Thursday
Room 1
16:20 - 17:20
(UTC+02)
Talk (60 min)
The Tech Behind The Linebreakers
If you've been to an NDC party in the last few years, you've probably seen The Linebreakers: the world's nerdiest party band, with a live show that's a mixture of music, video, comedy, guitar riffs, and bad jokes about JavaScript.
It goes without saying that everybody in the band loves to geek out about software and technology... and behind the scenes of every Linebreakers show there's a whole bunch of weird custom software and hardware, from video encoding pipelines, to PowerPoint macros, to modified guitar pedals with Arduino controllers inside them. Come along and find out what we did, why we did it - and how running a live rock show brings a whole new meaning to the idea of "testing in production".
Dylan Beattie
Dylan Beattie is an independent consultant who has been building data-driven web applications since the 1990s. He’s managed teams, taught workshops, and worked on everything from tiny standalone websites to complex distributed systems. He’s a Microsoft MVP, and he regularly speaks at conferences and user groups all over the world.
Dylan is the creator of the Rockstar programming language, and the founder, vocalist and lead guitarist with The Linebreakers, the world's greatest nerd comedy classic rock disco alt punk covers band.