Spooktober BSDG Announcements!
Alysa McLaughlin
Happy Halloween month, BSDG! Some exciting things are coming up, such as a Halloween themed Hackathon hosted by Boise CodeWorks on October 28th. Learn more and sign up here: https://codeworksacademy.com/hackoween_23/
Let’s start with some housekeeping:
- Please fill out this survey to help improve BSDG. https://forms.gle/M3WiAGHh7kj7xRWd6
- Join us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14302958/
- LinkedIn will be the best source of up-to-date BSDG info from now on!
- BSDG will be meeting at Boise CodeWorks (8455 Westpark St, Boise, ID 83704) at 6pm.
- Please RSVP on Meetup so we can get an accurate attendance count!
We are excited to introduce Cameron Eagans this month! He's an experienced full-stack software engineer and technical leader with over 15 years of experience. He has worked on a handful of the largest properties on the Internet, and his open source projects have been downloaded over 45 million times.
Deciphering Distributed Consensus: Explore the fundamental concepts of distributed consensus algorithms in this one-hour introductory talk designed for technical enthusiasts. Delve into the problems that these algorithms solve, from ensuring data integrity in distributed databases to maintaining fault tolerance in critical systems. Gain insights into the inner workings of popular algorithms like Raft and Hashgraph, and uncover the trade-offs involved in their design. Whether you're a seasoned engineer or simply curious about the coordination magic behind distributed systems, this session will equip you with a solid foundation in the world of distributed consensus. Join us to unravel the mysteries of consensus, its real-world applications, and its role in shaping the future of modern computing.
Food and beverage for the meetup is sponsored by Hedera. Hedera is an open source, leaderless, proof-of-stake, public ledger built by a diverse council of industry-leading organizations, including: Avery Dennison, Boeing, Chainlink Labs, COFRA Holdings, DBS Bank, Dell, Dentons, Deutsche Telekom, DLA Piper, EDF, eftpos, FIS (WorldPay), Google, IBM, Indian Institute of Technology, LG Electronics, London School of Economics, Magalu, Nomura Holdings, ServiceNow, Shinhan Bank, Standard Bank Group, Swirlds, Tata Communications, Ubisoft, University College London, Wipro, and Zain Group. For more information, visit http://www.hedera.com
Reminder: If you’d like to volunteer to help keep BSDG running by being a speaker or sponsoring us (or if you just really want to say hi) reach out to Alysa at al...@pineconegrove.com.
Bonus reminder about the survey mentioned above: https://forms.gle/M3WiAGHh7kj7xRWd6
We are grateful to Boise CodeWorks for their continuous support of BSDG.