Since 2017, the great minds of Colombia’s software development scene have been gathering to share their stories, improve their capabilities and make connections at ScaleConf Colombia. This 2-day tech conference tackles the latest developments surrounding scalability, distributed systems, security, machine learning, DevOps, and more, and brings speakers from all around the country and across multiple software engineering disciplines.
This year, Ruta N played host to ScaleConf Colombia 2019, receiving over 350 attendees and 19 speakers from Colombia and the world. The talks covered an array of topics from deep neural networks, performance analysis to Merkle trees and chaos engineering. The Perficient Latin America team, of course, was in attendance with a small group of representatives taking part in the event, and even sharing their expertise with the ScaleConf community.
Perficient Latin America own Alejandro Calderon took the stage on day 1, covering the topic of autoscaling. Drawing from real case scenarios, he demonstrated how autoscaling supports infrastructure failures and leads to cutting costs and increasing efficiency. The talk gave participants the opportunity to learn how to implement autoscaling for their projects and use machine learning to take it to the next level.
“Cloud cost optimization is becoming critical for companies to ensure their projects are profitable as far as cost-benefit goes, which is why autoscaling is a fascinating topic worth probing further,” comments Didier Tabares, Senior Software Engineer at Perficient Latin America.
In Alejandro’s talk, participants discovered the basics of autoscaling, which we’ve covered before on our blog, as well as its virtues when it comes to user experience and keeping up with system load. Taking Alejandro and his team’s vast experience on the topic as a primary reference, attendees were able to gain insight by analyzing actual situations in which it can be implemented successfully and identify best practices.
Overall impressions
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“I thoroughly enjoyed the talks where they shared firsthand experiences about engineering problems; the challenges they faced and how they solved them through best practices or tools,” says Stefany Carrillo, software developer at Perficient Latin America. “Without a doubt, the conferences about Chaos Engineering and Autoscaling were among the most valuable ones.”
Another of ScaleConf’s attractive selling points is the opportunity for industry professionals to mingle and meet other skilled engineers in the tech space. This socialization helps nurture the overall tech community in Medellin and Colombia, through lively discussions and shared challenges, thus forging connections to last for years to come.
“Surely one of the things I most enjoyed was the opportunity to meet new people and acquire contacts during the talks,” says David Sanchez, Perficient Latin America resident Chatbot guru. “I’ve been able to remain in contact with some of the speakers to gain some insight and answers questions that have contributed to my own projects.”
