Better Tests at GitHub & Commodore 64 Music • Ole Friis Østergaard & Hannes Lowette • GOTO 2022

This interview was recorded at GOTO Aarhus for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscripted #GOTOaar http://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/209/better-tests-at-github-and-c64-music Ole Friis Østergaard - Senior Software Engineer at GitHub @olefriis Hannes Lowette - Head of Learning & Development at Axxes, Monolith Advocate, Speaker & Whiskey Lover @Belenar82 RESOURCES https://hanselminutes.com https://www.hvsc.c64.org DESCRIPTION The engineering culture, core functionalities and it’s monolithic architecture are just some of the factors behind GitHub’s success. Ole Friis Østergaard talks about the special division for analyzing tests that are not behaving as expected. In such a complex environment, their work has a big impact on the entire system. Discover how their engineering culture, approach to software overall, and some Commodore 64 love have inspired all this. TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:17 How GitHub treats flaky tests 09:30 Engineering culture at GitHub 11:35 For the love of Commodore 64 music 19:16 Simplicity in software now, then & in the future 23:24 GitHub's monolith & open-source 27:10 Outro RECOMMENDED BOOKS Saleem Siddiqui • Learning Test-Driven Development • https://amzn.to/35OMb3n David Farley • Modern Software Engineering • https://amzn.to/3GI468M Dave Farley & Jez Humble • Continuous Delivery • https://amzn.to/3ocIHwd Roy Osherove • The Art of Unit Testing • https://bit.ly/3obiKNB Kent Beck • Test Driven Development • https://amzn.to/36kchvd Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble & Gene Kim • Accelerate • https://amzn.to/367RI5o https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Testing #GitHub #TestingAtGitHub #C64 #Commodore64 #c64music #Commodore64music #c64games #HannesLowette #OleFriisØstergaard #EngineeringCulture #Monolith #Microservices CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join 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