Talks by Jacob Burkhart

How to Fail at Background Jobs (Ruby Kaigi Edition)

Our tools for doing Background Jobs fail

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RubyKaigi • Tokyo, Japan • June 2013

How to Fail at Background Jobs

Our abstractions for doing Background Jobs fail

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Ancient City Ruby • St. Augustine, Florida • April 2013

Living with Distributed Systems

A different talk about building APIs

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RubyFuza • Cape Town, South Africa • February 2013

Building Services: Lessons from Engine Yard Add-ons

A talk about building APIs

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Rails Israel • Tel Aviv, Israel • October 2012

Being Present

A talk about Surfing and the Meaning of Life

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Cascadia Ruby • Seattle, Washington • July 2012