API World + CloudX + Dev Innovation Summit 2024: Full Schedule

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12:00pm PST

[Virtual Exclusive] PRO SESSION (CloudX):Beyond Bash: Nushell Opens Up Shell Scripting Paths for Kubernetes

Tuesday November 12, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm PST

Ryota Sawada, Civo, Principal Engineer

The CNCF ecosystem has exploded with a diverse array of tools, each solving a unique problem. However, integrating multiple projects often leads to challenges requiring manual intervention and custom solutions, with shell scripting commonly used as a temporary stopgap. This approach, predominantly utilising Bash, frequently results in maintenance headaches such as poor code readability and debugging difficulties.

Nushell presents a modern take on shell scripting, offering a more intuitive syntax by dropping POSIX-compliance. It includes YAML friendly data model as a fundamental design, built-in commands equivalent to curl and jq, supports simple and clear module structures, and eliminates the confusion of single vs. double quotes.

We will have a quick look at Bash vs. Nushell difference, some example case of how Nushell data model makes it easier to deal with YAML configs, and extra automation and CI/CD ideas using its module and test capabilities.

Speakers

Ryota Sawada

Principal Engineer, Civo

Ryota is a Principal Engineer at Civo, overseeing the company's Kubernetes offerings. With over a decade of experience in the finance industry, he has a proven track record of designing payment processing systems from scratch, building platforms that embrace Kubernetes, Argo, Istio... Read More →

Tuesday November 12, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm PST
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A

CloudX: DevOps Summit, CI/CD

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference CloudX, CloudX: DevOps Summit, CI/CD (CloudX), CloudX: Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

12:30pm PST

[Virtual] PRO SESSION (API): Designing A Lingua Franca for Data Access

Tuesday November 12, 2024 12:30pm - 12:55pm PST

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A

Tom Harding, Hasura, Software Engineer

How could we design an API for querying data across all kinds of sources? How could we describe complex queries that join data across them? This problem is tough enough when all the sources are, say, Postgres, but what about when we need to join data from Postgres to MongoDB? Or an arbitrary CSV file? Or even another API? How do we talk about data access and manipulation in a way that makes sense for all these possible backends?

In this talk, we'll discuss how we've been designing a solution to this problem. We'll talk about some of the challenges in keeping API design consistent across data sources, balancing simplicity and expressivity, and even making all of this performant behind the infinite number shapes that a GraphQL request can take.

Speakers

Tom Harding

Software Engineer, Hasura

Tom lives in Barcelona with his partner and their cat, Beef. At Hasura, he builds compilers from GraphQL to SQL across a variety of different backend data stores. Outside of work, he's a runner, climber, and cyclist.

Tuesday November 12, 2024 12:30pm - 12:55pm PST
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A

API World: Lifecycle, API Design / Architecture

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference API World, API Design / Architecture (API World), API World: API Lifecycle, API-First Development (API World), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

2:00pm PST

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (CloudX): Building Guardrails for Generative AI: Security, Compliance, and Responsible Innovation

Tuesday November 12, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PST

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Ken Huang, DistributedApps, CEO and Chief AI Officer

This presentation introduces a comprehensive framework for testing and validating the security of generative AI applications, particularly those built on large language models (LLMs). Developed by Ken Huang (the Speaker) and World Digital Technology Academy's AI Safety, Trust, and Responsibility (STR) working group, the framework addresses the new attack surfaces and risks introduced by generative AI.

The standard covers the entire AI application stack, including base model selection, embedding and vector databases, prompt execution/inference, agentic behaviors, fine-tuning, response handling, and runtime security. For each layer, it outlines specific testing methods and expected outcomes to ensure AI applications behave securely and as designed throughout their lifecycle.

Key areas of focus include model compliance, data usage checks, API security, prompt injection testing, output validation, and privacy protection. The framework also addresses emerging challenges like agentic behaviors, where AI agents autonomously perform tasks based on predefined objectives.

Speakers

Ken Huang

CEO and Chief AI Officer, DistributedApps

Ken Huang is a prolific author and renowned expert in AI and Web3, with numerous published books spanning AI and Web3 business and technical guides and cutting-edge research. As Co-Chair of the AI Safety Working Groups at the Cloud Security Alliance, and Co-Chair of AI STR Working... Read More →

Tuesday November 12, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PST
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

API World: API Innovation, Emerging APIs: AI & IoT & Blockchain & Web & XR

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference Virtual, CloudX, API World, API World: API Innovation, Emerging APIs: AI & IoT & Blockchain & Web3 & XR (API World)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive