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Revolver - programmers are expendable

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May 08, 2014
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Revolver - programmers are expendable

Lightning talk given at Ruby User Group Berlin.

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May 08, 2014

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Transcript

  1. REVOLVER programmers are expendable 8. May 2014 Ruby User Group

    Berlin (Lightning Talk)

  2. txus /t∫us/

  3. unemployed

  4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/leecullivan/161601970 Bubbly Venture Capital I need your company

  5. 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 A while back Earlier Now

    Very soon programmer wages

  6. 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 A while back Earlier Now

    Very soon Power (in Ruby method calls/msec) Price (in EUR/1M Ruby method calls) computation power

  7. „we need to get rid of all the programmers“ „now

    get to work“

  8. 2738965289346578236423234 82637849569283465923643 9487938478937498637498 82745924768934789373

  9. program 1 program 2 program 3 program 4 1. determine

    fitness

  10. program 1 program 2 program 3 program 4 2. discard

    unfit

  11. program 1A program 3A program 4A 3. let the rest

    breed with random mutations

  12. ???

  13. program 3ABCDEFH2378 PROFIT!

  14. None

  15. „this is useless“ „a fistful of retarded monkeys could code

    faster than this piece of sh*t“

  16. „you’re fired“ „you better get going“

  17. YOUR JOBS ARE SAFE

  18. YOUR JOBS ARE SAFE FOR NOW

  19. REVOLVER programmers are expendable txustice txus Thanks! https:/ /github.com/txus/revolver