Software Is Details • Kevlin Henney • GOTO 2020

This presentation was recorded at GOTOpia Europe 2020. #GOTOcon #GOTOpia http://gotopia.eu Kevlin Henney - Editor of two books both including '97' in the title; excellent and entertaining on stage. One of our favorite quotes by Kevlin: "Less code = less bugs" @KevlinHenney ABSTRACT Whether it's about implementation or requirements, Kevlin suggests that the word detail is often used to indicate something is not important enough to worry about. The problem is that in software, the details matter because that's what software is: lots of details brought together in combination. If we don't focus on the details, we get debt, defects and delays [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:24 Quote Meir M Lehman 03:48 Quote Edsger W Dijkstra 05:40 Quote Peter Weinberger 05:51 Quote Marissa Mayer 06:51 Quote Will Gompertz 08:18 Software Architecture 10:42 Quote Grady Booch 14:29 Example: Google Maps Paris 16:40 Execution software architecture 17:58 Cloneable 22:21 Quote Tom Gilb 25:00 WordFriday 27:10 Quote Jack W Reeves 27:33 Quote Donald Knuth 28:15 Sort 34:06 Left-pad incident 37:17 Quote David Parnas 38:05 The world of code 40:06 Schiaparelli anomaly 42:26 Assumptions 45:35 Quote Neal Ford 48:24 Quote Robert M Pirsig Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotopia.eu/2020/sessions/1449/software-is-details Check out our upcoming masterclasses with Kevlin Henney here: https://bit.ly/3gCzaeW RECOMMENDED BOOKS 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 Henney, Buschmann & Schmidt • Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 5 • https://amzn.to/3GAPzN7 https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment #Details #Programming #KevlinHenney 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