Rohit Bhardwaj

Mastering Cloud Scalability and System Designs Workshop

8:30 AM MDT

Real-world applications nowadays are designed using both art and science. What is the process of coming up with a solution which works, scales, and is resilient?
What is it challenging to design a system for disruptive technologies?
System design is unstructured, and there are many ways to solve problems.
Gaining experience in new applications and technologies
Best practices change with time. The best way ten years ago can quickly become an anti-pattern.

In this talk, we will explore step by step guide to approach System design using real-world applications.

Come prepared to design a system for following applications interactively.

We will gain more knowledge with collective experience and best practices.

• UBER System Design

• NETFLIX System Design

• INSTAGRAM System Design

• YELP System Design

• TWITTER System Design

• Search Engines

• Auto Suggestions / Recommendations System Design

• Fraud Detection System Design

This talk is ideal for the following roles:

• Architects

• Technical Leads

• Programers

• Integration Architects

• Solution Architects

Mastering Cloud Scalability and System Designs Workshop

10:30 AM MDT

Real-world applications nowadays are designed using both art and science. What is the process of coming up with a solution which works, scales, and is resilient?
What is it challenging to design a system for disruptive technologies?
System design is unstructured, and there are many ways to solve problems.
Gaining experience in new applications and technologies
Best practices change with time. The best way ten years ago can quickly become an anti-pattern.

In this talk, we will explore step by step guide to approach System design using real-world applications.

Come prepared to design a system for following applications interactively.

We will gain more knowledge with collective experience and best practices.

• UBER System Design

• NETFLIX System Design

• INSTAGRAM System Design

• YELP System Design

• TWITTER System Design

• Search Engines

• Auto Suggestions / Recommendations System Design

• Fraud Detection System Design

This talk is ideal for the following roles:

• Architects

• Technical Leads

• Programers

• Integration Architects

• Solution Architects

Multi-Tenant NoSQL and NewSQL cloud-data design patterns Workshop

1:00 PM MDT

We are all familiar with the 3rd Normal form. Does that scale? What are the best practices for designing resilient, multi-tenant, performant databases? In this talk, we will explore the database evaluation process, where we will make choices on technology stacks based on requirements and analyzing the CAP theorem. We will discover different Consistency, Availability, and Partition Tolerance techniques, investigate No-SQL databases, and help new cloud deployments using the 3rd Platform.

Big data has characteristics in the new Cloud domain, which requires storing various data for different use-cases. We will explore the Document data store, Key-value, Columnar NoSQL, Graph NoSQL and NewSQL databases.
Next, we will look at how to do data modeling for NoSQL columnar databases to support highly available partition tolerant use-cases. We will discover different strategies to help multi-tenant requirements. In the end, we will look at how to choose the right database? We will also see what the future of Databases are comparing based on Consistency Models, Schema Models, Database Languages, and Database storage.

We will look at data quality patterns and issues and how to use MDM strategy to fix these issues. We will explore survivor ship records and how to validate if the data is correct in system. In the end we will also look at GDPR and PII data strategies.

We will be exploring following databases types:

• Key-value stores

• Wide column stores

• Document stores

• Time Series DBMS

• Graph DBMS

• Object oriented DBMS

• Search engines

• RDF stores

• Spatial DBMS

• Event Stores

• Content stores

A few of the technologies we will explore are

• Cassandra

• Amazon DynamoDB

• MongoDB, HBase

• REDIS, MemcacheDB,

• RDF / SPARQL

• Graph Databases, Neo4J

• CockroachDB

This talk is ideal for the following roles:

• Architects

• Technical Leads

• Programers

• Integration Architects

• Solution Architects

Multi-Tenant NoSQL and NewSQL cloud-data design patterns Workshop

3:00 PM MDT

We are all familiar with the 3rd Normal form. Does that scale? What are the best practices for designing resilient, multi-tenant, performant databases? In this talk, we will explore the database evaluation process, where we will make choices on technology stacks based on requirements and analyzing the CAP theorem. We will discover different Consistency, Availability, and Partition Tolerance techniques, investigate No-SQL databases, and help new cloud deployments using the 3rd Platform.

Big data has characteristics in the new Cloud domain, which requires storing various data for different use-cases. We will explore the Document data store, Key-value, Columnar NoSQL, Graph NoSQL and NewSQL databases.
Next, we will look at how to do data modeling for NoSQL columnar databases to support highly available partition tolerant use-cases. We will discover different strategies to help multi-tenant requirements. In the end, we will look at how to choose the right database? We will also see what the future of Databases are comparing based on Consistency Models, Schema Models, Database Languages, and Database storage.

