Ted Neward
Developer education expert | Distributed systems and programming languages
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Ted Neward is a technical educator who speaks at developer conferences about programming languages, distributed systems, and virtual machine architecture. He has presented multiple times at Devoxx conferences across different locations, demonstrating expertise in both foundational and emerging technical topics. His speaking portfolio spans practical guides for working developers and architects, covering subjects from esoteric programming languages to bytecode virtual machine construction.
Ted addresses the intersection of artificial intelligence terminology and actual intelligence in technology, while also bridging communication gaps between technical and management roles. His "Busy Developer's Guide" and "Busy Architect's Guide" series suggests a focus on making complex technical concepts accessible to practitioners with limited time. Through his conference presentations, Ted helps developers and architects expand their technical knowledge across distributed systems design, alternative programming paradigms, and low-level computational concepts.
His work spans both the theoretical aspects of computer science and the practical realities of software development team dynamics.
What Ted Talks About
Exploring esoteric and alternative programming languages for modern developers
Distributed systems architecture patterns and best practices
Building bytecode virtual machines and understanding runtime execution
Understanding artificial intelligence versus actual intelligent systems
Improving communication between technical teams and management
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Artificial, yes; Intelligent, no. - Keynote
When ChatGPT arrived on the scene, it sparked an immediate reaction from the world--not just the computing world, but the larger world in which we all live, eat, and breathe--that set the course of the zeitgeist for the next decade. "Revolutionary!" they claimed, even going so far as to promise that "Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is just around the corner!" In this keynote, we're going to tear away the veil of hype, quiet the hysteria, and explore precisely what it is that this round of AI can--and more importantly, can't--do. But, more than that, we'll examine the one cycle that our industry, rain or shine, adheres to like clockwork.
| Event | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Devoxx×3 | 2025, 2024, 2023 |
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Speakers who appeared at the same event editions as Ted
| Speaker | Shared events | Where they appeared together |
|---|---|---|
| Anton ArhipovIntelliJ IDEA expert | Kotlin and Java development tools specialist | 3 | Devoxx Belgium 2023, Devoxx Belgium 2024, Devoxx Belgium 2025View shared history → |
| Matthias HaeussleKubernetes and observability expert | Java containerization specialist | 3 | Devoxx Belgium 2023, Devoxx Belgium 2024, Devoxx Belgium 2025View shared history → |
| Mete AtamelLLM applications and serverless architecture speaker | Cloud-native development expert | 3 | Devoxx Belgium 2023, Devoxx Belgium 2024, Devoxx Belgium 2025View shared history → |
| Sander HoogendoornDeveloper and programming speaker | Navigating software craft in the AI age | 3 | Devoxx Belgium 2023, Devoxx Belgium 2024, Devoxx Belgium 2025View shared history → |
| Victor RenteaJava performance and API design expert | Regular Devoxx speaker | 3 | Devoxx Belgium 2023, Devoxx Belgium 2024, Devoxx Belgium 2025View shared history → |
| Alexander ChatzizachariasDeveloper tools and creative coding explorer | Vector databases and unconventional tech experiments | 2 | Devoxx Belgium 2024, Devoxx Belgium 2025View shared history → |
| Ana Maria MihalceanuJava and Kubernetes speaker | JDK security and performance optimization | 2 | Devoxx Belgium 2023, Devoxx Belgium 2024View shared history → |
| Cristian SchuszterSoftware architecture and Spring Security expert | Speaking at Devoxx conferences | 2 | Devoxx Belgium 2024, Devoxx Belgium 2025View shared history → |
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