Christopher Harrison
Christopher is a long-time geek who's spent most of his career training, supporting, and upskilling developers. He's a web developer with passions from Python to DevOps to TypeScript to AI. In his current role as an Enterprise Advocate for GitHub, he seeks to help organizations improve their DevOps process and culture. When not found writing code, he can be found running, playing Civilization, or spending time with his partner and their four-legged child (a rescue mutt).
Montreal 2025 sessions
Shift left the right way to build secure software
English session - Intermediate
We keep hearing the mantra to shift left, to turn our developers into security experts, to reduce and eliminate vulnerabilities. Given the prevalence of old flaws being checked into new codebases, this approach clearly isn't working the way we want. What went wrong? Was the idea flawed? Let's talk about where we are, how we got here, and how we can shift left the right way.
Upskilling as a skill
English session - Beginner
One of the biggest challenges developers face is an ever-changing landscape. In the time it took for you to read this abstract 3 brand new frameworks will be launched. It can be daunting and cause of stress. Fortunately, learning new tech is a skill which can be learned. We'll walk through strategies which will allow you to quickly assimilate new tech.