We will look at data quality patterns and issues and how to use MDM strategy to fix these issues. We will explore survivor ship records and how to validate if the data is correct in system. In the end we will also look at GDPR and PII data strategies.

We will be exploring following databases types:

• Key-value stores

• Wide column stores

• Document stores

• Time Series DBMS

• Graph DBMS

• Object oriented DBMS

• Search engines

• RDF stores

• Spatial DBMS

• Event Stores

• Content stores

A few of the technologies we will explore are

• Cassandra

• Amazon DynamoDB

• MongoDB, HBase

• REDIS, MemcacheDB,

• RDF / SPARQL

• Graph Databases, Neo4J

• CockroachDB

This talk is ideal for the following roles:

• Architects

• Technical Leads

• Programers

• Integration Architects

• Solution Architects

Designing Well Architected Framework Workshop - Deep Dive

9:00 AM MDT

Secure, Efficient, Resilient, High-performing, Sustainable, and Cost-effective

Are your applications well-architected? This talk will explore the best practices for operational excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, and cost optimization. Think of systems and services which provide business values. Do you know if all of these services are well-architected? You will learn how to create mechanisms, a repeatable process that allows you to improve over time. We will explore the best practices using real-world examples to make them more concrete and actionable.

Well-Architected helps cloud architects build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructure for various applications and workloads. They are built around six pillars—operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability.

Join expert Rohit Bhardwaj to gain the knowledge and skills you need to solve current cloud implementation problems.

What you'll learn — and how you can apply it
By the end of this live, hands-on, online course, you'll understand the following:

– How to create responsive, maintainable, extensible architecture

– How to manage identities for people and machines and understand the significance of role-based, service-based, and attribute-based access

– How to design network topology and protect your network resources

– How to design interactions in a distributed system to prevent failures and improve performance and resiliency

– How to select the best-performing architecture and choose performant storage and databases

– How to manage demand and supply resources

– How to take advantage of user behavior patterns to support your sustainability goals

Topics covered:

Design Principles

– Scaling patterns

– Architecture Design Principles

– Capacity calculations

– Impact of data on design decisions

– Shared Responsibility Model

Reliability

– Resilient Architecture principles

– Herds of complex real-time distributed systems

– Hands-on Exercises / Case Studies

– Blast radius- fault isolation to protect your workload

– Availability patterns

– Recovery Point Objective and Recovery Time Objectives

– Data backup data patterns

– Routing Strategies

– Service quotas and constraints

– Design your workload service architecture

– Failure management in a distributed system

– Monitoring workload resources

– Calculating the response times

– Fallacies of Distributed Systems

– Testing reliability

– Cost Optimization

– Design cost-optimized storage

– Cost-optimized compute

– Data transfer costs

– Manage demand and supply resources

– Hands-on Exercises / Case Studies

Sustainability
– User behavior patterns

– Data access and usage patterns

– Development and deployment processes

– Hands-on Exercises / Case Studies

Performance Efficiency
– Select the best-performing architecture

– Choosing performant storage and databases?

– No-SQL for performance

– Caching strategies

– DOS attacks

– Tradeoffs to improve performance

– Evolving your workload

– Handle skewed data

– CDN networks like Cloudfront to solve the caching requirements for static and Dynamic
contents

– Monitor and set alarms for performance and network issues

– Hands-on Exercises / Case Studies

Operational Excellence
– Principles for Perform Operation Infrastructure as code

– Annotate Documentation - PlayBooks - Part of code

– Create Runbooks - Server down

– Capture failures and analyze them using Events and Real-Time Actions

– KPIs for cloud dashboard

– Incidence response - Root Cause Analysis

– Hands-on Exercises / Case Studies

Security, Privacy, and Compliance
– Manage identities for people and machines

– Identify Access Management

 Role-Based, Service-Based, and Attribute-Based Access

– Securely operate your workload.

– Detect and investigate security events

– Web Application Firewall

– Virtual Private Cloud - design network topology

– Protecting your network resources

– Bastion Hosts

– Data classification

– Protecting data in Transit

– Protecting data at Rest

Hands-on Exercises / Case Studies

Designing Well Architected Framework Workshop - Deep Dive

11:00 AM MDT

Secure, Efficient, Resilient, High-performing, Sustainable, and Cost-effective

Are your applications well-architected? This talk will explore the best practices for operational excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, and cost optimization. Think of systems and services which provide business values. Do you know if all of these services are well-architected? You will learn how to create mechanisms, a repeatable process that allows you to improve over time. We will explore the best practices using real-world examples to make them more concrete and actionable.

