DevFest 2025: Innovation & Impact

Summary: In the DevFest 2025 brainstorming session, Ashvija Vijayendra invited participants to propose new features, workshops, and experiences for the upcoming event. Habibulah Hammad suggested a hands-on ethical hacking lab focused on cybersecurity and ethical hacking techniques. Simanta Raj Sarma expressed interest in sessions about engineering solutions at scale, citing an example of Zerodha's work with massive PostgreSQL tables. Ayan Nawchoo requested workshops on deep learning and discussions about its future prospects, while Abhay Kumar inquired about the possibility for outsiders to join the event, to which Simanta Raj Sarma confirmed that outsiders can indeed attend.

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Welcome to the brainstorming session for DevFest 2025!

As we look forward to this year's biggest developer festival, we want to hear from you and your innovative ideas. What new features, workshops, or experiences would you like to see this time? How could these additions make a positive impact on your personal or professional growth? Share your thoughts on technologies or topics that you believe should be highlighted, or any unique networking opportunities you wish to explore. This is your chance to influence the event's offerings and make it more aligned with the community's needs. Let's shape DevFest 2025 together for maximum impact and learning!

5 comments

Habibulah Hammad

10 months, 1 week ago

Hands-on Ethical Hacking Lab a live workshop where participants can learn about cybersecurity, penetration testing, and ethical hacking techniques in a safe environment.

Simanta Raj Sarma

10 months, 1 week ago

I’d love to see more sessions on real engineering stuff — like “How X handles X million users!” I know we might not have mentors with that kind of scale experience yet, but those topics seriously fascinate me! I love watching deep dives into engineering problems and their insane solutions.

For example, Zerodha handles 7M+ PostgreSQL tables per day — not rows, tables! They can’t just run a DROP TABLE because it’d choke the DB, so they literally swap out the hard drive instead. That kind of out-of-the-box thinking at scale blows my mind!