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The building built on stilts
In the summer of 1978, structural engineer William LeMessurier got a phone call that terrified him. An undergraduate student claimed that LeMessurier’s acclaimed 59-story Citicorp Center in Manhattan, just completed the year prior, was dangerously unstable under certain wind conditions. The student was right, and it was almost hurricane season.
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An introduction to polymer
As a Senior Principal Engineer for Comcast I’ve been doing web development for a long time, and over the course of my career I’ve spent a lot of time keeping up with the evolution of the web platform.
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Work-life balance as an engineering leader
In this talk it is shown that some features of work addiction are similar to other addictions, and how workaholism relates to burnout, low job satisfaction, high levels of job strain and health complaints.
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Engineering retrospectives – Look back, move forward
Retrospectives are one of the most powerful tools in a team lead’s toolkit.
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An Swift introduction
Since its initial release in 2014 and subsequent open-sourcing in 2015 Swift has become one of the most popular programming languages in the world — used everywhere from mobile to Macs to microservices.
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The challenges and rewards of distributed teams
Distributed teams offer many benefits for employers and employees alike. Having a distributed team can make recruiting and retention easier, and it can help you build a diverse team.
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Creating observable microservices
Think of this talk as a Microservices 201. You know the basic of microservices and their pros and cons, but can you successfully maintain them in production?
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Finding the right ingredients for the perfect engineering team
A great team is like a great dish, balanced flavors, tastes, textures and smells combine to create something unique and delicious.
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Leading through public speaking as an engineering leader
In our work, we each have moments of saying some prepared words under a spotlight - whether it’s during team standups, giving a presentation to a client, or pitching your promotion to your boss - and yet we all have different fears about those moments.
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Rebooting culture
Camille is the former CTO at Rent the Runway, where she led the team of over 60 engineers building the world’s first short-term high fashion rental site