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John S.
April 15, 2015
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Do Something Else
John S.
April 15, 2015
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Transcript
Do Something Else John Sutherland EdinburghJS, April 2015
@sneeu
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Probably short
Still no JavaScript!
A “soft–talk” about doing other things
Not web–audio
Why?
Computers are awful
Computers only do what you tell them
And talking to computers is hard
Other developers are jerks
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You 3 weeks ago is a jerk
You 8 years ago is a massive jerk
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“Bug compatible”
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Bugs all the way down
Any large system with bugs
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Go for a walk
Go home
Doing ♣ makes your ♠ better
Java & Ruby
Python & Clojure
Parenting & line–management
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Everything is terrible
… but
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Thanks