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

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted at GOTO Aarhus. gotopia.tech (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 (https://twitter.com/olefriis) - Senior Software Engineer at GitHub (https://github.com/) Hannes Lowette (https://twitter.com/hannes_lowette) - Head of Learning & Development at Axxes (https://www.axxes.com/en) , Monolith Advocate, Speaker & Whiskey Lover RESOURCES hanselminutes.com (https://hanselminutes.com) hvsc.c64.org (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. 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) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com) Twitter (https://twitter.com/GOTOcon) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/goto_con) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto-) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences) 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: gotopia.tech (https://gotopia.tech) SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL (https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1) - new videos posted daily!