Brian Demers is a Developer Advocate at Gradle and a PMC member for the Apache Shiro project. He spends much of his day contributing to OSS projects in the form of writing code, tutorials, blogs, and answering questions. Along with typical software development, Brian also has a passion for fast builds and automation.
Away from the keyboard, Brian is a beekeeper and can likely be found playing board games. You can find him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/briandemers.
Ever tried to catch melting snowflakes? That’s the challenge of dealing with flaky tests - those annoying, unpredictable tests that fail randomly and pass when rerun. In this talk, we’ll slide down the slippery slope of why flaky tests are more than just a nuisance.
| Security and Productivity - Pick Two with Reproducible builds | Boston Java Users ACM Chapter | January 2024 |
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| Security and Productivity - Pick Two with Reproducible builds | JCON World 2023 | November 2023 |
| Breeding 10x Developers with Developer Productivity Engineering | NYJavaSIG | November 2023 |
| Developer Productivity Engineering: What’s in it for Java Developers? | Garden State Java Users Group | November 2023 |
| Apache Maven 102: Best Practices | Community Over Code (ApacheCon) | October 2023 |
| Breeding 10x Developers with Developer Productivity Engineering | Tampa JUG | September 2023 |
| Security and Productivity - Pick Two with Reproducible builds | Indy.Code() | August 2023 |
| Breeding 10x Developers with Developer Productivity Engineering | Detroit JUG | July 2023 |