Foojay Podcast #77: DevBcn Report, Part 2 – Spanish Knowledge Sharing

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[0:00] This is the first Foojay podcast in Spanish. It’s also the shortest one and the final of season 4. Let’s hand over the microphone to Jonathan Villa at the Def BCN conference in Barcelona. Hello, we’re here on the Foojay eh podcast at DEP PCN, the conference in Barcelona, ​​and we have a lot of speakers, sponsors, and attendees who will be participating in the podcast. So anyway, I encourage you to listen and learn from what they’re going to tell us. Enjoy yourselves and I hope to see you next year. Here we have Marlen, the soul of the finance department, of the conference numbers. That? How are you? How are you? Tired, but great. How have you found the relationship with the sponsors, and I don’t know what feedback they’ve given you, like, how have things been going with them? My magnificent part, everyone incredible.

[1:02] My feedback is that I would definitely use them again without hesitation, and above all, I hope they will use us again. Of course. Of course. I’m waiting for it too. And any interesting, positive anecdote that happened with a sponsor. A few. It’s my fault, huh? I’m still waiting for Preple to help me solve the Rubik’s Cube. I’m not going to achieve it. Three days have passed. I have n’t managed it. Very good. Very good. So, what advice would you give to companies that aren’t here enjoying this conference? What are you waiting for to come? You’re going to have a blast, especially at the karaoke. As you know, here we have hundreds of people related to technology, developers, and working with cutting-edge technologies. So if you want to recruit, if you want to showcase your technological excellence, what are you waiting for? Well then, dismiss the conference of those who are not here. I’ll see you next year, at the next edition, don’t doubt it.

[2:08] Until next time. Hello, it’s me again with the crazy guy, with the weird hat, and now we’re here interviewing Barbara, and Barbara is going to explain to us, well, I don’t know, what she’s doing here. Look at all the places you can be in Barcelona. What is Barbara doing here? No, I’m in the best place I can be right now, huh? Ah, yes, I like it. There’s a ball. No, I’m here to give a talk this afternoon about threat modeling, which is a security concept. It is a preventive process that we do when we are designing software. Now I’m going to use you as a GPT chat. Explain that to me like I would to a 5- year-old. So, if we’re thinking about buying a house, okay? The first thing we’re going to think about is where we’re going to buy it, making sure it’s not in an area prone to earthquakes or impossible storms. Then we think about what materials we’re going to use so that the house doesn’t catch fire, doesn’t collapse, and then we’re going to think about what security controls we’re going to put on the house, what kind of door, whether we’re going to put bars on it, whether we’re going

[3:15] To put a fence. So that we don’t get robbed if we’re, for example, on the street, right? So, all this is like thinking about the security of our home so that it lasts over time and that it cannot be attacked, or if it is attacked, nothing too serious happens. And where are we going to store our most precious possessions, and how are we going to store them? Hey, well, I recommend that people go and see their session, and from another point of view, as an attendee, what did you think of the conference? What would you highlight? What would you improve? To be honest, I love coming here. And I’ve been coming for 4 years now because the first time was as an attendee, then I started giving talks and when someone wants to come back to NBCs it means there’s something good happening here, I don’t know, the human touch of the organization is truly ideal and also you can meet a lot of people, not just, I mean, I’ve experienced both sides, as an attendee and as a speaker and the truth is I like having that ambiguity because you can meet a lot of people who all have something to say and the truth is going to a

[4:18] Conference like this is fantastic when it’s at home. It’s a gift. It’s a gift. And I’ve also been told that you have other skills. How are you? How was last night? How are you? As? Tell me what happened. I sometimes like being a unicorn, don’t you? There was a live karaoke, which was a band literally playing songs, not a karaoke with pre-recorded music, which is great. You have a stage and you can start jumping and singing and cheering people up. And the truth is that I had a great time, I mean, great. Fantastic. We’ll see you again next year. I hope so. I’m going to try hard to think of something to bring that people might like, so yes, yes, yes. We’d love to have you back here. Well, that’s all for now. Until next time. Bye bye.

