The role of open source in mitigating natural disasters
Pedro Cruz and Brad Topol discuss Call for Code, a global developer competition that uses open source technologies to address natural disasters.
Innovation & Disruption
Discover the tools, trends, and context necessary for making better decisions about technology.
Built to last: Building and growing open source communities
Kay Williams explores key lessons for building strong open source communities based on Microsoft’s real-world experience with Kubernetes and VSCode.
Better living through software
Tiffani Bell shares three lessons she's learned exploring how technology can help the less fortunate.
Demystifying the dark web
You’ve probably heard the term “dark web,” but what does it actually mean?
Use technology to do what you do better
Innovation has the power to change industries, but new technology doesn’t always mean you need a new business model.
How O’Reilly Radar spots the next big thing
Roger Magoulas explains how O’Reilly’s Radar methodology identifies emerging tech trends businesses need to know.
Demystifying the blockchain
Hadley Stern on how blockchain technology will affect you and your business.
Blockchain’s potential beyond cryptocurrency
Marie Wieck describes how blockchain can transform business processes and value chains.
Innovating democracy and democratizing innovation
Jennifer Pahlka on making government services more accessible by starting with the user.
Software Architecture keynote highlights
Experts explore software architecture security, design heuristics, Next Architecture, and more.
Velocity keynote highlights
Experts explore cloud native infrastructure, SRE, distributed systems, and more.
Making the future
James Burke asks if we can use data and predictive analytics to take the guesswork out of prediction.
Changing contexts and intents
The internet itself is a changing context—we’re right to worry about data flows, but we also have to worry about the context changing even when data doesn’t flow.
What is O’Reilly Radar?
Radar spots and explores emerging technology themes so organizations can succeed amid constant change.
Brain-based human-machine interfaces
Amanda Pustilnik highlights potential applications of data from new technologies that capture brain-based processes.
The power of Ethereum
Joseph Lubin explains how Ethereum can help with new innovations like cryptocurrencies, automated and self-executing legal agreements, and self-sovereign identity.
The blockchain beyond bitcoin
Taking blockchain technology private for the enterprise.
Steering around blockchain hype
When we finally find the best use cases for blockchains, they may look like nothing we would have expected.
The good, the bad, and the internet?
Martha Lane Fox considers the unintended consequences of technology.
7 questions to ask before you launch an enterprise blockchain project
Successful projects will think seriously about what blockchains mean, and how to use them effectively.
Blockchain applications
Don’t pigeonhole blockchain as a technology that’s primarily useful for finance.
What is a blockchain?
Unpacking the complexity of blockchain, term by term.
Blockchain and the future of distributed computing
Catherine Mulligan discusses the implications of blockchain on distributed systems and what needs to be addressed to build and maintain these systems effectively.
Blockchains and cryptocurrencies: New paradigms for shared data
Bitcoin showed us a new way of moving value around the internet. Neha Narula considers how this paradigm might apply to databases that cross organizational boundaries.