DevFest Berlin 2024

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Aleksandr Gorbunov

💻 Skilled Full-Stack Developer at Smart Steel Technologies GmbH
💡 JavaScript & TypeScript Specialist
🌟 Expertise: Vue (Vue2, Vue3, Composition API, Nuxt 3), Webpack, Vite
📱 Flutter Experience
🌐 Backend: REST APIs with Go, PostgreSQL
🗣️ Speaker: Ural Digital Weekends
🏃 Hobbies: Jogging, hiking, studying, reading, family time

  • Flutter for frontenders or There and Back Again
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Alex Mir

Alex is a Frontend Engineer at Adevinta. He is passionate about accessibility and type safety. Alex switched his career 6 years ago from civil engineering to a software engineering and do not regret it - use this hook for a smalltalk with him.

Also he is a Google Developer Group Berlin co-lead so let him know if something could be improved on DevFest.

  • Accessibility matters
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Alireza Rahmaty

I am Alireza, an Android developer with 6+ years of experience building apps. I have experience building server-driven UI apps, complex UI, localisation and testing, and CI/CDI. I sometimes go hiking and play video games.

  • How we automate the App Release Monitoring at GetYourGuide
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Andrey Sitnik

With more than 20 years in open source, Andrey Sitnik created a few popular CSS tools (PostCSS, Autoprefixer), local-first framework (Logux), and many small libraries with millions of downloads (like Nano ID).

  • Privacy-first architecture: alternatives to GDPR popup and local-first
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Andrii Khrystian

Senior Flutter Developer at Dynatrace. GDG Linz founder. Public speaker and tech writer.

  • From waves to widgets: Sound processing in Flutter.
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Andrii Raikov

Andrii has a total of 17 years of software engineering experience and has been very passionate about Go for the past 6 years. Over the past 4 years at Delivery Hero, he has adeptly harnessed Golang, excelling in constructing high-load applications, leveraging Golang's concurrency capabilities to engineer scalable solutions that optimise performance and handle substantial data processing tasks.

  • Maximizing Scalability with Go and Redis: A Telemetry Processing Journey
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Anton Borries

Anton is a Software Engineer working at 1KOMMA5°

He loves building great UI and UX using Flutter. Coming from an Android Background the gap between Flutter and native Features has always tickled his interest. This has lead him into improving the experience of developing HomeScreen Widgets for Flutter Apps

  • Adding Homescreen Widgets to Flutter Apps
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Ash Davies

Google Developer Expert for Android and Kotlin, enthusiastic public speaker, senior engineer, Kotlin aficionado, Multiplatform manipulator, prolific facilitator of cute cat photographs, spends more time travelling than working (he/him)

  • Navigation in a Multiplatform World: Choosing the Right Framework for your App
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Bogdan Plieshka

Engineer with over a decade of Frontend development experience, passionate about automation, accessibility, and scaling complex systems.

Working at Zattoo as a Principal Engineer, focusing on delivering frontend solutions across Web, React, and React Native for streaming media content.

Organizer of the React Berlin Meetup, actively contributing to the development community.

  • Automated Testing Layers in a multidimensional Monorepo: Fast-tracking Quality for hundreds apps
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Cesar Martinez

Web developer with around 10 years of experience and a passion for software architecture. Currently working at Meyer Sound.

  • Domain Driven Design Fundamentals for Frontend Developers
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Daniel Stamer

Daniel is passionate about building modern cloud-native applications on Google's serverless technologies. He works with digital natives out of Germany’s startup capital Berlin and helps to modernize applications or build brand new ones in the cloud.

  • From Prototype to Production
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Danny Preussler

Danny built mobile applications for companies like Viacom, Groupon, eBay and Alcatel. He is a Google Developer Expert for Android and Kotlin. Before there was Android he was already active in the Blackberry development community. Currently, he is leading Android at SoundCloud

  • Ten things you heard about testing that might be wrong
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Diana Nanova

Diana is a Customer Engineering Manager at Google Cloud. Based in the German tech startup capital Berlin, Diana helps digital native customers and startups across various industries to leverage the capabilities of Google Cloud and loves championing for Google culture.

  • From Prototype to Production
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Doruk Deniz Kutukculer

IT professional and a leader with over 15 years of experience in the industry. Currently a Head of Engineering at Zalando.

