System Architecture and Design

Presenters Bryan McCann Source Developer Tea podcast Beyond the Buzzwords: Unlocking Real Engineering Career Growth 🚀 Ever feel like you’re drowning in a sea of new frameworks, chasing the latest shiny object, or getting lost in endless meetings about how to be “just 5% more productive”? If so, you’re not alone. Jonathan Catrell, host of Developer Tea, recently dropped some serious truth bombs at a tech conference, challenging the common wisdom around engineering career advancement. His core message? Stop chasing nuance and master your core. ...

Presenters Jeremy Adams Luke Beamish Source BackstageCon NA 2025 Unlocking Developer Potential: Neo4j’s Revolutionary “Lego Bricks” and “Golden Paths” for Documentation 🚀 Ever felt lost in a sea of technical documentation, desperately searching for that one crucial piece of information? You’re not alone! Traditional, monolithic documentation can be a real headache for developers, leading to frustration and wasted time. But what if there was a better way? At Neo4j, they’ve been on a mission to transform the developer documentation experience, and their innovative approach using “Golden Paths” and “Lego Bricks” is a game-changer. ✨ ...

Presenters Emily Fox Source OpenSource SecurityCon NA 2025 Open Source Security: Navigating the Future with Core Principles 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Emily Fox, Portfolio Security Architect at Red Hat, recently shared some incredibly insightful thoughts at Open Source Security Con, and we’re here to break it all down for you. In a world buzzing with new regulations and mind-bending technologies, Emily reminded us of the fundamental principles that have always been the bedrock of open source: autonomy, transparency, and collective action. These aren’t just buzzwords; they’re our compass for navigating the complex challenges ahead. ...

Presenters Hayden Blauzvern Marcela Melara Source OpenSource SecurityCon NA 2025 Taming the Software Supply Chain Chaos: A Journey Towards Interoperability 🤝 The world of software development is a vibrant ecosystem, but when it comes to securing our digital supply chains, things can get a little… messy. We’re drowning in a sea of formats, specifications, and tools, and it’s leaving many of us scratching our heads. But fear not, fellow tech enthusiasts! A recent deep dive, featuring insights from Hayden Blauzvern of Google’s open source security team and Marcela Melara, a researcher at Intel, is charting a course towards clarity and interoperability. 🚀 ...

Presenters John Kjell Source OpenSource SecurityCon NA 2025 Building Trust: Beyond Basic Provenance in Your Software Supply Chain 🚀 In today’s interconnected world, the security of our software supply chain is paramount. We rely on a complex web of dependencies, tools, and build processes, and a single weak link can have devastating consequences. This is why understanding and strengthening build provenance verification is no longer a nice-to-have, but an absolute necessity. We recently had the privilege of diving deep into this critical area with John Kjell, a seasoned consultant at Control Plane and an active open-source maintainer, as he shed light on the nuances of the Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts (Salsa) framework and, more importantly, how to go beyond its standard attestations. ...