All Software Architecture, All the Time
June 10-13, 2019
San Jose, CA
Michael Carducci

Michael Carducci
Magician and CTO, Mago:Tech

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For nearly 20 years, Michael Carducci was a software engineer moonlighting as a magician. Now, he’s a magician moonlighting as a software engineer. In both endeavors, he’s dedicated himself to mastery and has gained deep insights from his eclectic interests, entrepreneurial spirit, and experience that spans the full stack, the entire project lifecycle, and several technologies. His background and breadth of skills has yielded many unique insights, which he’s happy to share with you. Michael divides his time equally between performing around the world, jumping out of perfectly good airplanes, and building software that doesn’t suck.

Sessions

1:05pm–1:30pm Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Security and deception: Lessons from a professional liar
Location: Grand Ballroom 220
Michael Carducci (Mago:Tech)
Average rating: ****.
(4.32, 22 ratings)
If it seems like humans are easy to deceive, it's because we are. The myriad traits that make humankind so eminently exploitable are practically baked into our DNA. Too often these same traits make it into the software we build. Michael Carducci takes an entertaining look at why humans are so easy to fool and explores what we can do to overcome our weaknesses and build more secure software. Read more.