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In this OSCON presentation Michael Lopp, author of the blog Rands in Repose, takes a trip down memory lane to 1992, and brings a few lessons in software development back to the future. He discusses the well intentioned 'forces of evil' that can make us stray from the path of tight coding, and how, in software development, the small decisions are just as important as the bigger ones.
Lopp's alternative title for his presentation is 'R.I.P Borland', and he uses an old copy of Paradox, Borland's desktop database product, to raise some pertinent coding questions. When the entire Paradox application is less than half the file size of his keynote, are we, as developers, getting lazy? Are we becoming digitally in debt? Why should we clean up our code and what can prevent us from doing so?
Michael Lopp is a Silicon Valley-based engineering manager. When he’s not worrying about staying relevant, he writes about pens, bridges, people, and werewolves at the popular weblog, Rands in Repose. Michael wrote a book called “Managing Humans” which explains that while you might be rewarded for what you produce, you will only be successful because of your people.
Michael surfs in Northern California whenever he can because staying sane is a full time gig.
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