About
CodeDaze is a conference dedicated to code, design, development, and everything tech! We will explore the cutting edge tech, best practices, and all things that make our community awesome! Join us at the historic Buffalo Central Library in Downtown Buffalo, NY and become part of this revival of the art of technology!
At the first CodeDaze, we saw speakers touch on everything from emerging languages, to mental health in tech, to best design practices, to hardware and software interfaces. We expect Volume 2 to be even more exciting – don’t miss out!
SPEAKERS
Keynotes
Speakers
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Schedule
| Breakfast / Registration | 8:00 – 9:00 |
| Opening Comments | 9:00 – 9:15 |
| Keynote: Avdi Grimm | 9:15 – 10:00 |
| I fought the Code, and the Code Won | 10:10 – 10:45 |
| The Great Migration: From Monolith to SOA | 10:50 – 11:20 |
| Serverless Python & The Secret Origin of the Power Rangers | 11:30 – 12:05 |
| Lunch | 12:05 – 13:30 |
| A Little on Accessibility | 13:30 – 14:05 |
| We are 3000 Years Behind: Let’s Talk About Engineering Ethics | 14:05 – 14:40 |
| Break | 14:40 – 14:55 |
| A Droid’s Journey with mRuby & Go | 14:55 – 15:30 |
| Code Review is an Architectural Necessity | 15:35 – 16:10 |
| Alice’s Adventures in AI-land | 16:20 – 17:05 |
| Closing Comments | 17:05 – 17:15 |
| Breakfast / Registration | 8:00 – 9:00 |
| Opening Comments | 9:00 – 9:15 |
| Keynote: Emily Freeman | 9:15 – 10:00 |
| Title Pending | 10:10 – 10:45 |
| Testing Frameworks Aren’t Enough to Save You | 10:50 – 11:20 |
| You want to change the world? Start by taking responsibility | 11:30 – 12:05 |
| Lunch | 12:05 – 13:30 |
| A Primer on Functional Programming | 13:30 – 14:05 |
| Distributed by Design: A Feature, not a Bug | 14:05 – 14:40 |
| Break | 14:40 – 14:55 |
| Talking about Mental Health in Tech | 14:55 – 15:30 |
| Lessons in Ethical Development I Learned from Star Wars | 15:35 – 16:10 |
| What Can Computers Do? | 16:20 – 17:05 |
| Closing Comments | 17:05 – 17:15 |
Things to Do
in Buffalo
check out our curated list of fun activities for you and your fellow attendees.
Across from the Hotel Lafayette is the historic Downtown Branch of the Buffalo and Erie County Library, home of Mark Twain manuscripts, a rare book room, and a LaunchPad Maker Space.
Looking for a place to hang out and get some work done? Checkout CoWork Buffalo.
Are you more the artsy type? Take a look at both the Albright Knox, a modern art museum which happens to be right across the street from the Burchfield Penney Art Center.
Planning a trip to beautiful Niagara Falls? (and you should) you may want to head over to the Canadian side. If so, be sure to bring a passport as it will be necessary when returning to the US side.
Are you a burgeoning architecture buff? Be sure to catch both Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House Complex and Buffalo’s famous art deco City Hall.
FOr a walk on a beautiful day, there’s the Buffalo Naval Park and Canal Side, the Botanical Gardens, the Buffalo Zoo, and the famous Forest Lawn Cemetery.
And Buffalo has the best food and pubs you can imagine! We bet a few will want to check out anchor bar where wings were invented (NOTE: do not order Buffalo Wings! They’re called Chicken Wings). There’s also Fat Bob’s Smokehouse, Liberty Hound, The Allentown District of shops, pubs, and restaurants, and so much more!