[5:04] And here we are with our eternal friend and companion Santi. Santi, what are you doing here? Well, I asked myself that very question this morning, exactly that. And the truth is that I don’t have an answer, but then I asked my boss and he told me it was to learn things and such and to be a better computer programmer. Uh-huh. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But really, if you throw a couple of CPU cycles at it, what more is there than that? Well, I mean, it’s the combo, in the end, seriously answering, it’s the combination of the fact that there is indeed technical learning, that the people who are here are very good people and it’s a pleasure to come, well, this is the third year that I’ve come, it’s a pleasure to come, there’s a very good human atmosphere and then on top of that yesterday we had a spectacular party, an incredible karaoke, spectacular. The best thing is that yes, that means yes, yes, technology, how cool, that she and Java, yes, but karaoke, karaoke, karaoke, don’t take it away from me.

[6:08] And how do you feel apart from the talks in the rooms? How do you feel the magic, or the, I don’t know, the interaction of people here during coffee breaks and such? It’s very nice. In addition, everyone is quite friendly. I was at another conference not too long ago and it was definitely more of a style where you go with your group and do n’t talk to anyone else. And here I do have the feeling that there is a great deal of interaction between people, between people who come from different companies, from different places. Every time I come here I end up meeting people, you have really interesting conversations, it’s cool. And you are also a member of the Call for Papers committee. Tell me about your experience, because it’s not my first year as a committee member, it’s my first year here and I’ve really enjoyed it.

[6:54] In addition, the level was extremely high; many, many proposals for talks were received, and the quality was very high, which was quite enjoyable. It was also frustrating because in the end you have to prioritize and you can’t give 10 to everyone, but for the most part the talks were very good and it was cool to see what options were available. Also, I came with more enthusiasm because I already knew some of them had gotten in, and that’s always good. It’s very nice. In the end we received 900 proposals from more than 500 speakers, so well, it was difficult and we are very grateful to the committee because it is a lot of work to have to evaluate all those talks. And finally, what would you say to those people who aren’t here, who are missing out?

[7:36] Because? Seriously, why? I wonder about that too. Well, we hope to see you here next year with us, with the karaoke, and hopefully with Santi too, who brings a tremendous energy to the karaoke. See you. So now we’re going to have an interview with the volunteers who, hey, they work really hard here, arriving first thing in the morning, being here, giving it their all throughout the day with a lot of incidents that happen, but that you don’t find out about and that they prevent and that make everything work perfectly. Let’s see, tell me how many times you’ve come here already, okay? And what have you learned in these years? How do you feel? And if you’re going to repeat. Well, you can tell me, if you’re going to repeat it or not. Vicente. Well, I’ve been coming since 2022, unfortunately to the last edition of the JBCN. And fortunately it became what is today the DBCN, which means that this year it will be 4 years old, between 24 and this year 25.

[8:42] What things have I learned? well, are you learning how this organization works? You’re surprised by the hard work that really goes into it, the hard work behind what you see at the stands, in the talks and everything else. And I don’t know, for me it’s a really cool experience because of the networking, the opportunity to meet all the people in this industry, and I don’t know, I wouldn’t know how to put it in better words, but that’s the general idea. I understand you, Vicente. As you have seen, they have taken Marlen away from us. So, why? Because [ __ ] happens, man. [ __ ] happens. So there will be some fires to put out. And Vicente has to run away. Any advice for people who want to or are thinking about volunteering for a conference? What will you learn and how will it improve your professional career? Come on. Phew!

[9:34] Well, I wouldn’t know how to say if it would improve. It definitely presents you with different challenges, it confronts you with things you ’re not used to. I, for example, have a track record that I don’t want to say, it’s many years, but this was something different to do and it confronts you. I would recommend it, I highly recommend it. Try it for at least a year, see how you interact with people, see this kind of thing and so on, take advantage of going to one of the talks that you might never think of going to and you meet the speaker, share some kind of knowledge that they have with what you have, with what you do in your day-to-day life. Definitely recommended. I would just add that what Vicente says is that you need to warm up your voices, get ready because you have to sing in the karaoke that Vicente hasn’t uploaded yet, but well, the rest of you should get ready. Thank you and see you next time.

