Events

Upcoming Events

October 16, 2024 - 9:00am — 10:00am CT

NDC Porto 2024: Hearing and Being Heard – Getting the Entire Team to Speak
Daniel Ward
Daniel Ward
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Porto, Portugal

Many of us have been on teams where the same few people speak every meeting – likewise, another same few people very rarely ever speak.

October 23, 2024 - 11:00am — 12:00pm CT

Iowa Employment Conference: Need An Assistant? Create Your Own!
Brandon Carlson
Brandon Carlson
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Des Moines, Iowa

Today most of us are being asked to do more with less and Generative AI is a great tool for helping you on that mission.

November 5, 2024 - 10:00am — 10:50am CT

CloudX: Kotlin for Cloud Development
Josh Angolano
Josh Angolano
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Santa Clara, CA

Kotlin and the cloud are a perfect fit.

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November 5, 2024 - 11:45am — 12:01pm CT

Learning from Failure: Post-Mortems for More Resilient Teams
Cameron Presley
Cameron Presley

Failures are inevitable, but the way we respond to them can transform our teams into stronger, more resilient groups.

November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm — 7:00pm CT

Friends of LT Happy Hour 🎉

Lean TECHniques Office | Johnston, Iowa

Join Lean TECHniques for food and drinks at our quarterly Friends of LT Happy Hour and connect with others in the Iowa tech community!

Swing by any time between 4:00 and 7:00 pm.

November 15, 2024 - 1:30pm — 2:00pm CT

devopsdays Chattanooga 2024: Navigating Uncertainty in Software Development: Effective Planning Techniques
Jodi Jones
Jodi Jones
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Chattanooga, TN

In an ever-changing world, uncertainty is a constant companion, especially in the realm of software development.

November 18 — November 20, 2024 CT

Connect.Tech 2024: Removing Repetition By Building Your Own Automation Framework
Cameron Presley
Cameron Presley
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Atlanta, Georgia

As engineers, we don’t like repetition and we want to automate as much as possible.

In this workshop, we’ll cover the soup to nuts on deploying an ASP.

November 18 — November 20, 2024 CT

Connect.Tech: Removing Repetition By Building Your Own Automation Framework
Cameron Presley
Cameron Presley
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Atlanta, GA

As engineers, we don’t like repetition and we want to automate as much as possible.

November 21, 2024 - 8:30am — 9:45am CT

Visual Studio Live Orlando 2024: The Background on Background Tasks in .NET 9
Scott Sauber
Scott Sauber
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Orlando, Florida

Need to run a task in the background in .

Past Events

You’re in the cloud or you’re about to move and you’ve heard about this Infrastructure As Code (IAC) thing.

Team success often hinges on effective understand of and collaboration with a diverse group of personalities.

In this virtual AMA (Ask Me Anything) event, we’ll tackle attendee questions and real-life scenarios around annual planning.

Strategic initiatives frequently fall short of their intended results.

Join Professional Software Consultant and Microsoft MVP, Alec Harrison, for a virtual talk for the Greater Lansing User Group for .

In the past five years, functional programming has increased dramatically in popularity which has lead to an explosion of resources in learning these concepts.

In the past five years, functional programming has increased dramatically in popularity which has lead to an explosion of resources in learning these concepts.

Have you heard about Chat GPT?

In the past five years, functional programming has increased dramatically in popularity which has lead to an explosion of resources in learning these concepts.

Friends of LT Happy Hour 🎉

Lean TECHniques Office | Johnston, Iowa

Join Lean TECHniques for food and drinks at our quarterly Friends of LT Happy Hour and connect with others in the Iowa tech community!

Swing by any time between 4:00 and 7:00 pm.

Learn the fundamentals of cryptography, including public/private and symmetric encryption, hashing, and digital signatures.

DevUp 2024: Kotlin for Cloud Development
Josh Angolano
Josh Angolano
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St Charles, MO

Kotlin and the cloud are a perfect fit.

Do you find yourself asking the following questions?

DevUp 2024: Safely Evolving Legacy Code
Scott Sauber
Scott Sauber
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St Charles, MO

A new ticket comes in.

As an application adds more and more features, if you’re not careful, it can quickly spiral into becoming the application no one on the team enjoys working on.

AI in Azure with Alec Harrison
Alec Harrison
Alec Harrison
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Virginia Beach, VA

Tuesday, August 13 | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm central

Have you heard about Chat GPT?

LeanBytes
Confidently Navigate Your Cloud Journey
Rene Rios
Rene Rios

Cloud technology adoption is critical to business success today.

With the rise in popularity recently, functional programming has become “The Next Big Thing”.

Do you have a lot of BFFs (Back-end for Front-end) that you are maintaining for your front-end applications?

Join me as we discuss the future implementation of Infrastructure as Code! Is it better than ARM, what does the future look like, is it scary, how to prepare for the future?

Kotlin and the cloud are a perfect fit.

Are you fascinated by the world of Artificial Intelligence and its ability to generate creative and human-like content?

LeanBytes
Thriving in Change: A Playbook for Creating Resilient Teams
Jim Lowery
Jim Lowery

The ability to drive meaningful and lasting change is a critical skill for leaders.

