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Barrett Clark
March 10, 2015
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"Good Enough"
The balance between learning and shipping all the things and all the other things.
Barrett Clark
March 10, 2015
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Transcript
“GOOD ENOUGH” @barrettclark
BALANCING Learning all the things Shipping all the things All
the other things
https://flic.kr/p/vA9XM
PREFERRED HTTP LIB? • Net::HTTP • HTTParty • Rest Client
• Faraday • Something Else
RUBY • Rails has 211 versions
github.com/barrettclark/gem-churn
RUBY • Rails has 211 versions • New MRI Ruby
every Christmas • Infrastructure • Webserver/App Server • Configuration Management/Containerization X215
JAVASCRIPT • Just Javascript • Prototype • jQuery • Ember,
Backbone, Angular, React, ???
https://flic.kr/p/9p2dBc
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop https://flic.kr/p/5N7qTG
MY STEAMROLLERS
STAY CURRENT
TOOLS Write the code. Deploy the code. Any code.
THAT PROJECT I can’t put it down. I dream about
it’s code.
MESSIAH COMPLEX This really boils down to trust doesn’t it?
COMPUTER SCIENCE? Nope, marketing degree here.
PRIVILEGE
https://flic.kr/p/83gHRE
I DON’T WANT TO BE “THAT GUY” • Bottleneck •
Unproductive • Slow • Difficult https://flic.kr/p/qx3Gjm
WHAT DO YOU DO?
SELF AWARE
https://flic.kr/p/fjTszB
@travelchewy
Trust diffuses worry https://flic.kr/p/98RydW
PRACTICE
Code Methodology Teamwork MVP
–Barrett Clark “I don’t know how this works”
THOSE VOICES HAUNT
LET IT GO
LET IT GO
https://flic.kr/p/64ccrt
FEED YOUR SOUL
None
None
HERE’S THE THING
WORK WILL STILL BE THERE
YOU’LL FIGURE IT OUT* *Probably
YOU DON’T HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT RIGHT NOW Tomorrow
is another day
FAILURE IS OKAY Really.
I STILL STRUGGLE WITH ALL OF THIS Confession
None
None
THANK YOU I hope this talk was good enough…