Build Systems that Drive Business
June 11–12, 2018: Training
June 12–14, 2018: Tutorials & Conference
San Jose, CA

Continuous Delivery sessions

11:25am–12:05pm Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Location: LL20 A/B Level: Beginner
Secondary topics: Systems Monitoring & Orchestration
Jason Yee (Datadog)
Average rating: ****.
(4.50, 4 ratings)
Jason Yee shows how you can more easily test code in production while isolating the effect of potential issues using container orchestration and services meshes. Read more.
3:40pm–4:20pm Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Location: LL21 E/F Level: Intermediate
Secondary topics: Resilient, Performant & Secure Distributed Systems
Luis Colon (Amazon Web Services)
Average rating: ****.
(4.25, 4 ratings)
Many fundamental security practices and controls apply to serverless applications, including implementing proper monitoring and logging of all requests and events. Luis Eduardo Colon explores recommendations published by the Center for Internet Security (CIS), explains how to automate the deployment of some of these controls, and outlines considerations relevant to serverless functions. Read more.
4:35pm–5:15pm Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Location: LL21 C/D Level: Intermediate
Secondary topics: Systems Architecture & Infrastructure
Average rating: *****
(5.00, 3 ratings)
Rewriting the key software component of your platform from scratch is always intimidating, especially when you guarantee 100% uptime, your platform is in the critical application delivery path, and your environment is highly distributed. Shannon Weyrick discusses NS1's recent DNS server rewrite and the steps the company took to roll it out across its globally distributed network with no downtime. Read more.
1:15pm–1:55pm Thursday, June 14, 2018
Location: LL21 E/F Level: Intermediate
Secondary topics: Resilient, Performant & Secure Distributed Systems
Liz Rice (Aqua Security)
Average rating: ****.
(4.33, 3 ratings)
Liz Rice leads a dive into what's easy—and what's not—about finding and patching security vulnerabilities in containers. Read more.
2:10pm–2:50pm Thursday, June 14, 2018
Location: LL21 E/F Level: Intermediate
Secondary topics: Resilient, Performant & Secure Distributed Systems
Qingyang Chen (Google), Appu Goundan (Google)
Average rating: *****
(5.00, 1 rating)
Qingyang Chen and Appu Goundan demonstrate how to speed up container-based development by building container images with Jib, a Google image build tool for Java applications. Read more.
2:10pm–2:50pm Thursday, June 14, 2018
Location: 230 B Level: Intermediate
Secondary topics: Systems Architecture & Infrastructure
Donna Malayeri (Pulumi)
Tooling is necessary for serverless and service-full applications. Donna Malayeri shares a decision framework for choosing infrastructure deployment tools, based on whether you need flexibility and control or simplicity and ease-of-use. You'll learn how to evaluate several popular cloud automation tools, including AWS SAM, Terraform, Chalice, Serverless Framework, and more. Read more.
4:35pm–5:15pm Thursday, June 14, 2018
Location: LL21 C/D Level: Beginner
Secondary topics: Systems Architecture & Infrastructure
Paul McCallick (Nordstrom)
Average rating: *****
(5.00, 7 ratings)
Paul McCallick discusses how and why Nordstrom has moved to an only-production viewpoint, saving countless engineering cycles and putting effort where it matters. Read more.