Simplicity & Complexity: The Beauty & the Beast? • Sander Hoogendoorn & Kevlin Henney • GOTO 2022

This interview was recorded at GOTO Amsterdam for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscripted #GOTOams https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/simplicity-and-complexity-the-beauty-and-the-beast Sander Hoogendoorn - CTO at iBood.com @aahoogendoorn Kevlin Henney - Consultant, Programmer, Keynote Speaker, Technologist, Trainer & Writer @KevlinHenney DESCRIPTION In most cases, there is more than one way to solve a problem. Based on our evolution, however, we are tempted to solve problems by adding features, code, and complexity. There is an alternative to that, though. Kevlin Henney and Sander Hoogendoorn discuss these attempts in this GOTO Unscripted episode recorded at GOTO Amsterdam 2022. A good starting point is to reevaluate the way in which we do things and try to eliminate the complexity that software developers are attracted to. TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 02:27 Complexity 07:39 Simple code, simple life 14:10 The most important question 19:38 Software journey vs project 26:50 A “what-if” world vs the alternative 30:32 Monads 38:34 Return statements 43:18 Outro RECOMMENDED BOOKS Sander Hoogendoorn • This is Agile • https://amzn.to/3DkDyfr Kevlin Henney & Trisha Gee • 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know • https://amzn.to/3kiTwJJ Kevlin Henney • 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know • https://amzn.to/2Yahf9U Henney & Monson-Haefel • 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know • https://amzn.to/3pZuHsQ Gerald M. Weinberg • Becoming a Technical Leader • https://amzn.to/3xn87NG Lee, Wickens, Liu & Boyle • Designing for People • https://amzn.to/313ovpi Sam Newman • Monolith to Microservices • https://amzn.to/2Nml96E Ronnie Mitra & Irakli Nadareishvili • Microservices: Up and Running • https://amzn.to/3c4HmmL https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Complexity #Simplicity #Cynefin #Monads #Agility #Microservices #SmallvsBig #DigitalTransformation #MicroservicesArchitecture #SoftwareEngineering #SanderHoogendoorn #KevlinHenney #Programming #Tech #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareTechnology 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