On Solving Problems

In which I discuss progress and means of achieving it.

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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