Well-Architected helps cloud architects build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructure for various applications and workloads. They are built around six pillars—operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability.

Join expert Rohit Bhardwaj to gain the knowledge and skills you need to solve current cloud implementation problems.

What you'll learn — and how you can apply it
By the end of this live, hands-on, online course, you'll understand the following:

– How to create responsive, maintainable, extensible architecture

– How to manage identities for people and machines and understand the significance of role-based, service-based, and attribute-based access

– How to design network topology and protect your network resources

– How to design interactions in a distributed system to prevent failures and improve performance and resiliency

– How to select the best-performing architecture and choose performant storage and databases

– How to manage demand and supply resources

– How to take advantage of user behavior patterns to support your sustainability goals

Topics covered:

Design Principles

– Scaling patterns

– Architecture Design Principles

– Capacity calculations

– Impact of data on design decisions

– Shared Responsibility Model

Reliability

– Resilient Architecture principles

– Herds of complex real-time distributed systems

– Hands-on Exercises / Case Studies

– Blast radius- fault isolation to protect your workload

– Availability patterns

– Recovery Point Objective and Recovery Time Objectives

– Data backup data patterns

– Routing Strategies

– Service quotas and constraints

– Design your workload service architecture

– Failure management in a distributed system

– Monitoring workload resources

– Calculating the response times

– Fallacies of Distributed Systems

– Testing reliability

– Cost Optimization

– Design cost-optimized storage

– Cost-optimized compute

– Data transfer costs

– Manage demand and supply resources

– Hands-on Exercises / Case Studies

Sustainability
– User behavior patterns

– Data access and usage patterns

– Development and deployment processes

– Hands-on Exercises / Case Studies

Performance Efficiency
– Select the best-performing architecture

– Choosing performant storage and databases?

– No-SQL for performance

– Caching strategies

– DOS attacks

– Tradeoffs to improve performance

– Evolving your workload

– Handle skewed data

– CDN networks like Cloudfront to solve the caching requirements for static and Dynamic
contents

– Monitor and set alarms for performance and network issues

– Hands-on Exercises / Case Studies

Operational Excellence
– Principles for Perform Operation Infrastructure as code

– Annotate Documentation - PlayBooks - Part of code

– Create Runbooks - Server down

– Capture failures and analyze them using Events and Real-Time Actions

– KPIs for cloud dashboard

– Incidence response - Root Cause Analysis

– Hands-on Exercises / Case Studies

Security, Privacy, and Compliance
– Manage identities for people and machines

– Identify Access Management

 Role-Based, Service-Based, and Attribute-Based Access

– Securely operate your workload.

– Detect and investigate security events

– Web Application Firewall

– Virtual Private Cloud - design network topology

– Protecting your network resources

– Bastion Hosts

– Data classification

– Protecting data in Transit

– Protecting data at Rest

Hands-on Exercises / Case Studies

DevSecOps Productivity: Driving Security with Ethical Hacking & OWASP Top 10 for Apps, APIs, LLMs, and Mobile

1:30 PM MDT

As a software architect, you're at the forefront of building scalable, secure, and resilient systems that drive innovation while safeguarding critical digital assets. This workshop is designed to equip you with actionable strategies, cutting-edge tools, and deep technical insights into embedding security into every phase of the software development lifecycle.
In this immersive, hands-on session, we will explore how to elevate your DevSecOps practices to meet the challenges of today’s evolving threat landscape while ensuring productivity and operational excellence.

What You'll Learn:

• Integrating Security into CI/CD Pipelines:
Discover how to build efficient, secure workflows that empower teams to deliver faster without compromising security. Learn to implement security gates and automate vulnerability detection with tools like SAST, DAST, and dependency scanning.
• Tracking Metrics for Success:
Understand key DevSecOps metrics such as lead time, deployment frequency, mean-time-to-recover (MTTR), and change fail rate. Learn how observability tools provide actionable insights to optimize performance and reliability.
• Proactive Security with Ethical Hacking:
Dive into penetration testing and simulate real-world attacks to uncover vulnerabilities in your systems before attackers do. Get hands-on with industry-standard tools such as OWASP ZAP.
• OWASP Top 10 for Applications, APIs, LLMs, and Mobile:
  • Applications: Learn to identify and mitigate risks such as injection flaws, broken authentication, and misconfigurations.
  • APIs: Secure APIs with best practices for authorization, schema validation, and rate limiting to combat vulnerabilities like excessive data exposure.
  • LLMs: Explore unique challenges in securing Large Language Models (AI-driven applications), including prompt injection and data leakage.
  • Mobile: Address mobile app vulnerabilities such as insecure storage and transport layer protection, ensuring your applications are robust across platforms.
• Aligning Security with Business Outcomes:
Bridge the gap between technical practices and business goals by aligning DevSecOps with operational KPIs. Demonstrate how secure development drives measurable business value, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence.

