A Brewer's Guide to Filtering out Complexity and... by Alan Ridlehoover and Fito von Zastrow Alfonso

Rocky Mountain Ruby 2024 - A Brewer's Guide to Filtering out Complexity and Churn by Alan Ridlehoover and Fito von Zastrow Alfonso Mechanical coffee machines are amazing! You drop in a coin, listen for the clink, make a selection, and the machine springs to life, hissing, clicking, and whirring. Then the complex mechanical ballet ends, splashing that glorious, aromatic liquid into the cup. Ah! C’est magnifique! There’s just one problem. Our customers also want soup! And, our machine is not extensible. So, we have a choice: we can add to the complexity of our machine by jamming in a new dispenser with each new request; or, we can pause to make our machine more extensible before development slows to a halt.