  • Fellowship of Product. How your team setup affects your experience
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Elena Grahovac

Elena has been in software engineering since 2007, focusing on backend systems and infrastructure. Having played the roles of both individual contributor and engineering manager, Elena is passionate about combining technical expertise with strong team collaboration. A dedicated advocate of DevOps practices, she aims to enhance workflows and bring teams together. Elena believes in helping people uncover and use their unique strengths, sharing practical advice to support others in their tech careers.

  • Mastering Multiple Engineering Leadership Roles for Maximum Impact
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Guillaume Vernade

I've been a jack-of-all-trades in the Tech industry, starting as a prototyper building apps on Google Glasses and the first Android watches, then became a Product Owner and an Agile coach. I realized my childhood dream of becoming a video game producer then came back to my other passion: AI.

  • How to make the most of Gemini multimodal capabilities?
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Gus Martins

Gus is a Google AI Developer Relations Engineer. His main passion is making Artificial Intelligence easier for developers. As of lately he's been working with Large Language Models and GenAI like Gemma and Gemini. He also works with Keras and JAX to help you create and customize AI models for your needs.

  • Gemma for Everyone: Your First Steps with Open Models and AI
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Ian Ballantyne

Ian is a Developer Relations Engineer for AI at Google. Currently he works on generative AI, such as Gemini and Gemma. He is passionate about on-device AI, using technologies such as Google AI Edge to deploy artificial intelligence to web and mobile devices. He has been in Developer Relations at Google for 9 years specializing in helping partners and developers unlock the capability of Google technology.

  • Generative AI on Mobile and Web with Google AI Edge
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Inès Mir

A principal product designer at Zalando and a content creator.

  • Fellowship of Product. How your team setup affects your experience
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John Nguyen

Fullstack developer with a knack for whipping up code recipes using my secret ingredients: a dash of JavaScript, a pinch of Python, and a whole lot of serverless magic

John's journey in software development began as a PHP developer, but he later transitioned to front-end development and became passionate about all things related to Javascript. While working as a data DevOps engineer in a previous role, John had the opportunity to learn Python, SQL, and AWS, which added valuable skills to his toolkit. He now considers himself a Full-Stack engineer with a particular affinity for web and cloud development. John is excited about creating modern, cloud-native applications and delivering top-notch solutions for his clients.

  • Building a Chrome Extension using Gemini and Langchain
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Joost van Dijk

Joost van Dijk is a developer advocate at Yubico. As the inventor of the YubiKey, Yubico makes secure login easy and available for everyone. Joost focuses on securing digital identities and accelerating the adoption of open authentication standards as part of Yubico’s developer program.

  • Passkeys on Android: How to get rid of passwords
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Katya Vinnichenko

Katya is a Program Manager at Google Developer Relations team.

Currently she is leading the Google Developer Groups program across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

  • Introduction to Google Principles of Responsible AI
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Marcin Chudy

Marcin is a Senior Flutter Developer at LeanCode, currently playing tech lead role in a big project for the banking sector. Previously worked with backend, web frontend with React, finally settling on mobile and falling in love with Flutter at first sight. After work, he enjoys dancing salsa and bachata and attends metal concerts.
Marcin is a Senior Flutter Developer at LeanCode and has been working with Flutter projects for over 4 years. He’s been a Flutter Tech Lead at one of the major Polish banks where he gained deep insights about enterprise-grade mobile apps. Passionate about software architecture, UX and testing, he strives to create great mobile apps.

  • Demystifying App Architecture: The LeanCode Guide
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Marco Gomiero

Marco is an Android engineer, currently working at Airalo. He is a Google Developer Expert for Kotlin, he loves Kotlin and he has experience with native Android and native iOS development, as well as cross-platform development with Flutter and Kotlin Multiplatform.

In his spare time, he writes and maintains open-source code, he shares his dev experience by writing on his blog, speaking at confs and organizing events with the Google Developer Group Venezia and he plays basketball.

  • From Android to Multiplatform and beyond
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Mario Bodemann

Android Developer Advocate @ Yubico
GDG Berlin Android Organizer

Speaker of talks, coder of code, doer of dones.