[10:23] Bye. Well, now we have Álvaro, who is a speaker at the conference, and well, listen, I won’t tell you, let him tell you. What are you doing here? Well, I’ve come to talk about APIs, I’ve come to talk about my book, which is about API design, which is what I like, and how to improve the developer experience when using an API, and that’s what I’m going to talk about. Okay, now give me a brief overview of the content of your talk for someone who has no idea about APIs. Ah, to me API sounds like a brand of foie gras. Besides that, explain it to me. Okay, so the API is everywhere, I mean, when you log in to a company, when you make a transaction, when, I mean, they’re everywhere. So, when you’re going to develop an API, when you’re going to integrate an API into a company, the first thing we do, or what I recommend, is to think about the design.

[11:06] Imagine you are building a house, the first thing you do is the design and then you lay the bricks. Well, it’s exactly the same philosophy when working with Apis. First the design is done, first we pick up a pencil and paper, so to speak, and when everything is ready, we start laying the bricks, we start writing code, and that’s kind of the idea of ​​the talk. Very good, very good. And apart from your talk, tell me what experiences you take away from the conference, what you would highlight, I don’t know, explain it to me. Well, very good feelings, very good atmosphere, really great, good people, the organizers were the best and well, very good, besides it’s always a pleasure to come to Barcelona, ​​so, fantastic because you come from Madrid, perfect. But I’ve been told that you have a total level of Catalan, APM level. Tell me, tell me, tell me. Catalan pee is really good.

[12:00] Fantastic. That’s one of the main things good speakers do, which is to connect with the local audience. Pin, idea for the next ones. Take note, take note. So, I don’t know, are you planning to come back or are you already fed up with this, right? Well, my idea is to come back, of course. So, in principle, next year, if possible, we’ll come, that’s the idea. Very good. Well, thank you very much, Álvaro. Hey, and we also give you a huge thank you for sharing with the community, who have surely learned a lot. Thank you very much, Álvaro. Thank you all. Very good. Come on, God. Adu. Hello again. And now we’re here with Vicente, who’s come from Grupo Castilla and he’s going to talk to us, well, I don’t know, about what they’re doing here, why they’re here, when they could be at the beach, eh, they’re here at Deadbis and they’re, well, talking to a lot of people who stop by their stand. Explain to me why here and what experience you are having.

[12:56] Well, the truth is that the experience was very good. First of all, congratulations on the great work you are doing. It has truly been a wonderful experience. Well, and it’s also happening on the other hand, we are dedicated, well, Grupo Castilla is a very large group that focuses on human resources and people, but we have a small part within the group that focuses more on technological consulting, okay? And that’s why we’re here today, welcoming a few people. We have a super interesting giveaway of Redhut subscriptions, Learn Subscription, and we also work with IBM. Hey, do you guys go to a lot of conferences or is this your first time? No, we usually go to a lot of conferences. Okay, and now I’m going to ask you the million-dollar question.

[13:34] So, come on, tell me, comparing this conference with the others, tell me what you think. It’s outstanding, but really, really good, really fun, lots of people. We’re having a great time, and it’s really going really well. Okay, I’m glad. And well, to finish up, to better present Grupo Castilla, you have a few seconds as a product to announce that people should go to your website or see something. The audience is yours. Well, look, at Grupo Castilla we practically handle payroll, human resources, and then we have the technology side. We work with IBM and Redhut partners, and if you’d like to visit us there, it’s at grupocastilla. And I hope that with this great experience you ’re having, we’ll see you here next year.

[14:13] Absolutely. That’s for sure. And now, to finish up, what would you say to those companies that aren’t here? Well, they’re missing out on an opportunity to reach a lot of people, and they’re also missing out on an opportunity to have a good time and be with some very professional teams. Well, thank you very much, it’s been a pleasure, and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day. to you. Thank you.