and Solutions

A deep look at how SQL Server page splits create index fragmentation, how to measure it, and when to rebuild indexes.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

PASS Data Community Summit

Building Your T-SQL Tool Kit - Window Function Fundamentals

An introduction to the fundamentals of window functions in T-SQL.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

PASS Data Community Summit

SQL Server Index Internals - A Deep Dive

A deep dive into the internal structure and operation of SQL Server indexes.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

EuroPython Conference

Multithreaded Python without the GIL

Sam Gross explains how removing CPython’s Global Interpreter Lock could let multithreaded Python programs run more efficiently while preserving compatibility and single-threaded performance.

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

EuroPython Conference

Clean Architectures in Python

A look at clean architecture’s layers and internal APIs as a way to reduce coupling and make Python applications easier to test and maintain.

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

JSConf

Simplifying Complex UIs with Finite Automata & Statecharts

Finite automata and statecharts make complex application UI states easier to manage, test, and visualize.

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

JSConf

JavaScript Metaprogramming - ES6 Proxy Use and Abuse

Explore playful and practical uses of ES6 Proxy, from custom syntax and operators to instrumentation, observable objects, and self-modifying behavior.

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

JSConf

How Browsers Work

A short talk introducing how web browsers work.

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

JSConf

Everything You Never Wanted to Know About JavaScript Numbers

Explore how JavaScript’s IEEE 754 numbers encode fractions, infinities, zeros, and values too small for ordinary representation.

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

Scala Days Conferences

Scala Best Practices I Wish Someone'd Told Me About

A Scala developer’s retrospective on language choices and features that make everyday code clearer and easier to maintain.

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

Scala Days Conferences

Pure Functional Database Programming Without JDBC

A Scala implementation of PostgreSQL access builds from socket and protocol layers into a pure functional API, without JDBC.

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

Scala Days Conferences

Domain Driven Design and Onion Architecture in Scala

A code-driven demonstration of how Scala’s case classes and traits support domain modeling, paired with Onion Architecture’s portable, testable layers.

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

MLCon | Machine Learning Conference

Unsupervised Learning with Autoencoders

See how autoencoders learn without labels, with examples spanning anomaly detection, denoising, similarity detection, and generation.

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

MLCon | Machine Learning Conference

How do Chess Engines Work - Looking at Stockfish and AlphaZero

A look at how AlphaZero’s self-play and Monte Carlo Tree Search challenge the classic chess-engine approach.

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