J On The Beach

The video from Félix GV’s #JOTB25 talk is live! 🎥 Da Vinci: Pumping Streams into @RocksDBand @duckdb dives into how @LinkedIn 's Venice powers large-scale AI, and how Da Vinci evolved to unlock full SQL with DuckDB. 🦆 Welcome to the world of Duck Vinci!…

Big shoutout to Jordan Miller @lambduhh, winner of the #JOTB25 Lightning Talk Challenge, and one of our amazing volunteers! Her talk, Simplicity Scales (Complexity Fails) ,is now live, a powerful, punchy reminder that simplicity = scalability. 📺 youtu.be/uDFsD9oW668?si……

🚨 The CLOSING KEYNOTE from #JOTB25 is here! In Practical Local-First Software with Automerge, Peter van Hardenberg @pvh explores how shifting logic from server to client can simplify architecture, cut ops pain, and boost offline support. Bonus: he builds a working app live.…

What happens when TypeScript crashes the IoT party? Magic! ⚡️ Soumaya Erradi’s #JOTB25 talk TypeScript meets IoT is now live, from Raspberry Pi to ESP32, she shows how type safety brings sanity to embedded devices with Node.js + Johnny-Five. 📺 Watch: youtu.be/NCM3BFBm7_I?si……

Ever heard of a binary trenchcoat? 🧥 The video of Federico Lorenzi’s talk Deterministic Upgrades with Multiversion Binaries from #JOTB25 is now live! Discover how @TigerBeetleDB upgrades safely with multiversion binaries, and enjoy a tour of executable weirdness. 📺 Watch:…

The video of Mesut Durukal’s #JOTB25 talk Zen of Testing is now live! From kintsugi to kaizen, bonsai to Torii gates, Mesut blends Japanese culture & QA to offer a fresh, elegant take on software testing. A talk full of beauty, balance & practical insight. 📺 Watch now:…

Quite recently I had a chance to give a talk at @JOTBConf about the power of MLOps in the modern AI ecosystem. youtu.be/2JK1pSeVpUA?si…

🎥 The video of @moises_macero 's #JOTB25 talk “The Invisible Architect” is live! Forget top-down control, Moisés shows how architecture can thrive as a team-driven process led by quiet facilitation, not command. A must-watch for modern tech leaders: youtu.be/Y7yEUsv7xZk?si……

How do you scale #GenAI without losing control, performance, or safety? In Deploying Scalable Batch Solutions in the GenAI Era, Antonio Zarauz @MorenoZarauz shares real-world strategies for robust AI pipelines , from voice processing to automated content.…

What happens when 1970s space engineering meets today’s tech? In Decoding the Cosmos, Pieter Van Der Meer from @DataworkzNL takes us from Voyager-era algorithms to ML-powered data analysis. A time-travelling tale of code and curiosity! 📺 youtu.be/5jV6NkwalgU?si… #JOTB25…

🎥 The video of @IaaSgeek Guillermo Ruiz’s #JOTB25 talk is live! Despite food poisoning 🤢, he delivered: The Frugal Architect in a Chaotic World, packed with smart, scalable, cloud-native + OSS strategies. 🧡 One week later, he had a heart attack. He’s now running on a…

What happens when Java meets the power of Linux’s io_uring? Find out in this live-coded #JOTB25 talk by David Vlijmincx: “Async IO with Java and C” 👉 youtu.be/rF_ctLg6xuE Discover how to use Java’s FFI & Jextract to unlock native C-level performance. A must-watch for…

The video of the talk by Abhijeet Singh (@abhiunix) and Mo Danish, "AI Security Demystified: Navigating Prompt Injection and Beyond," is now available! youtu.be/MxMt466LM0E #AISecurity #PromptInjection

My talk on memory safety and correctness in Rust from J on the Beach. I was particularly pleased to get the GWP-ASan memory sanitizer working in Rust. youtube.com/watch?v=sZTya7…

Ever wished you could talk to your codebase? At #JOTB25, @BhosalePratim builds a tool that does just that, using Tree-sitter, Candle, and an LLM to turn natural language questions into smart, reference-rich answers. Perfect for fans of #Rust, #ML, and code that talks back. 📺…

Looking for a faster⚡️, safer🔐 way to move data across networks? At #JOTB25, Rüdiger Klaehn @klaehnr breaks down how iroh-blobs uses BLAKE3 + P2P to deliver verified streaming with built-in integrity. Perfect for next-gen CDN & networking. 🎥 Watch his talk:…

🦆 Quack, quack! Watch how Peter Boncz dives into hybrid query processing with @motherduck, bridging @duckdb and the cloud (even inside Postgres!). Smart architecture, clever use cases, and cloud magic. 📺 Watch here 👉 youtu.be/lZxKYcPWCsc?si… #DuckDB #CloudComputing…

What’s the secret to awful leadership? 🤔 At #JOTB25, @raphaelbeamonte delivered a hilarious & painfully real guide to building dysfunctional teams: micromanage, blame others, communicate poorly, and watch everything fall apart. Watch the chaos unfold 👉…

🦀 Think Rust is always safe? Think again. At #JOTB25, Colin Breck @breckcs shows how unsafe Rust is more common than you'd expect, even in popular libs. Learn tools to boost safety: Miri, fuzzing, sanitizers, Kani, CBMC, and more. 🎥 Watch here 👉 youtu.be/sZTya7LXyhI?si……

📺 How do you scale an event-streaming platform across dozens of apps using PostgreSQL? At #JOTB25, César Luis Alvargonzález from @RevolutApp shares the real-world architecture, bottlenecks, and lessons behind their in-house audit log system. Watch now 👉…