O'Reilly Open Source Convention

Don't fix it. Throw it away! Introduction to disposable infrastructure

Don't fix it. Throw it away! Introduction to disposable infrastructure

November 12, 2019

Disposable infrastructure is a new paradigm for managing a full stack of infrastructure. Chris Dorros explores the benefits of this model, giving you hands-on experience with the most popular tools in this space. You'll see how easy it is to confidently make and roll back changes in production that you'll never want to SSH into a box to "make a quick fix" ever again.
Dusty: Building and testing microservices made easy

Dusty: Building and testing microservices made easy

November 12, 2019

Microservices are becoming the standard in modern technology stacks, but building and maintaining a web of interconnected services locally can be complicated and time consuming for engineers. Alex Etling offers an overview of Dusty, a Docker-based local development environment built with the power to make building, testing, and maintaining microservices easy.
Effective Docker Swarm

Effective Docker Swarm

November 12, 2019

SwarmDocker's answer to clusteringtreats a group of Docker hosts as a single host. Everett Toews explains how to Swarm with Carina, a service that builds Docker Swarm clusters for you.
Fluent Python: Implementing intuitive and productive APIs

Fluent Python: Implementing intuitive and productive APIs

November 12, 2019

Python is so consistent that we can often infer the behavior of new objects by assuming they work like the built-ins. The Python data model is the foundation of this consistent behavior. Luciano Ramalho explores the construction of Pythonic objects: classes that feel "natural" to a Python programmer and leverage some of the best language features by implementing key protocols of the data model.
From first look to first pull: Contributing to your favorite OSS projects

From first look to first pull: Contributing to your favorite OSS projects

November 12, 2019

Quinn Murphy chronicles his journey from a sysadmin who used OSS software extensively to someone who contributes documentation, information, and code to OSS projects. Quinn explains how becoming a contributor can enhance your career as well as your connection to the software you use every day.
From procedural to reactive JavaScript with stops

From procedural to reactive JavaScript with stops

November 12, 2019

JavaScript is an interesting language. It can mimic almost any style you want, from procedural to object-oriented to functional and beyond. Gleb Bahmutov takes a simple problem and solves it using a variety of different approaches, showing each approach's ability to take away the complexity while still being the JavaScript we all love to hate.
Highly available persistent applications in containers

Highly available persistent applications in containers

November 11, 2019

Are you thinking of implementing a container strategy? Clint Kitson explains why having a homogenous approach to persistence across the container ecosystem is the key to a successful strategy.
HiKey: A high-performance ARM 64-bit developing platform for Linaro

HiKey: A high-performance ARM 64-bit developing platform for Linaro

November 11, 2019

David Mandala offers an overview of HiKey. With HiKey, developers can easily use the latest Google AOSP SDK to create and debug new and existing peripheral drivers and perform kernel development and other tasks with fewer OEM encumbrances. HiKey can also be used to make VR applications with OSVR, robotic applications with ROS, and secure applications with ARM TrustZone.
Hiring awesome engineers: Looking beyond the Valley and the USA

Hiring awesome engineers: Looking beyond the Valley and the USA

November 11, 2019

3 bootcamps. 291 applicants. 42 students. 16 new hires. 0% turnover. The Bitnami Developer Bootcamp has exceeded Bitnami's wildest expectations. Erica Brescia explains how an experiment has turned into an extremely successful hiring channel and has also allowed Bitnami to give back to its local community by providing free, top-notch education to the local developer community.
How did I "git" here? A tale of a CS professor

How did I "git" here? A tale of a CS professor

November 11, 2019

Everyone has a story about their first computer, a teacher that inspired them, or that first piece of amazing software that started it all. Kyla McMullen explains how she went from a child interested in technology to a computer science professorand the software that was there for her along the way. But behind her story is a question: how can we make this journey happen for others?
How do I orchestrate my containers?

How do I orchestrate my containers?

November 11, 2019

Isabel Jimenez helps you find your way among multiple orchestration tools by comparing todays most-popular choices: Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, and Apache Mesos. Isabel offers a demonstration of the tools themselves, as well as their open source communities and environments, and looks into the future of orchestration, which might not be exclusive to containers.
How Netflix gives all its engineers SSH access to instances running in production

How Netflix gives all its engineers SSH access to instances running in production

November 11, 2019

Traditional security methods can focus on putting barriers between people and resources, but sometimes the fastest way to solve a problem is to get shell access in production. Russell Lewis explains how Netflix decreased developer friction by building a certificate authority-based SSH bastion solution that balances security and engineering velocity needs.
How to build a learning organization

How to build a learning organization

November 10, 2019

Twenty-five years ago, Peter Senge wrote The Fifth Discipline, the seminal guide to building a learning organization. Given their obvious benefits (and Senge's recipe for success), why don't we see more learning organizations? Janelle Klein explains how to build a roadmap for learning how to learn togetherfrom the building blocks of culture to the design of organizational architecture.
How to build consistent, scalable workspaces for data science teams

