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The Art of Building Developer Tools, or When to Take the Plunge

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September 01, 2015
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Transcript

  1. The Art of Building Developer Tools

  2. The Art of Building Developer Tools Or: When to Take

    the Plunge

  3. Samuel Giddins Realm

  4. None

  5. LLVM I couldn’t do my job without it.

  6. None

  7. What do these projects, and countless others, have in common?

  8. None

  9. Developer Tools

  10. How we get from point A to point B. Every

    day.

  11. My Projects

  12. 4 Bundler 4 CocoaPods 4 Jazzy 4 Realm 4 RestKit

  13. Each is a different kind of tool

  14. How can I make these things?

  15. 1. Find something that’s missing from your workflow 2. Build

    it 3. Build it in such a way others can use it 4. Receive feedback 5. Ignore 70% of it 6. Have a thick skin 7. Keep on improving

  16. Is this something I want to do?

  17. Maybe Don’t rush into it. It’s a lot of work,

    and you won’t succeed unless it’s a project that makes you happy.

  18. Is there a real problem space here? Can someone in

    my position provide a solution?

  19. Think risk vs. reward. Think about access. Think about time.

  20. Does my experience leave me ready to solve this problem?

  21. 4 Is it general? 4 Is it in-depth? 4 Is

    it unavoidable?

  22. ! Great

  23. ! Great Go Forth and Build

  24. Samuel Giddins Realm @segiddins