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Pierre GOUDJO
December 30, 2021
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Boring Technologies
We are drowning ourselves in complex software. Time to rethink our technology stack
Pierre GOUDJO
December 30, 2021
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Transcript
Pierre Goudjo Boring Technologies
Let’s start with an obvious, indisputable truth
So ft ware is eating the world Marc Andreessen
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There is also a reality nobody likes facing
Nobody likes dealing with legacy code
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Why?
Truth is, most business so ft wares are not that
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The original code wasn’t written to cope with changes, making
updates very di ff i cult
How do we turn devs from
How do we turn devs from
How do we turn devs from
How do we turn devs from
By alleviating complexity
There are two root causes of so ft ware complexities
Complexity inherent to your domain Essential complexity
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Complexity due to the platforms and tools you are using
or depend on Accidental complexity
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There is no silver bullet to alleviate complexity
But you can,
1 Embrace your domain complexity
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2 Keep that accidental complexity in check
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3 Carefully select your dependencies
Choose Boring Technologies™
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Tools that get the least in your way of achieving
business goals
Boring ≠ Bad
Simple - Proven - Reliable
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So we can’t have fun anymore?
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@pierregoudjo The End