Najaf Alii is a former developer who runs a small technical consultancy called Happy Bear Software.
Talks I've Given
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How to Grow a Small Development Team
Featuring Najaf Ali
Najaf Ali from Happy Bear Software tells us how they grew the team at Happy Bear Software. Check it out!
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A developers misadventures in business
Featuring Najaf Ali
I am developer who started a web application development consultancy. This talk is about the story of the business so far, some business basics I had to learn for the business to survive, and things you can do to better understand business, whether or not you intend to start one yourself.
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Adventures with data structures and algorithms
Featuring Najaf Ali
Hola amigos! We need to have a chat about data structures and algorithms. I’ve been messing around with them on-and-off over the past few years and I believe you’ll find spending more time learning them valuable. Here’s what I’m going to talk about:
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From a raw TCP socket to a Rails application
Featuring Najaf Ali
In this talk I'm going to peel back the layers of voodoo and show you how we go from a raw TCP socket to a Rails app via rack applications and middleware.
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Better security for your web applications
Featuring Najaf Ali
Najaf Ali wants to school us on security - He'll be covering - How to improve the quality of your software by thinking like an attacker. - Technical walkthroughs of real-life vulnerabilities. - Practical tips for keeping your software secure over the long term
ruby