Sessions
Opening Remarks
Welcome To Code Camp!
Keynote
Success On Your Own Terms
Are you ready to level up your career, but the only path you see is to become management? Let me show you another way. I’ve been a code-monkey. I’ve worked in the cubical mazes of “bigcorp”. I got out, and it was the scariest thing I ever did—and the best thing that ever happened to me.
Let me give you a roadmap. You’ll learn about freelancing, consulting, and starting businesses, and be able to spot the roadblocks that will get in your way. I hope to give you the confidence to step outside your comfort zone and go for it. There will never be a better time.
Intro to Neural Networks
This presentation will give an introduction to how Neural Networks. We will train a couple of simple networks live during the presentation and take you step by step thru how it works. We’ll follow up with a short discussion on how LLMs use neural networks.
True Tales of Tragic Resumes
Andrew Kirchman is a lead software engineer at Thomson Reuters who brings over a decade of resume review and hiring experience. Through this talk, we’ll learn from others’ mistakes in their resumes, and how to best craft a resume to improve your hiring chances.
With over one thousand resumes reviewed, and having conducted dozens of hiring interviews, Andrew brings a wealth of first hand experience in terms of what things recruiters would like to see on resumes…and what to avoid. Through a humorous look at “wait, did they really just submit their resume like this?” events, we’ll look at some of the good, the bad, and the ugly of resumes Andrew has seen - and how to help get your resume to the best it can be. The primary focus of the talk will be on resume creation, as that is often the first impression you make, but we’ll also touch briefly on other aspects of the hiring process.
Craft Great Developer Content with Open Source Tools
You probably already use Markdown to create content, but you can supercharge your content workflow with additional tools that let you create technically correct and consistent content your fellow developers will love.
Ensure code samples work by pulling them in from your Git repositories. Enforce your style using style guides you borrow or create, complete with guidance right in your text editor. And then convert your content to whatever format you need.
In this talk you’ll see how to lint content with Vale, inject code into your documentation with SnipSync, and use Pandoc to build books. All these tools are open source and free. Get ready to take your content to the next level.
Lunch
Panel: Side Hustles for Knowledge or Profit
Moderated by Mr. Doug Rhoten,
Guests:
Modern Web Development with Go Workshop
This hands-on workshop will guide you through building a modern web application using a powerful and efficient tech stack. You’ll create a complete web application with server-side rendering, dynamic frontend interactions, database operations, and beautiful styling—all with minimal JavaScript.
Duration: 2 hours Format: Live coding with attendee participation
Workshop details on github
An Introduction to Rust and RabbitMQ
Learn to build high-performance, reliable systems with Rust and RabbitMQ. This beginner-friendly talk explores message queues, asynchronous programming, and real-world examples.
Accelerating Frontend Development: Rapid Prototyping with AI (Updated time)
In the fast-paced world of web development, speed and efficiency are key to staying ahead. This session explores how AI-powered tools can revolutionize the way developers build and prototype applications. Learn how AI can assist in generating UI components, optimizing code structure, and streamlining workflows—allowing you to go from concept to functional prototype in record time. Whether you’re a solo developer or part of a larger team, discover practical strategies to harness AI for faster, smarter, and more efficient front-end development.
Closing Remarks
Farewell, Code Camp
CANCELLED - IoT Networks and Security
IoT devices offer an opportunity to expand and enhance existing networks but also introduce new security vulnerabilities. This session will explore various types of IoT devices and networks, along with the associated security challenges they present and the potential risks to network integrity.
As the adoption of IoT devices continues to rise in both personal and business contexts, it is essential to prioritize security when integrating these technologies. While numerous Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) devices connect via standard Wi-Fi or Bluetooth networks, this session will focus on two protocols designed for IoT: MQTT and LoRaWAN. The presentation will conclude with an examination of the security challenges associated with these technologies and strategies for mitigating vulnerabilities within the network.