  • Passkeys on Android: How to get rid of passwords
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Muhammad Salman Bediya

Muhammad Salman is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in mobile app development with a focus on building scalable, high-quality applications using Flutter, React Native, Xamarin, and Swift. With experience leading frontend teams on enterprise-level projects that have reached over 1.5 million users, he brings a strong commitment to creating impactful, user-centered solutions.

A dedicated tech enthusiast, He actively shares insights and best practices with the community. Through conference talks, blog posts, and a technical YouTube channel, He is passionate about knowledge-sharing and empowering others in the tech industry.

  • Crucial Performance Issue in Flutter Apps: Memory Leaks
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Nicole Terc

Android GDE, Boardgame lover, videogame addict and origami enthusiast, Nicole self taught herself to code and has been fooling around with the Android ecosystem for more than 10 years. She has participated in a diverse variety of projects for several clients around the world, including video streaming, news, social media and public transport applications. Regardless of what the current adventures have taken her, she loves finding time to play with new things and share her experience :)

  • Tap it! Shake it! Fling it! Sheep it! - The Gesture Animations Dance!
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Ole Bulbuk

Ole is a backend engineer since the nineties.
He has been working for many companies big and small and
seen many projects fail or succeed.
He loves to be part of the global Go community and working on
projects that make the world a better place.
In his spare time he is co-organising the Berlin chapter of GDG Golang,
develops open source software and enjoys time with his family.

  • Native GUIs For All
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Oleksii Antypov

Founder and CEO of DmarcDkim.com, Oleksii is an experienced CTO with a focus on early-stage startups and a mission to accelerate global DMARC adoption. Formerly with Rocket Internet and PocketBook, moved from Ukraine to Berlin in 2015 to deepen expertise in building impactful tech ventures from the ground up.

  • DMARC Demystified
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Randy Nel Gupta

Randy is a Google Developer Expert for Cloud and also Organizer of the GDG Düsseldorf. With a professional experience of more 20 years in software development he is focused today on building applications on top of the Google Cloud.

  • From Practice: Migration of an Order Processing System to the Cloud
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Raphaël VO

A passionate Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience, specializing in Angular and frontend development. I love turning complex ideas into delightful user experiences and tackling challenges creatively and enthusiastically. When I'm not coding, you’ll find me diving into the latest tech trends or enjoying epic board game nights with friends. As an aspiring speaker, I believe that sharing knowledge is key to understanding problems better, and I love learning from others to improve myself along the way!

  • Largest Contentful Paint - The unheard story
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Shahriyar Rzayev

Senior Software Engineer @ Nord Security. Moving forward on Clean Code and Clean Architecture. Previous accomplishments include contributing to open source, providing technical direction, and sharing knowledge about Clean Code and Architectural patterns. An empathetic team player and mentor.
Azerbaijan Python Group Leader. Former QA Engineer and Bug Hunter.

  • Learn Flask the hard way: Introduce Architecture Patterns
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Tomek Porozynski

Tomek combines his roles as a Google Developer Expert and Champion Innovator with hands-on Cloud Architect role, specializing in the intersection of Google Cloud and Generative AI. His work extends beyond implementation to education - through his YouTube channel, tech blog, and open-source projects, he makes Cloud Native development more accessible to all. With deep expertise in Large Language Models and Natural Language Processing, he brings practical AI solutions to real-world challenges. A passionate speaker and educator, Tomek shares his journey and insights with developer communities worldwide.

  • Can You Outsmart an AI? Adventures in Prompt Hacking
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Vadim Makeev

Frontend developer in love with the Web, browsers, bicycles, and podcasting. He/him, MDN technical writer, Google Developer Expert.

  • You don’t know MathML. Almost nobody does
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Vadym Pinchuk

Vadym, a seasoned software engineer, possesses a wealth of experience in Android application development. He has skillfully transitioned his expertise to cross-platform development, utilizing Flutter.
Throughout his career, Vadym has collaborated with a diverse range of companies, from industry giants like Samsung, Volvo, Bosch, and Instagram to smaller start-ups. Leveraging his extensive knowledge and experience, he now contributes as a technology writer, speaker, educator, and mentor.

  • Effortless optimization of Flutter apps: performance tips for developers
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Wietse Venema

Wietse Venema is an engineer at Google Cloud. He wrote the O’Reilly book on Cloud Run.

  • Running open large language models in production with serverless GPUs