What were they thinking?

Talk given at RubyConf AU 2019 in Melbourne.

Transcript

1. “What were they thinking?” Keith Pitty, RubyConf AU 2019
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16. How did the code get like that?
17. What was lacking?
18. Design?
20. 1. Tests pass 2. Expresses intent 3. No duplication (DRY) 4. Small
21. Refactoring?
23. Dependent on automated testing
24. 1. Tests pass ✅
25. 2. Improve design
26. 3. Others will thank us
27. Automated tests?
28. Confidence
29. TDD
30. Continuous Integration
31. Sufficient?
32. What else?
33. Up front design?
34. “Big design up front is dumb. Doing no design up front is even dumber.” — Dave Thomas (YOW! founder)
35. C4 model
36. Improving chances of success
37. Any up front design?
38. Review?
39. e.g. pull requests
40. Early opportunity
41. Temptation
42. Pressure
43. Balance?
44. Documentation?
45. Load testing?
46. Too hard?
47. Cumulative effect
49. Planned maintenance?
50. Schedule?
51. Budget?
52. Security patches?
53. Recent Rails release?
54. Reactive?
55. Technical oversight?
56. Sufficient weight?
57. Negotiation with business owner?
58. Sufficient?
59. Alternative?
60. What we neglected!
62. What else?
63. Be more disciplined
64. Explain better
65. Negotiating a better outcome
66. Potential pitfalls
67. Alternatives
68. Be positive
69. Goals?
70. Continuous Flow
73. Continuous “x”
74. Reflecting on Agile
75. Explore Agile’s essence
76. Heart of Agile
78. Be prepared to explain
79. Don’t try to win arguments!
82. Shared meaning
84. Practice
85. Relative ease
86. Challenge: Persuasion
87. It takes time
88. Patience
89. Persist
90. Consult
91. Keep learning
92. Communication
93. Endurance
97. 1. Be more disciplined
98. 2. Become more persuasive
99. References • “Understanding the 4 Rules of Simple Design” by Corey Haines • “Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code” by Martin Fowler • Simon Brown’s C4 model: https://c4model.com/ • Simon Brown - “Software Architecture for Developers” at YOW! 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1xLDzx7hgw • “#noprojects - A Culture of Continuous Value” by Evan Leybourn & Shane Hastie • “Continuous Digital - An agile alternative to projects for digital business” by Allan Kelly • Heart of Agile (Alistair Cockburn): https://heartofagile.com/ • Sandi Metz - “You are insufficiently persuasive” at RubyConf AU 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3k7tHll3RY • “Crucial Conversations - Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High” by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
100. Image credits • https://unsplash.com/photos/1K9T5YiZ2WU - Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash • https://unsplash.com/photos/-IMlv9Jlb24 - Photo by Sebastien Gabriel on Unsplash • https://unsplash.com/photos/aWJ-QqrSU_E - Photo by Harrison Broadbent on Unsplash • https://unsplash.com/photos/lu15z1m_KfM - Photo by Lili Popper on Unsplash • https://heartofagile.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/hero_graphic2.png - Image courtesy of Alistair Cockburn
101. Thanks for listening!