Mechanical Advantage: Talks

Dustin talks about his favorite talks from PyCon 2017

I recently spoke at BOBKonf 2017 in Berlin, Germany, on improvements to ClojureScript's hash map data type.

Ray gives us the low down on processes in Erlang/Elixir and how they differ from OS processes, OS threads, and other implementations of green threads.

Yvonne Chen shares her experience and insight on what it takes to facilitate a good meeting.

A practical discussion on how to use the standard library in ways you might not expect.

You're ready to go with all the best Agile practices...

Upgrading, going beyond the basics, introducing some elegant features and promoting readability.

Mike Toppa discusses accessibility, internationalization, localization, and character sets.

A well-designed DSL improves programmer productivity and communication with domain experts.

A comparison of factories and fixtures for providing data in Rspec tests in Ruby on Rails

A talk bringing much needed clarity around the different varieties of test doubles including what they are used for and what to call them.

A few techniques for refactoring Ruby code.

A brief introduction to Kanban

How can you know if your Rails app is safe?

You’ve heard the claims or know from experience that test-driven development (TDD) produces better code.

Chef is a great tool for managing a vast and complicated server infrastructure, but what if you have fewer servers than fingers?

Mike Toppa discusses how the internet has affected civic engagement and journalism

Mike Toppa introduces some good habits that will help keep your code clean

In this talk, Mike Toppa will give an overview of Agile practices.

A lightning talk, discussing the challenges of applying the Law of Demeter to Rails programming.