Cloud Austin 2013: Conferenced2013
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Karthik reflects on the conferences and meetups they attended in 2013 related to cloud computing, DevOps, and Agile methodologies. They summarize key takeaways from each event, including that SXSW had too many hipsters, Velocity emphasized frontend JavaScript development, DevOpsDays discussed infrastructure as code and continuous integration, and AWS Re:Invent was worthwhile despite being a vendor event. They also highlight local Austin meetups and recommend speakers to listen to.
Cloud Austin 2013: Conferenced2013
- 1. Conferencing 2013 Reflecting on things I’ve heard and seen this year @iteration1 Tuesday, December 10, 13 #CloudAustin
- 2. Hi! I’m Karthik And I’m exhausted from conference travel... But I got lots to tell you! Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 3. t! as rf pe Su Tuesday, December 10, 13 Reflections SXSW, Austin DevOpsDays, Austin Velocity, Santa Clara DevOpsDays, Silicon Valley Agile 2013 in Nashville LASCON, Austin AWS Re:Invent, Vegas and CloudAustin meetings!
- 5. SXSW The ratio of hipsters:others is too big Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 6. SXSW The ratio of hipsters:others is too big Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 7. SXSW The ratio of hipsters:others is too big Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 8. SXSW Takeaways SXSW Macbook Pro’s and stickers Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 9. SXSW Takeaways SXSW Github Github, the only source control you’ll want to use http://readwrite.com/2013/09/30/understanding-github-a-journey-forbeginners-part-1 Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 10. SXSW Takeaways SXSW Twitter Bootstrap http://www.slideshare.net/karthequian/sexydashboards Some Shake and Bake for your website Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 11. SXSW Takeaways SXSW Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 12. SXSW Takeaways SXSW Jokes about “forking” Donglegate 2013 http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/21/a-dongle-joke-that-spiraled-way-out-of-control/ Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 13. Velocity 2013 Less server code (just API’s now) More frontend code!!! #emberjs #angularjs Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 14. Velocity 2013 Much Javascript! Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 15. Velocity Takeaways Use WebPageTest http://www.webpagetest.org/about Think yslow, on steroids from different locations Google backed, open project to test your site. Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 16. Velocity Takeaways CloudShark http://www.cloudshark.org/ Like an online wireshark. Be careful with sensitive data! Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 17. Velocity Takeaways SwaggerUI https://developers.helloreverb.com/swagger/ Documentation framework for REST services Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 18. DevOpsDays Infrastructure as code “Quicker to spin up a new box than ssh into an existing box and figure out what is wrong.” Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 19. DevOpsDays CI “How do I continuously integrate my code?” Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 20. DevOpsDays “Don’t heart ManOps” -Peco Karayanev “From Monitoring with Love” http://vimeo.com/album/2435220/video/69101341 Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 21. DevOpsDays “Quit your job” Nathan Harvey “Quit your job” http://vimeo.com/album/2435220/video/69100112 Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 22. DevOpsDays A Game of Werewolf Getting conference attendees to get to know each other! Tuesday, December 10, 13
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- 25. Agile 2013 Leading International conference on Agile methodologies. 1st time there was a dedicated DevOps track. Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 26. Agile 2013 Deming came up a lot in talks Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 27. Agile 2013 DevOps at Salesforce Picked a DevOps Pillar that they want to target. Focused on culture before everything else. http://www.slideshare.net/dmangot/agile2013effectingadev-opstransformationatsalesforce Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 28. LASCON 2013 Not just for sysadmins and security people anymore! Great talks+training on application security with actionable takeaways. Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 29. AWS Re:Invent Most Asked Question: “It’s a vendor conference. Was it worth it?” Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 30. AWS Re:Invent Most Asked Question: “It’s a vendor conference. Was it worth it?” Answer: Totally. Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 31. AWS Re:Invent Make the best out of it: Go with an agenda! Talk to the Product Manager/customer after sessions. Ask the PM for the features you want. Skip sessions and go to the labs. Go to a Werner Vogels talk. Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 32. l a n o s r e ks P c i P Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 33. l na so er ks P ic P #CloudAustin Log Like you mean it! (July) Helped me choose a logging solution. InstaOps with @PrabhatJha (August) Used cloud technologies to build a startup. Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 34. l na so er ks P ic P Best Speakers If you haven’t already, go to listen to these people speak: Gene Kim (@realgenekim) Kate Matsudaira (@katemats) Linda Rising (@RisingLinda) Andrew Clay Shafer (@littleidea) Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 35. l na so er ks P ic P Best Presentation “There is no talent shortage” Velocity 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_sWGl7MzhU -Andrew Clay Shafer “It’s not about talent/cloud/ devops, it’s about competitive advantage & org learning” Tuesday, December 10, 13
- 36. Happy holidays! Bring on 2014! Tuesday, December 10, 13