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Personal schedule for Federico Lucifredi

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8:30am Monday, 07/20/2009

Simplifying Database Design

Databases
Location: Ballroom A4/A5

Josh Berkus (PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.)

Average rating:

(4.23, 30 ratings)

In 10 years of fixing other people's SQL databases, I've noticed that the less the original developer knew, the more complex the databases are ... and the more complex the problems. Here I offer a refreshing approach for simple SQL database design. Read more.

1:30pm Monday, 07/20/2009

What's new in Perl v5.10?

Perl
Location: Meeting Room B1/B4

Tom Christiansen (TCPC)

Average rating:

(2.77, 13 ratings)

Perl5 is alive and well, and this tutorial outlines the many significant changes appearing in the 5.10.0 release and beyond, especially in regular expressions and modules. Read more.

8:30am Tuesday, 07/21/2009

Linux System and Network Performance Monitoring

Administration, Linux
Location: Ballroom A4/A5

Darren Hoch (StrongMail Systems)

Average rating:

(4.59, 32 ratings)

The Linux System and Network Performance Course teaches systems administrators practical methodologies for monitoring systems using standard system tools. The course breaks performance into 4 functional components: CPU, Memory, I/O, and Network. Read more.

8:30am Tuesday, 07/21/2009

7 Principles of Better API Design

Perl, Programming
Location: Ballroom A3/A6

Damian Conway (Thoughtstream)

Average rating:

(4.34, 32 ratings)

This course presents a minimalist approach to interface design known as "S.A.T." Developed by Damian Conway over the past decade, this design philosophy can produce smaller, better focused, more usable module APIs. Read more.

1:30pm Tuesday, 07/21/2009

Scalable Internet Architectures

Administration, Web Applications
Location: Ballroom A3/A6

Theo Schlossnagle (OmniTI/Circonus)

Average rating:

(4.13, 23 ratings)

Internet traffic spikes aren't what they used to be. It is now evident that even the smallest sites can suffer the attention of the global audience. This presentation dives into techniques to avoid collapse under dire circumstances. Looking at some real traffic spikes, we'll pinpoint what part of the architecture is crumbling under the load; then, walk though stop-gaps and complete solutions. Read more.

10:45am Wednesday, 07/22/2009

Btrfs: A new Linux file system

Linux
Location: Ballroom A2

Valerie Aurora (formerly Henson) (The Ada Initiative)

Average rating:

(3.80, 10 ratings)

Btrfs is a new file system for Linux. It includes snapshots, pooling of multiple devices, and checksums. This talk will describe btrfs for both the systems administrator and the programmer. Read more.

4:30pm Wednesday, 07/22/2009

Linux Filesystem Performance for Databases

Databases
Location: Meeting Room B2

Selena Deckelmann (PostgreSQL)

Average rating:

(3.55, 11 ratings)

How do you choose the right filesystem for your database management system? Administrators have a variety of filesystems to choose from, as well as volume management and hardware or software RAID. This talk will examine how different the performance of filesystems really are, and how do you go about systematically determining which configuration will be the best for your application and hardware. Read more.

4:30pm Wednesday, 07/22/2009

Hacking your Portable Linux Server

Administration, Emerging Topics, Linux, Perl
Location: Ballroom A2

Federico Lucifredi (Canonical USA)

Average rating:

(4.25, 4 ratings)

Hacking the Western Digital Mybook II to transform this elegant external hard drive into a bare-bones, extremely flexible hardware platform, in a revival of what we did with the Linksys WRT54G a few years ago. Intermediate system skills (particularly Perl and Shell) recommended, along with imagination and the desire to have fun! Read more.

6:30pm Thursday, 07/23/2009

State of the Onion Address

Event
Location: Exhibit Hall 3

Larry Wall (The Wall Nuthouse)

Average rating:

(3.82, 17 ratings)

The OSCON tradition continues as Larry Wall delivers the annual State of the Onion Address. Read more.

11:35am Friday, 07/24/2009

The Conway Channel

Perl
Location: Ballroom A4/A5

Damian Conway (Thoughtstream)

Average rating:

(4.47, 19 ratings)

The usual smorgasbord of new and improbably useful modules beamed straight into your mind from the secret island hideaway of Perl's own Dr Evil. Read more.

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