Move Slow and Mend Things

This talk examines the costs of prioritizing speed in software development and argues for sustainable pace, sound direction, and responsibility for software quality. It considers how teams learn, collaborate, test, refactor, and approach architecture.

Syllabus

Introduction
Speed is not helpful
Doodleloops
Software Engineering
Design Process
Refactoring
What is code
codified knowledge
gathering of knowledge
learning
communication
software architecture
group intelligence
collective intelligence
Wisdom of crowds
Speed and scale
Craft vs Enterprise
Its simple thought experiment
Head This Way
JavaScript
Typing is not the bottleneck
Move fast and break things
Context matters
Kevlin Any Screen
ExoMars Lander
Gizmodo
Simple Testing
Christmas is Coming
Always Designers Think
Emotional Contagion
Conclusion