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Josep M. Bach (Txus)
May 08, 2014
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Revolver - programmers are expendable
Lightning talk given at Ruby User Group Berlin.
Josep M. Bach (Txus)
May 08, 2014
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Transcript
REVOLVER programmers are expendable 8. May 2014 Ruby User Group
Berlin (Lightning Talk)
txus /t∫us/
unemployed
https://www.flickr.com/photos/leecullivan/161601970 Bubbly Venture Capital I need your company
0 100000 200000 300000 400000 A while back Earlier Now
Very soon programmer wages
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
„we need to get rid of all the programmers“ „now
get to work“
2738965289346578236423234 82637849569283465923643 9487938478937498637498 82745924768934789373
program 1 program 2 program 3 program 4 1. determine
fitness
program 1 program 2 program 3 program 4 2. discard
unfit
program 1A program 3A program 4A 3. let the rest
breed with random mutations
???
program 3ABCDEFH2378 PROFIT!
None
„this is useless“ „a fistful of retarded monkeys could code
faster than this piece of sh*t“
„you’re fired“ „you better get going“
YOUR JOBS ARE SAFE
YOUR JOBS ARE SAFE FOR NOW
REVOLVER programmers are expendable txustice txus Thanks! https:/ /github.com/txus/revolver