Typing Is Not The Bottleneck • Damian Maclennan • YOW! 2019

This presentation was recorded at YOW! 2019. #GOTOcon #YOW https://yowcon.com Damian Maclennan - Consultant CTO @damianmaclennan9856 RESOURCES https://damianm.com https://mastodon.social/@damianm https://bsky.app/profile/damianm.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/damianmaclennan https://instagram.com/damianmaclennan https://twitter.com/DamianM ABSTRACT What does good enough look like right now for your product, team, or project? Are you investing in features you think you’ll need in the future because going back and changing things is too hard? As individuals and as teams, we often deliberate for days (or longer) on the perfect solution, because we can’t decide on the “right way” to build something. However, typing code is rarely the slowest part of delivering software. We also often get caught by surprise near the end of a project by things we didn’t anticipate. Too often the lesson we learn from this is to spend longer analysing requirements and design. This talk will explore how optimising for learning, and having a bias for action will help you iterate towards a better solution faster. Damian will discuss some concrete patterns, techniques, and strategies that software teams can take to get working software in the hands of users earlier, and help you build the right thing. [...] RECOMMENDED BOOKS Hillel Wayne • Practical TLA+ • https://amzn.to/45UcEGP Alex Cowan • Hypothesis-Driven Development • https://amzn.to/43TvH2x Kevlin Henney • 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know • https://amzn.to/2Yahf9U Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies • http://amzn.to/3sVLyLQ Donald G. Reinertsen • The Principles of Product Development Flow • https://amzn.to/3hJ2Ye2 https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #CTO #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareTechnology #DamianMaclennan #YOWcon Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1