Stories Every Developer Should Know • Neal Ford • YOW! 2018

This presentation was recorded at YOW! Night 2018. #GOTOcon #YOW https://yowcon.com Neal Ford - Software Consultant at Thoughtworks & Co-Author of "Building Evolutionary Architectures @thoughtworks RESOURCES https://www.linkedin.com/in/neal-ford-6ba3721 https://twitter.com/neal4d https://nealford.com ABSTRACT Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. –George Santayana The past is never dead. It’s not even past. –William Faulkner Most developers pursue the Latest and Greatest with intense fervor, yet the history of engineering, including software projects, contains rich lessons that we risk repeating ad nauseam. This session recounts a variety of stories of projects that failed…and why. Ranging from the Vasa in 1628 to Knight Capital in 2012, each story tells of a mistaken interpretation of some architectural fundamental principle and the consequences–some good, some less so. I also look at the common threads for these stories, which resonates with problems many companies have but don’t realize. [...] RECOMMENDED BOOKS Ford, Parsons, Kua & Sadalage • Building Evolutionary Architectures 2nd Edition • https://amzn.to/3lqr5Q8 Ford, Richards, Sadalage & Dehghani • Software Architecture: The Hard Parts • https://amzn.to/3QeMgjR Mark Richards & Neal Ford • Fundamentals of Software Architecture • https://amzn.to/3wMBhoI Ford, Parsons & Kua • Building Evolutionary Architectures • https://amzn.to/3l0IOh2 Neal Ford • Functional Thinking • https://amzn.to/3l6ND8M Michael Feathers • Working Effectively with Legacy Code • https://amzn.to/3ZFQoMU Christian Clausen • Five Lines of Code • https://amzn.to/3s2zjyg https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #SoftwareArchitecture #SoftwareEngineering #EvolutionaryArchitecture #Connascence #Thoughtworks #Coupling #LooseCoupling #ComputerScience #NealFord #Programming #YOWcon 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