In the “time flies” category, it’s been over four years since I announced the release of Developer Hegemony. So I suppose it’s old enough that I need to start giving it away for free, right? Like the way really old books and classical music are somehow free? I’m pretty sure that’s how it works, but,…
If you’ve followed me for years (and you read the title), you’re probably thinking, “Erik, you hypocrite.” But let’s not confuse everyone else with inside baseball just yet. There will be plenty of time to get into why I called them “junior developers” in spite of really disliking that term. So give me the rope…
Why the Dev Tools Market is Designed to Confuse You, 4:00 Pacific This is a talk by Chris Riley, of Splunk. And it starts off with a great hook, which is “dev tools market is really confusing.” It’s so confusing, in fact, that here’s a screenshot of the tools available for you to choose from:…
Keynote: Launch Darkly, What Developers Need to Know, 6:00 Pacific Journalist TC Currie interviews Edith Harbaugh, CEO and Cofounder of LaunchDarkly. Let’s talk feature flags and testing in production! The recent Iowa Caucus debacle made for a good segue into the subject of production software testing. TC Currie introduced the topic that way and talked…
This year, I’ve become increasingly acquainted with the DEV platform. It’s a refreshingly positive oasis in the large sea of angry Reddit commenters and “well actually” connoisseurs that is the broader software world. One interesting facet of this community is that it seems pretty beginner-heavy. I regularly see posts written by and for industry newbies. …
