NIH Syndome - Pitfall or Paradise

DevOps Days Austin 2013

An Ignite presentation discussing options for (re)building vs. updating existing software solutions.

Transcript

1. NIH  Syndrome   Pi/all  or  Paradise     Jesse  Gonzalez   @sifusam  
2. Not  Invented  Here   In  programming,  it  is  also  common  to  refer  to   the  NIH  Syndrome  as  the  tendency  towards   reinven&ng  the  wheel  (reimplemenBng   something  that  is  already  available)  based  on   the  belief  that  in-­‐house  developments  are   inherently  beFer  suited,  more  secure  or  more   controlled  than  exisBng  implementaBons.  [1]     [1]  hFp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_invented_here    
3. I  SUFFER  FROM  NIH   I  can  build  it  beFer  :)  
4. MOTIVATION   Why  I  want  to  talk  to  you  about  NIH  
5. MOTIVATION   Why  I  want  to  talk  to  you  about  NIH  
6. EXCUSES   Wouldn’t  work  in  our  environment.  
7. EXCUSES   That  product  doesn’t  support  our  cloud.  
8. EXCUSES   The  documentaBon  sucks  or  does  not  exist.  
9. ruby  vs  python  vs  node  vs  …  
10. PITFALL  OR  PARADISE   Time  to  Deliver  
11. PITFALL  OR  PARADISE   Never  reach  MVP  
12. PITFALL  OR  PARADISE   DuplicaBon  of  effort  
13. PITFALL  OR  PARADISE   Improved  features  
14. PITFALL  OR  PARADISE   Open  source?  –  Community  support.  
15. PITFALL  OR  PARADISE   Ownership  and  Pride  
16. WHAT’S  THE  ANSWER   Weigh  your  opBons  
17. WHAT’S  THE  ANSWER   How  much  value  does  it  really  add   Can  you  get  community  momentum  behind  this  
18. WHAT’S  THE  ANSWER   Support  the  exisBng  community   Patch  Open  Source  projects  to  work  for  your  biz  
19. WHAT’S  THE  ANSWER   Take  the  opportunity  to  learn  that  new  language   Improve  broken  or  missing  documentaBon  
20. WORK  AT  RACKSPACE     We  are  Hiring!     jesse.gonzalez@rackspace.com   @sifusam