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Discover how civic coding empowers engineers to become true developers of democracy. - **Speakers:** David Simas - **Event:** World Congress 2024 - **Published:** August 20, 2024 - **Duration:** 23:09 - [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/963-opening-keynote-civic-coding-a-framework-for-democratic-tech) ### WebXR: Enabling Virtual and Augmented Reality on the Web Volkswagen uses browser-based VR to train mechanics without physical prototypes. Learn how to build these immersive, zero-install spatial web applications using WebXR, three.js, and standard web pipelines. - **Speakers:** Desiree Santos, Erick Henrique - **Event:** World Congress 2024 - **Published:** August 20, 2024 - **Duration:** 22:20 - [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/965-webxr-enabling-virtual-and-augmented-reality-on-the-web) ### Accelerating GenAI Development: Harnessing Astra DB Vector Store and Langflow for LLM-Powered Apps Tired of LLM hallucinations and data security risks? Learn to rapidly build secure, low-code RAG pipelines using Astra DB and Langflow. - **Speakers:** David Leconte, Michel de Ru - **Event:** World Congress 2024 - **Published:** August 20, 2024 - **Duration:** 28:57 - [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/966-accelerating-genai-development-harnessing-astra-db-vector-store-and-langflow-for-llm-powered-apps) ### JSON and Beyond Douglas Crockford asserts that JSON is incomplete for modern distributed systems. Discover why the creator of JSON is explicitly dropping 'null' in his new binary format, Nota. - **Speakers:** Douglas Crockford - **Event:** World Congress 2024 - **Published:** August 20, 2024 - **Duration:** 18:40 - [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/968-json-and-beyond) ### Empowering Retail Through Applied Machine Learning How did Aldi South deploy automated ML models across 7,000 stores in just nine months? Unpack the hub-and-spoke cloud architecture powering their digital supply chain transformation. - **Speakers:** Christoph Fassbach, Daniel Rohr - **Event:** World Congress 2024 - **Published:** August 20, 2024 - **Duration:** 22:41 - [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/976-empowering-retail-through-applied-machine-learning) ### Why HTMX is crushing React, Vue & Svelte. Modern SPAs like React have become structural overkill. Learn how HTMX bypasses massive JavaScript bundles and complex state management by returning power to server-rendered HTML. - **Speakers:** Bene, Felix Eckhardt - **Event:** World Congress 2024 - **Published:** August 20, 2024 - **Duration:** 29:04 - [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/978-why-htmx-is-crushing-react-vue-svelte) ### Fireside Chat with David Heinemeier Hansson David Heinemeier Hansson claims it is time to collapse modern web complexity. Ditch massive AWS bills. Drop heavy build pipelines and embrace the raw simplicity of no-build development. - **Speakers:** David Heinemeier Hansson, Thomas Pamminger - **Event:** World Congress 2024 - **Published:** August 20, 2024 - **Duration:** 34:27 - [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/980-fireside-chat-with-david-heinemeier-hansson) ### Fireside Chat with Eric Demuth, CEO of Bitpanda Eric Demuth proved that aggressive hiring actually crushes engineering roadmaps. Discover how the Bitpanda CEO utilized lean tech teams and founder therapy to build a $4B financial infrastructure. - **Speakers:** Mike Butcher, Eric Demuth - **Event:** World Congress 2024 - **Published:** August 20, 2024 - **Duration:** 30:29 - [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/981-fireside-chat-with-eric-demuth-ceo-of-bitpanda) ### Fireside Chat with Kris Rasmussen, CTO at Figma Kris Rasmussen argues AI won't replace human craftsmanship. Instead, it will eliminate tedious boilerplate. Discover how Figma bridges the historical friction between freeform visual exploration and structured code. - **Speakers:** Kris Rasmussen, Thomas Pamminger - **Event:** World Congress 2024 - **Published:** August 20, 2024 - **Duration:** 30:38 - [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/982-fireside-chat-with-kris-rasmussen-cto-at-figma) ### Rust and Docker: Let's build an AI-powered app! To solve live stream language barriers, Francesco built an AI-powered translation app. Learn to pair Rust's crash-free backend with Docker's orchestration for an unparalleled developer experience. - **Speakers:** Francesco Ciulla - **Event:** World Congress 2024 - **Published:** August 20, 2024 - **Duration:** 25:56 - [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/984-rust-and-docker-let-s-build-an-ai-powered-app) ### Developer Experience, Platform Engineering and AI powered Apps How do you build accurate AI apps when public models lack your enterprise data? Learn how platform engineering turns complex ML infrastructure into a simple, callable service. - **Speakers:** Ignacio Riesgo, Natale Vinto - **Event:** World Congress 2024 - **Published:** August 20, 2024 - **Duration:** 31:38 - [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/990-developer-experience-platform-engineering-and-ai-powered-apps) ### Introducing the W3C Web Sustainability Guidelines Is your infrastructure secretly expanding the global carbon footprint? Adopt the 93 new W3C Web Sustainability Guidelines to optimize performance, cut costs, and build greener digital products. - **Speakers:** Ines Akrap - **Event:** World Congress 2024 - **Published:** August 20, 2024 - **Duration:** 23:21 - [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/991-introducing-the-w3c-web-sustainability-guidelines) [Next page](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/world-congress-2024?page=15)