Espen Sande-Larsen

Norway

Bio

Espen Sande Larsen is a developer with over 20 years of experience. He has worked on everything from games to banking software and has a vastly diverse background.

He started out coding as a kid on the Commodore 64, dropped out of school at 17 to pursue his career, and has pounded out magical subroutines ever since. Espen knows a lot of programming languages and picks up new ones all the time. You can talk to him about anything from assembly language to JavaScript, either he has worked on the platform, or you just gave him a new weekend project.

Espen’s curiosity and wonder are borderline pathological, which is perfectly suited to his current role of investigating and exploring new technologies. When he isn’t coding away and building solutions, he enjoys building 3d printers, restoring old computers, reading and of course spending time with his wife and three kids.

My Talks

Back in the ring for another swing

Coding almost killed me - yet I keep doing it! So what was supposed to be the best year of my life, turned into the worst. Yet I survived, and I keep doing what I love - yet it almost cost me ever...

How Hacking Works

Let's get our hack on. Through this workshop we will learn how to get our hands on a toolbox, set up our environment, learn how exploits work and actually hack some systems!

It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock'n'roll!

This is a light-hearted reflection over years working as a developer. From the beginning as a quirky kid to my current position I have seen a lot. I will share quite openly successes, a lot of fail...

Let's make a game in the browser!

Ever wanted to know how to make a game? We will build a side-scrolling shooter or a space invaders clone, in JavaScript using the html5 canvas element. You will learn how to manipulate pixels, vect...

So you want to be a demoscener?

Let's dive into the sub-culture of the demoscene, and learn how we can use modern tools to create stunning effects on screen. We will leverage math as our paintbrush, and the computer screen our ca...

We invited the entire conference to hack the bank - Here is what we learned by doing it.

DNB Bank had a conference stand at NDC Oslo 2019. I built and presented a capture-the-flag hacking themed competition. This wasn't your average conference raffle - we set up real servers with real-...

When the rules don't apply anymore, the impossible becomes possible

The Norwegian compensation scheme, an unprecedented historic solution delivered at light speed, without compromising on quality and security. Used to distribute billions in financial aid to busines...

Who kicked the girls out?

The number of female software devs has gone through a rapid change over the last 75 years. From a staggering 99% down to 0! As of now, It has slowly risen to around 15%. Innovation was dominated b...

You can't do that with JavaScript!

So I wanted to know how much the JavaScript engines have evolved over the years since Netscape was a thing. So I was thinking, what rea the most ludicrous and stupid things to try and implement in ...