Expert Talk: Scaling Down Complexity in Software • James Lewis & Kevlin Henney • GOTO 2022

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James Lewis - Principal Consultant & Technical Director at Thoughtworks
Consultant, Programmer, Keynote Speaker, Technologist, Trainer & Writer @Kevlin Henney

DESCRIPTION
Software shares multiple similarities with living creatures. Embark on a journey with Kevlin Henney, an independent consultant & speaker, and James Lewis, consultant at Thoughtworks, to undercover some of the aspects that make producing software so complex from trending frameworks, that help you understand the human component, to its disposable aspect and the way it influences companies and solves real-world problems.

TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
03:12 Team Topologies
08:11 Breaking the silos
22:33 Diagrams in software
28:12 The disposable aspect of software
35:55 The half-life of companies, code & devs
40:58 Software is fractal
49:51 Outro

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