Nabil Ahmad: Redirecting to Infinity
I'll be discussing an issue we had recently where crawler traffic, an application bug, & an unknown server optimization resulted in a website gradually returning infinite 301 redirect loops for every request.
Nabil Ahmad is the Chief Technology Officer for Dotdash. Prior to joining Dotdash in 2013, Nabil worked at Barnes & Noble serving as the head of technology for BarnesAndNoble.com.
Rick Mangi: Surviving the Battles in the War Against the Machines
Humans are inferior to computers, but our hubris encourages us to push the limits of what they can do to the point where we find ourselves in a constant state of battle against them. As tecnologists, we are continuously at war with our machines, code & the chaos of the internet. Once we recognize our own inferiority & the futility of our plight we can begin to make intelligent decisions which allow us to win individual battles & perhaps survive to fight another day. Through a few tales, some interesting quotes & a bit of insight I will hopefully help you to survive the next skirmish.
Rick Mangi is the Director of Platform & DevOps at Chartbeat. He has been fighting the battle for 20ish years with a variety of startups & big faceless corporations.
One more talk: details coming soon!