On Solving Problems

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1. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 On Solving Problems

2. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 Or, how the present can’t lead us वैश$पायन

   घोष (बीजी) CTO/Co-founder
 Helpshift, Inc. to our future

3. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 The problem Human Powered Flight

4. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 A centuries old puzzle… da Vinci’s Notebook

5. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 Paul MacCready

6. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 Paul MacCready Kremer Prize 1977

7. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 Paul MacCready Kremer Prize 1977 & 1979

8. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 The problem is, that we don’t understand the

   problem.

9. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 How is it done here?

10. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 Doghouse Pattern

11. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 x 100 {h=3, w=3, b=3} Let’s scale this,

    baby!

12. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 x 100 {h=3, w=3, b=3} Let’s scale this,

    baby!

13. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 x 100 {h=3, w=3, b=3} Let’s scale this,

    baby!

14. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 x 100 {h=3, w=3, b=3} It’s a feature!

    Let’s scale this, baby!

15. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 Functional Imperative Object Oriented Relational Yadda Yadda Our

    Programming Approach

16. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 Functional Imperative Object Oriented Relational Yadda Yadda Make

    and fix Our Programming Approach

17. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 Architecture n. the art or practice of designing

    structures

18. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 You’re here Where we stand today

19. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 Where we want to be You’re here

20. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 future = f(past)

21. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 B5000 Burroughs

22. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 B5000 Burroughs ca. 1961 Bob Barton

23. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 B5000 Burroughs ca. 1961 High level bytecode Automatic

    thread safety Capabilities Multiple processors Uncrashable(!) Bob Barton

24. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 Internet The

25. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 Internet The ca. 1983 Vint Cerf Bob Kahn

26. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 Internet The ca. 1983 Capable of organic evolution

    Upgrade, modify running system
 Never stopped since started Vint Cerf Bob Kahn

27. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 Lessons learnt Understand the problem Ignore history at

    your own risk Design should be a deliberate practice Our software need to support evolution

28. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 hack integrate test ship repeat

29. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 hack integrate test ship repeat Grow your software.

    Hell, yeah!

30. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 "We can't learn to see unless we realise

    we're blind!” — Alan Kay

31. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 Thank you! @ghoseb

32. 㔳䒭 䒉眠 λ