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There’s No Such Thing As Internal Customers: Embracing Product on a Platform Team
Peter Chodakowski
Peter Chodakowski

When working on a platform or site reliability team, it’s easy to view internal teams as your customers.

In the past five years, functional programming has increased dramatically in popularity which has lead to an explosion of resources in learning these concepts.

Friends of LT Happy Hour 🎉

Lean TECHniques Office | Johnston, Iowa

Join Lean TECHniques for food and drinks at our quarterly Friends of LT Happy Hour and connect with others in the Iowa tech community!

Swing by any time between 4:00 and 7:00 pm.

Functional Domain Modeling
Cameron Presley
Cameron Presley
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Detroit Tech Watch

Over the past few years, Functional Programming has entered the mainstream when it comes to libraries and frameworks for various kinds of technologies and there are plenty of tutorials and resources to learn the basics.

TECH Trek 2024 🚲

Raccoon River Valley Trail | Central Iowa

Join Lean TECHniques on Friday, May 10 for our inaugural TECH Trek bike ride — an event for the cycling enthusiasts and casual bar hoppers alike on the Raccoon River Valley Trail.

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Using Enterprise Data To Power Your Own AI Assistant
Alec Harrison
Alec Harrison

Organizations today hold vast amounts of underutilized enterprise data.

In this talk, we challenge the traditional view of IT as a mere cost center.

Humans crave certainty.

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How to Start Solving For Any Problem
Matt Smith
Matt Smith

In working toward product or business goals, we all inevitably encounter complex problems that could be solved in a variety of ways.

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Measuring Team Efficiency & Productivity with DORA Metrics
Tim Gifford
Tim Gifford

You know your IT teams are making progress in strengthening their engineering and delivery practices, but how can you start to measure this in a more quantifiable way?

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Prioritize Product Discovery for Impact
Jodi Jones
Jodi Jones

Product teams often find themselves with a lengthy wishlist of ideas and features stemming from stakeholders, executives and others inside and outside the organization.

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Getting Started with Integration Testing with ASP.NET Core and Testcontainers
Patrick Robinson
Patrick Robinson

In this talk, we will learn how to easily get a few meaningful integration tests up and running without running any manual docker commands.

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Extreme Programming 101
Scott Sauber
Scott Sauber

What do you think of when you hear Extreme Programming (XP)?

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Proto Personas: Getting Closer to Your Users
Barry Closser
Barry Closser

One of the most critical aspects of building great products that will be used and enjoyed is knowing who your users are.

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Radical Optionality: Strategies in Uncertainty
Tim Gifford
Tim Gifford

Organizations today face the challenge of making crucial business decisions in increasingly complex and uncertain environments where traditional deterministic processes just don’t cut it.

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The Importance of Cultural Change in Digital Transformation
Peter Chodakowski
Peter Chodakowski

One of the most significant challenges in digital transformation is overcoming resistance to change among employees.

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Applied To Software Engineering
Scott Sauber
Scott Sauber

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a model for understanding the motivations behind why people make the choices that they do.

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Getting Participation From the Entire Team
Daniel Ward
Daniel Ward

Many of us have been on teams where the same few people speak every meeting, and likewise, the same few people very rarely ever speak.

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The Subtle Difference Between Logs, Metrics, and Audits
Scott Sauber
Scott Sauber

Often times we’ll hear someone say “we should log that” but sometimes they mean something more.

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Code Smells
PapaBear
PapaBear

Scrub away the grub.

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Cognitive Biases
Peter Chodakowski
Peter Chodakowski

In this Lean BYTES, we’ll take a trip into the world of cognitive biases and deep dive into a few that have potential to impact how we deliver product solutions.

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Golden Rules of Interface Design
Matt Smith
Matt Smith

We deliver software to help fix someone’s problems and make their life easier.

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Handling Null Values
Brian Hartin

Brian will briefly talk about how he has used a particular approach to almost ignore the concept of null values.

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Leveling Up Your Digital Transformation
Peter Chodakowski
Peter Chodakowski

Many digital transformation efforts focus mainly on IT departments.

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Safely Evolving Legacy Code
Scott Sauber
Scott Sauber

A new request comes in.

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DEI: Going Beyond the Acronym

DEI is not about the acronym, it’s about creating an environment where all kinds of people regardless of their background or perspective can safely and authentically connect.

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Systems for Modern IT | IT Modernization
Tim Gifford
Tim Gifford

You know you’re not delivering as effectively as you could.

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Transforming Your Company for the Digital Economy
Brandon Carlson
Brandon Carlson

The workforce is changing and so are your customers.

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Prototyping Tools
Alex McClure
Alex McClure

Want to have fewer meetings?

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Coding Standards (.NET/Java)
Tim Gifford
Tim Gifford

We all know the benefits of coding standards.

LeanBytes
You Might Need Docker If…
Jon Graf
Jon Graf

Docker is a tool for containerization, but what does that mean and what is it good for?

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JWT Fundamentals
Scott Sauber
Scott Sauber

This week’s Lean BYTES will be presented by Scott Sauber on “JWT Fundamentals.

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Test Automation Looks Good On You…But Why?
Brandon Carlson
Brandon Carlson

Many companies question the value of a solid test automation practice.

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