RustConf gathers developers from around the world to learn and share with one another ... and this time it's virtual. 0:00 Title Card 20:43 Opening Keynote 1:12:50 Error Handling Isn't All About Errors 1:55:12 How to Start a Solo Project That You'll Stick With 2:17:32 Under a Microscope: Exploring Fast and Safe Rust for Biology 2:47:37 Kids Corner (Music Together) 2:59:53 Lunch Break 4:45:05 Afternoon Introduction 4:48:02 Bending the Curve: A Personal Tutor at Your Fingertips 5:16:36 My First Rust Project: Starting a 2D Game with Amethyst 5:40:19 Controlling Telescope Hardware with Rust 6:13:15 Macros for a More Productive Rust 6:37:27 Rust for Non-Systems Programmers 7:03:08 Closing Keynote

The joy, excitement, and surprise of computing!!! http://bangbangcon.com/livestream.html - Live captioning is also available at the link!

The joy, excitement, and surprise of computing!!! http://bangbangcon.com/livestream.html - You will also find live captions at this link!!

Webpacker, It-Just-Works, But How? by Justin Gordon How does the Webpacker gem provide "it-just-works" webpack integration with Rails? That simplicity did not come easily. The rich functionality, complexity, and rapid evolution of the webpack ecosystem necessitated extension points beyond a simple Ruby config file. Yet you need to know almost nothing about webpack to leverage the modern JavaScript ecosystem. But what if you want to extend the standard configuration? What information might help you upgrade webpack and webpacker in the future? This talk will explain the magical plumbing of Webpacker so you can leverage the webpack ecosystem on your terms. For the talk slides, email Justin at justin@shakacode.com _________ Justin has been a passionate user of webpack since early 2014 when he just could not stand copy-pasting one more jQuery file into his Rails project. In 2015, he created the gem "React on Rails," which integrated server-side rendered React and Webpack with Rails long before the Webpacker gem. These days, as CEO of ShakaCode.com, he helps companies optimize their Rails websites. He and his ShakaCode team also build Rails apps with modern front-ends, including their startup app, HiChee.com.

Building a Performance Analytics Tool with ActiveSupport by Christian Bruckmayer "Setting up a performance analytics tool like NewRelic or Skylight is one of the first things many developers do in a new project. However, have you ever wondered how these tools work under the hood? In this talk, we will build a basic performance analytics tool from scratch. We will deep dive into ActiveSupport instrumentations to collect, group and normalise metrics from your app. To persist these metrics, we will use a time series database and visualise the data on a dashboard. By the end of the talk, you will know how your favourite performance analytics tool works." __________ "Christian Bruckmayer originally from Nuremberg, Germany, but now calls Bristol, UK, his home. In his day job, he makes everyday cooking fun at Cookpad, the best place to find and share home cooked recipes. Since 2014 he is an avid open source contributor hacking for instance on JRuby, openSUSE Linux or various gems. If he's not hacking Ruby, he's out doing what 'young' people do: traveling the world, skiing in the alps or going to concerts of his favourite band."

The Sounds of Silence: Lessons from an 18 hour API outage by Paul Zaich Sometimes applications are behaving “normally” along strict definitions of HTTP statuses but under the surface, something is terribly wrong. In 2017, Checkr’s most important API endpoint went down for 12 hours without detection. In this talk I’ll talk about this incident, how we responded (what went well and what could have gone better) and explore how we’ve hardened our systems today with simple monitoring patterns. ___________ Paul hails from Denver, CO where he works as an Engineering Manager at Checkr. He’s passionate about building technology for the new world of work. In a former life, Paul was a competitive swimmer. He now spends most of his free time on dry land with his wife and three children.