System Architecture and Design

Presenters Jaime Del Palacio Source Scale Product 2025 🚀 Bringing Instagram to Life in VR: A Deep Dive into Spatial Media at Scale 🌐 Instagram’s journey into the metaverse is gaining serious traction! Jaime Del Palasio, a software engineer on the Instagram VR team, recently shared a fascinating look at how they’re building a native Instagram app for Quest headsets. It’s not just about slapping a 3D interface onto the existing app; it’s a complete rethinking of the Instagram experience to be truly immersive. Let’s dive into the technical challenges and innovative solutions behind bringing spatial media to millions. ...

Presenters Mike Willard Source All Systems Go! 2025 🚀 Level Up Your Container Networking with Netkit: Speed, Efficiency, and the Power of eBPF 💡 Containerization has revolutionized how we build and deploy applications, but with that revolution comes the challenge of keeping everything running smoothly – especially the network. Traditional container networking can be a bottleneck, impacting performance and slowing things down. But what if there was a better way? Enter Netkit, a new networking driver poised to dramatically improve container networking performance. Let’s dive in! ...

Presenters Michael Stiefel Nimisha Asthagiri Source InfoQ podcast Shaping the Future: Building a Healthy Relationship with AI 🤖✨ The rise of Artificial Intelligence is no longer a distant possibility – it’s happening now. But as AI becomes increasingly integrated into our lives, a crucial question emerges: How do we ensure it empowers humanity rather than eclipsing it? A recent tech conference presentation tackled this very question, diving deep into the ethical considerations, design principles, and the vision of a future where AI and humans thrive together. Let’s break down the key takeaways and explore how we can actively shape this exciting – and potentially transformative – future. 🚀 ...

Presenters Alex Bunardzic Source Devoxx Belgium 2025 🚀 Unearthing Domain Details with Test-Driven Navigation and AI Assistance: A Deep Dive 🤖 Software development is constantly evolving, and we’re seeing exciting new approaches emerge that leverage the power of AI and a deeper understanding of the problem at hand. This post dives into a fascinating presentation segment exploring Test-Driven Navigation (TDN) – a method that uses failing tests to guide development and employs AI tools like Claude to rapidly uncover and solidify domain understanding. Let’s explore how this approach is changing the game! ...

Presenters Ivan Schwarz Source Devoxx Belgium 2025 Scaling for the Big Game: Mastering Advertising at Live Events 🚀💡 Ever wondered how companies deliver ads during massive events like the Super Bowl or a Premier League match? It’s not as simple as just throwing more servers at the problem! This presentation delved deep into the challenges of advertising in live, high-volume events, revealing the complexities of scaling infrastructure and applications to handle those intense, unpredictable spikes. Let’s break down the key takeaways and why “more servers” often isn’t the answer. ...