How to build consistent, scalable workspaces for data science teams

November 10, 2019

Data science insights are undoubtedly transforming organizations, but the challenges of setting up and maintaining a data science stack that generates those insights are rarely discussed. Elaine Lee describes how Avants Data Engineering team built a system with open source projects, centered around Docker, to support data science R&D, continuous integration, and scaling in production.
How to learn Rust

How to learn Rust

November 10, 2019

E. Dunham walks attendees through the best practices for getting started with a new programming language, using the popular, new systems programming language Rust as an example. You'll leave this talk fully prepared to start working on your first Rust project and take full advantage of the language's famously welcoming community.
How to teach Git

How to teach Git

November 10, 2019

Version control is a necessary piece of the Python community, and Git has a steep learning curve. Georgia Reh discusses the lessons she's learned teaching Git to beginners so you won't have to make the same mistakes.
How-to: Your first contribution

How-to: Your first contribution

November 10, 2019

Michelle Casbon explains how, starting with little more than enthusiasm, she made her first contribution to the Apache Spark project this year. Michelle tells the story of this journey, sharing the key lessons she learned in a format that serves as a guide for anyone looking to get started, especially if they dont know where to begin.
HTTP/2: Protocol overview, use cases, and benchmarks

HTTP/2: Protocol overview, use cases, and benchmarks

November 10, 2019

After 16 years of solid use, the HTTP protocol finally got a major update. HTTP/2based on SPDYintroduces new, major performance enhancements and features. Nick Shadrin offers a detailed overview of the protocol, outlines some cases when it significantly helps your website performance, and explains why, in some cases, the older version of the protocol performs better.
I am your user. Why do you hate me?

I am your user. Why do you hate me?

November 10, 2019

Open source software projects can be prickly toward their users. Poor documentation and a steep learning curve can make a project community seem hostile. As users of many different open source projects over the years, Donna Benjamin and Leslie Hawthorn have often wondered about this problem and contemplated what to do about it. This session takes their long-standing private rant public.
Incremental revolution: What Docker learned from the open source fire hose

Incremental revolution: What Docker learned from the open source fire hose

November 10, 2019

Since Solomon Hykes unveiled Docker at the PyCon conference three years ago, containers have revolutionized how developers and ops teams build, ship, and run applications. Solomon explores the past, present, and future of our container ecosystem and shares lessons learned from managing successful open source projects across several dimensions: technology, people, products, and business.
Inessential weirdnesses in open source

Inessential weirdnesses in open source

November 10, 2019

From Monty Python references to Git to mailing lists, Sumana Harihareswara discusses the barriers that often slow down new users and contributors during outreach efforts and explores what's crucial and what to toss.
Innovating out in the open

Innovating out in the open

November 10, 2019

It's almost been a year since the Open Container Initiative (OCI) and its reference OCI-compliant runtime for containers, runC, were announced last June. RunC is now the container execution engine used both by Docker and Cloud Foundry's Garden-Linux project. Phil Estes explains why runC and the OCI community are great places to innovate and develop new features for container execution.
Intro to Docker Swarm

Intro to Docker Swarm

November 10, 2019

Everett Toews offers an introduction to Docker Swarm and explains what it takes to develop and deploy an application on it.
Introduction to design thinking

Introduction to design thinking

November 9, 2019

Maria Seaver offers an introduction to design thinking, a process that balances user needs, business objectives, and technology constraints. Maria outlines design thinking's five key areasempathy building, problem framing, ideation, prototyping, and validationand explains how they help teams learn about users, discover opportunities, solve problems, meet needs, and test their assumptions.
Introduction to Docker and containers

Introduction to Docker and containers

November 9, 2019

Docker is an open platform to build, ship, and run any Linux application anywhere. AJ Bowen and Jrme Petazzoni lead a hands-on tutorial that gives you an opportunity to dive in and see Docker in action. You'll learn about Docker basic concepts and how to run containers, create your own images, interact with the Docker Hub, and stack multiple containers to compose complex applications.
Is marketing in open source a "four-letter word"?

Is marketing in open source a "four-letter word"?

November 9, 2019

Nithya Ruff argues that marketing is not a "four-letter word" and explains why we should be doing more of it in open source. Whether it's called advocacy or evangelizing, we need to do it to promote projects, sell more open source-based software, and attract more users and developers.
Is your open source project ready for the container era?

Is your open source project ready for the container era?

November 9, 2019

Learn how to package up your open source software project as a containerized offering that developers trust and your community can easily maintain. Diane Mueller, Vincent Batts, and Ryan Jarvinen outline ways to automate your image build and deployment processes using Docker Hub, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and other popular toolchains and explore emerging best practices and container stds.
Java 8 puzzlers: The strange, the bizarre, and the wonderful

Java 8 puzzlers: The strange, the bizarre, and the wonderful

November 9, 2019

Baruch Sadogursky and Viktor Gamov aren't sure about you, but working with Java 8 made one of the speakers lose all of his hair and the other lose his sleep (or was it the jetlag?). If you still haven't reached the level of Brian Goetz in mastering lambdas and strings, this talk is for you. And if you think you have, we have some bad news for you, you should attend as well.