How design happens at GitHub (ScotlandJS, 2014)

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May 10, 2014
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How design happens at GitHub (ScotlandJS, 2014)

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Coby Chapple

May 10, 2014
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    HOW DESIGN HAPPENS AT GITHUB ! cobyism — ScotlandJS 2014

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    @cobyism

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    DESIGN it happens

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    Pull Requests help settle arguments.

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    Pull Requests keep you grounded in reality.

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    Design happens in ...

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    Design here is real.

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    Design it once, not twice

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    Design here is always current.

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    Just commit.

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    big
 picture Focus on the first

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    Design happens with prototyping.

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    [ REDACTED ]

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    Design happens with lorem ipsum
 dolor sit amet.

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    Design happens with real data.

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    Design happens hidden behind feature flags.

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    def new_feature_enabled? … end

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    def new_feature_enabled? preview_features? end

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    def new_feature_enabled? preview_features? && team_access?(:some_team) end

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    def new_feature_enabled? true end

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    Beware of
 feature flags.

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    Dogfooding is powerful, but it has it’s limits.

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    Design happens with feedback.

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    Design happens with quantitative feedback.

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    Design happens with qualitative feedback.

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    Design is everyone’s responsibility.

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    Design often begins without any designer input.

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    Beware of design by committee.

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    Beware of
 drive-by comments.

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    Design should be an open process.

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    Open design is the future.

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    Open design is really hard.

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    Open design requires making at paradigm shift.

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    Open design means showing work early.

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    Open design means accepting imperfection.

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    Open design helps build empathy.

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    Open design means articulating design decisions.

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    Open design means sacrificing your pride.

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    Open design means trusting people.

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    Open design means being respectful.

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    Open design takes constant work.

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    Thanks! coby@github.com @cobyism