Why You Should Attend:

• Hands-On Experience: Participate in live demonstrations of vulnerabilities, attacks, and their mitigation across applications, APIs, LLMs, and mobile systems.
• Cutting-Edge Tools and Techniques: Gain exposure to the latest tools and practices in CI/CD, ethical hacking, and observability.
• Business-Driven Approach: Learn how to connect DevSecOps efforts to organizational success, making security an enabler of productivity.
• Collaborate with Experts: Engage with peers and experts to discuss real-world challenges and share actionable solutions.

Who Should Attend:
This workshop is ideal for:

• Software Architects seeking to embed security into every layer of system design.
• Senior Developers striving to deliver secure, high-performing applications.
• Technical Leads responsible for ensuring compliance and operational excellence in development pipelines.

Join us for this transformative session to gain the skills and knowledge necessary to design secure, scalable, and resilient systems that protect your organization and enable innovation.

Salient Points Architects Will Learn in This Talk

• Shift-Left Security: Embed security early in the CI/CD process to catch and resolve vulnerabilities proactively.
• Key DevSecOps Metrics: Track and optimize lead time, deployment frequency, MTTR, and change fail rate for operational excellence.
• Ethical Hacking: Learn how to simulate real-world attacks to identify and fix vulnerabilities before they become threats.
• OWASP Top 10 Insights: Gain actionable strategies to mitigate risks across applications, APIs, LLMs, and mobile platforms.
• API Security Best Practices: Implement schema validation, token-based authentication, and rate limiting to safeguard APIs.
• AI Security for LLMs: Address unique vulnerabilities in Large Language Models, including prompt injection and data leakage.
• Mobile App Security: Protect mobile systems from insecure data storage and transport vulnerabilities using OWASP Mobile Top 10.
• Business Alignment: Connect DevSecOps practices to measurable business KPIs, demonstrating security’s value in driving success.

This session is a must-attend for architects aiming to design secure, scalable systems while staying ahead in the rapidly evolving security landscape.

10x Peak Productivity & Innovation: Elevating Software Craftsmanship

3:15 PM MDT

This talk is designed to catapult your productivity, enhance your emotional intelligence, and refine your problem-solving skills. This talk is not just a series of presentations; it's a transformative experience tailored for the ambitious software developer and architect seeking to leave a mark in the fast-paced world of technology.

Dive into the essence of developer and architect productivity, where we unravel the secrets to optimizing your workflow and leveraging your skills for maximum impact. Discover the “24 Hours Instant Happiness” principle, a proven strategy to inject a dose of joy into your daily routine, fostering a positive work environment and personal life.

“Maximizing Your Impact” takes you deeper into the realm of influence, equipping you with the tools to excel in your projects and inspire those around you. Through “Effective Communication” and the intriguing “Mirror Technique,” learn how to build rapport, foster collaboration, and lead with empathy, amplifying your charisma in all professional interactions.

As we delve into the core of success, “Emotional Intelligence is 85% of Success” highlights the paramount importance of self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills in achieving your goals. The “6 Phase Meditation Approach” and “Day Launcher” sessions are designed to refine your focus, creativity, and emotional stability, setting a solid foundation for a productive day ahead.

The inclusion of “Empathy Maps” and “IDEO Case Studies” offers a practical lens through which to view user-centric design and innovation. At the same time, the “SCAMPER Technique” provides a creative framework for problem-solving, ensuring you're equipped to tackle challenges with agility and inventiveness.

Elevate your productivity to new heights with “5 Choices for Super Productivity,” a comprehensive guide to prioritizing effectively, embracing extraordinary outcomes, and mastering your technology. Learn the art of “Managing Energy, Not Time,” a paradigm shift that promises to enhance your efficiency and job satisfaction.

As the talk culminates, “The Paradox of Choice” and the latest “Technology Trends to Focus On” prepare you to navigate the complexities of the modern tech landscape with confidence and curiosity.

This masterclass is more than just a talk; it's an invitation to transform how you work, lead, and innovate. Join us to unlock your full potential and reshape your future in software development and architecture. Whether you're looking to boost your productivity, enhance your emotional intelligence, or simply find more joy in your work, this talk is your gateway to a more fulfilling career and life.

