This is a keynote, first for DDD xChange 2021. Video: Keynote: The Best of Everything in DDD (Domain-Driven Design eXchange 2021) – YouTube Abstract In the last decade, I’ve journeyed through OOP, functional programming, TDD, microservices, DevOps, etc etc etc. They all have their crucial contributions to how we write software, but one stands at …
This was the closing keynote at the Last Conference, CodeBEAM in SF, March 7-8 2020. Avdi and I did it together (our first joint talk), and the audience laughed and also found insights. Abstract:The journey of a software developer is a climb through abstraction: algorithms, patterns, architecture….How do we keep expanding scope, without losing focus …
(originally titled: “On the Origins of Opera and the Future of Programming”) Blog write-up Abstract There’s a story to tell, about musicians, artists, philosophers, scientists, and then programmers. There’s a truth inside it that leads to a new view of work, that sees beauty in the painful complexity that is software development. Starting from The …
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Blog post: From Puzzles to Products Abstract What does it mean to grow from a new developer to a senior one? What is the difference between programs and software? I started my career solving puzzles in code. Then I added understanding about the business, and about running software in production, and about making that software …