Talks

• Never use a graph database!

  ... except when you should. :) Have you ever used a graph database? Probably not, and with good reason. For most projects a plain-old relational database is simply the best choice. Still, on my current project at Routescanner we've chosen to use a graph database and with great success. In this talk I'll show you why it was the best option for us, when you should consider using one as well, and most importantly, when you should never use a graph database.

• Kotlin Is for Hipsters

  Most developers like using cool, shiny, new technologies. But at the same time, we embrace the 'known' older technology stacks when creating software which will run in production, and for good reason! At the Port of Rotterdam we decided to take a leap of faith and embrace our inner hipsters. Unhindered with any prior experience, we started developing our applications using Kotlin. In this talk, we will share our experiences with developing in Kotlin for a few months. Hopefully, we will enthuse you to make the same decision! <!-- Most developers like using cool, shiny, new technologies. But at the same time, we embrace the 'known' older technology stacks when creating software which will run in production, and for good reason! At the Port of Rotterdam we decided to take a leap of faith and embrace our inner hipsters. Unhindered with any prior experience, we started developing our applications using Kotlin. In this talk, we will share our experiences with developing in Kotlin for a few months. Hopefully, we will enthuse you to make the same decision! We have given this talk once before at the Rotterdam Java User Group in The Netherlands (see: https://www.meetup.com/nl-NL/RotterdamJUG/events/257702100/?eventId=257702100) for a crowd of +/- 30 people, together with a Kotlin workshop. The reactions were all positive! -->

• Microservices Made Easy: An Introduction to Dapr

  Microservices are great, but often those small services share a fair amount of code for trivial functionality. Wouldn't it be great if you could simply abstract your service discovery, state management and inter-service communication away? Dapr (Distributed Application Runtime) to the rescue! Dapr is an open-source framework that simplifies building distributed applications by providing developers with a set of building blocks for building resilient, scalable, and portable cloud-native applications. In this talk, we will explore what Dapr is, how it works, its advantages and disadvantages, and most importantly, whether it's a good fit for your next project.