Developers and Architects are designers, problem solvers, and innovative, creative artists. Software design is an art that requires both left and right brains to be active so you can understand what customers need. Next, we will explore habits and tools to plan, learn, research, organize, teach, develop, mentor, and architect.

Agenda
Enhancing Productivity and Personal Growth
– Developer and Architect Productivity
Strategies for improving daily workflow and efficiency in software development and architecture.

– 24 Hours Instant Happiness
Quick wins for boosting morale and happiness within the team and personal life.

– Maximizing Your Impact
Techniques to increase your influence and contributions in projects and teams.

– Effective Communication
Importance of clear communication and the Mirror Technique to improve understanding and rapport.

– Increasing Charisma
Tips for becoming more charismatic and influential in professional settings.
Building Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness

– Emotional Intelligence is 85% of Success
Discussing the critical role of emotional intelligence in achieving professional success.

– 6-Phase Meditation Approach
Introducing a meditation technique to enhance focus, creativity, and emotional stability.

– Day Launcher
A strategy to start your day with intention and focus, setting the tone for productivity and success.

– Empathy Map
Utilizing empathy maps to better understand user needs and enhance team collaboration.

– IDEO Case Studies
Examining case studies from IDEO to illustrate successful applications of empathy in design.

– Understanding a Problem with SCAMPER Technique
Exploring the SCAMPER technique to creatively solve problems and innovate solutions.
Strategies for Super Productivity

– 5 Choices for Super Productivity
Detailed strategies for enhancing productivity by prioritizing important tasks, aiming for extraordinary outcomes, scheduling priorities (“big rocks”), mastering technology use, and maintaining energy levels.

– Managing Energy, Not Time
Shifting focus from time management to energy management to maximize productivity and well-being.

– Increasing Frequency to Do What You Want
Techniques to align daily actions with personal and professional goals more effectively.

– The Paradox of Choice
Understanding how reducing options can lead to increased satisfaction and productivity.

– Technology Trends to Focus On
Highlighting current technology trends that developers and architects should be aware of to stay ahead in their field.

Top Algorithms for Performance and Efficiency

8:30 AM MDT

We are all proud of being the best coders, but have we analyzed our code for optimization? What tools can help us guide toward creating algorithms with better time and space complexity?

How you approach a problem is critical. How do you solve the problem? How do you optimize the problem?

This talk will not only prepare you for the interviews but will also give confidence on how to crack the coding challenges.

In this talk, we will be exploring analytical skills and coding skills of the top algorithms and common problems from the real-world, including

• Single Source Shortest Paths

• Traveling Salesman problems

• Pattern Search Algorithms

• Greedy Algorithms

• KnapSack problem

• Priority queue

Problem-solving skills are valuable and help develop optimal algorithms. We will look at problem-solving flow charts to make the right decisions for a given problem.

Topics we will cover are:

• Arrays and Strings - Palindrome permutations

• Linked Lists - Runner technique, Recursions

• Stacks and queues

• Trees and Graphs - Binary Tree, Binary Search Tree, Tries

• Sorting and Searching

• Single-Source Shortest Paths: Bellman-Ford, BFS, DFS, Dijkstra, Dynamic Programming

This talk is ideal for the following roles:

• Architects

• Technical Leads

• Programers

• Integration Architects

• Solution Architects

Top Algorithms for Performance and Efficiency

10:30 AM MDT

We are all proud of being the best coders, but have we analyzed our code for optimization? What tools can help us guide toward creating algorithms with better time and space complexity?

How you approach a problem is critical. How do you solve the problem? How do you optimize the problem?

This talk will not only prepare you for the interviews but will also give confidence on how to crack the coding challenges.

In this talk, we will be exploring analytical skills and coding skills of the top algorithms and common problems from the real-world, including

• Single Source Shortest Paths

• Traveling Salesman problems

• Pattern Search Algorithms

• Greedy Algorithms

• KnapSack problem

• Priority queue

Problem-solving skills are valuable and help develop optimal algorithms. We will look at problem-solving flow charts to make the right decisions for a given problem.

Topics we will cover are:

• Arrays and Strings - Palindrome permutations

• Linked Lists - Runner technique, Recursions

• Stacks and queues

• Trees and Graphs - Binary Tree, Binary Search Tree, Tries

• Sorting and Searching

• Single-Source Shortest Paths: Bellman-Ford, BFS, DFS, Dijkstra, Dynamic Programming

This talk is ideal for the following roles:

• Architects

• Technical Leads

• Programers

• Integration Architects

• Solution Architects