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# Videos

2123 videos · 23049 moments · 1194.7 hours of content

## World Congress 2024 videos

### No More Post-its: Boost your login security with APIs

Are your users still relying on sticky notes for security? Learn how to replace vulnerable passwords with powerful API integrations like silent authentication and facial liveness detection.

- **Speakers:** Alvaro Navarro
- **Event:** World Congress 2024
- **Published:** August 20, 2024
- **Duration:** 16:05
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1043-no-more-post-its-boost-your-login-security-with-apis)

### Why Iterators Got It All Wrong — and what we should use instead

An analysis of a million lines of code reveals a fundamental flaw: C++ iterators conflate elements and borders. Discover how strict semantic separation eliminates ambiguity in modern ranges.

- **Speakers:** Arno Schoedl
- **Event:** World Congress 2024
- **Published:** August 20, 2024
- **Duration:** 26:12
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1045-why-iterators-got-it-all-wrong-and-what-we-should-use-instead)

### Specifications as the better way of software development

Treating API contracts as an afterthought creates severe frontend bottlenecks. Adopting a strict specification-first workflow allows you to automate boilerplate generation and drastically accelerate your delivery.

- **Speakers:** Artem Manchenkov
- **Event:** World Congress 2024
- **Published:** August 20, 2024
- **Duration:** 29:31
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1046-specifications-as-the-better-way-of-software-development)

### Identifying code smells

Are hidden 'bloaters' and 'change preventers' sabotaging your architecture? Learn to spot these foundational code smells to mitigate technical debt and write highly testable, scalable software.

- **Speakers:** Benjamin Bischoff
- **Event:** World Congress 2024
- **Published:** August 20, 2024
- **Duration:** 26:59
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1047-identifying-code-smells)

### Developer Marketing

Why do traditional marketing tactics fail to convert engineers? Earning developer trust requires ditching empty jargon and delivering authentic, self-serve technical solutions instead of unsolicited sales pitches.

- **Speakers:** Dan Cranney
- **Event:** World Congress 2024
- **Published:** August 20, 2024
- **Duration:** 30:15
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1049-developer-marketing)

### The Road to MLOps: How Verivox Transitioned to AWS

Struggling with siloed spaghetti code, Verivox pivoted to a scalable AWS-native MLOps architecture. Discover how they slashed model deployment from months to hours and rapidly unlocked generative AI.

- **Speakers:** Elisabeth Günther
- **Event:** World Congress 2024
- **Published:** August 20, 2024
- **Duration:** 25:48
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1050-the-road-to-mlops-how-verivox-transitioned-to-aws)

### Autonomous microservices with event-driven architecture

Are your microservices truly autonomous? Discover how event-driven choreography boosts system resilience, and why prioritizing business value over architectural purity remains your best strategy.

- **Speakers:** Florian Lenz
- **Event:** World Congress 2024
- **Published:** August 20, 2024
- **Duration:** 24:25
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1052-autonomous-microservices-with-event-driven-architecture)

### The impact of a personal brand on a Recruiter's career

Is your digital footprint costing you top talent? Discover why personal branding is no longer optional and how to transform yours into a powerful inbound recruiting engine.

- **Speakers:** Gonçalo Sequeira
- **Event:** World Congress 2024
- **Published:** August 20, 2024
- **Duration:** 30:39
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1053-the-impact-of-a-personal-brand-on-a-recruiter-s-career)

### GraphQL: Does it replace SQL, REST or Something Else?

GraphQL doesn't replace SQL. It solves REST's over-fetching problem through precise schema contracts. Learn when to use it and when standard HTTP remains structurally superior.

- **Speakers:** Gregor Bauer
- **Event:** World Congress 2024
- **Published:** August 20, 2024
- **Duration:** 28:12
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1054-graphql-does-it-replace-sql-rest-or-something-else)

### How I saved 200K/yr in direct costs writing 0 code lines in K8s

Could you save $200,000 during a Kubernetes migration without writing a single line of code? Learn how creative log routing rescued a critical pipeline using only YAML configurations.

- **Speakers:** Ingvord
- **Event:** World Congress 2024
- **Published:** August 20, 2024
- **Duration:** 19:36
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1055-how-i-saved-200k-yr-in-direct-costs-writing-0-code-lines-in-k8s)

### Hiring Talent in Tech without Unconscious Bias

Are gut feelings and exhaustion sabotaging your tech recruitment? Learn to bulletproof your hiring process against unconscious bias using structured methodologies and AI tools.

- **Speakers:** Inna Busnita
- **Event:** World Congress 2024
- **Published:** August 20, 2024
- **Duration:** 26:57
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1057-hiring-talent-in-tech-without-unconscious-bias)

### Open sourcing a library: how hard can that be?

Think open-sourcing a library is just sharing raw code? Discover how to automate release pipelines, document architecture decisions, and publish smoothly to Maven Central.

- **Speakers:** Johan Hutting
- **Event:** World Congress 2024
- **Published:** August 20, 2024
- **Duration:** 25:24
- [Watch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1058-open-sourcing-a-library-how-hard-can-that-be)

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