Drinking from the Firehose: Real-time Metrics

Samantha Quiñones, a senior engineer at AOL, will be sharing some of the really cool stuff she's done for their internal tools:

To understand an application's performance, you have to know what to measure. That's the easy part. How do you take those measurements? And then get them to the people who need them? Well, that's where things get complicated! Let's explore the lessons learned by engineers at one of the world's top web companies in their quest to find meaning at 5 MB/s. We'll discuss the tools and techniques that enable the collection, indexing, and analysis of billions or more datapoints each hour, and learn how these same approaches can empower your applications and your business, no matter the scale.

Canvas Co-work is located between two restaurants. Take the elevator up to 3R (not 3!) and we'll be on the right in the big room. Chat, socializing, and maybe some beverages until the presentation starts at 7 sharp.