Lightning Talks

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Argues that blockchain often fails cost‑benefit tests because partners and governance are missing, scaling is hard, smart contracts are immutable which makes versioning painful, identity is unresolved, and realistic deployment needs roughly 8 VMs / $2–3k/mo so only narrow domains like supply‑chain look sensible; shows how to build a GraphQL backend from scratch in minutes with Apollo Server (resolvers, nested queries/mutations, SQLite demo, whitelist/caching cautions); and demonstrates SPA workflows with ASP.NET Core plus NSwag TypeScript client and account linking for secure voice experiences.

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1. 0:00Why Blockchain doesn't make sense - Michael John Pena
2. 16:10Ask Alexa: How Developers Can Design Engaging Conversations with Voice - Azi Farjad
3. 29:30Build your own GraphQL server in 10 minutes - Ben Teese
4. 42:37Building Single Page Applications with ASP.NET Core 2.1 - Jason Taylor

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