Ted Neward
Developer education expert | Distributed systems and programming languages
About
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
Talks5
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.
Busy Developer's Guide to Esoteric Languages
Devoxx Greece 2024 - Busy Developer's Guide to Building a Bytecode Virtual Machine
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Devoxx Greece 2024 - Busy Architect's Guide to Distributed Systems
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