KEYNOTE: Software development – learning to walk again
summary
A practical roadmap: an attempted 461 km route is scheduled for 19 days but the terrain and three big hills force replanning, including hitchhiking to skip segments and a lightweight tent rig that uses a walking stick as a pole and paracord to anchor it. Emphasis lands on deliberate discovery before coding, practicing tools until skilled, and using executable specs and tests to keep documentation honest — examples include 60,000 km of footpaths, cyber-dojo and Cucumber, and unit tests as documentation.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction and context
- 3:26Scope and planning
- 8:52Architecture and constraints
- 12:47Technology and tooling
- 17:21Practice and team learning
- 20:16Documentation strategies
- 26:26Estimation and planning
- 30:18Execution and pivoting
- 38:42Delivery and reflection
- 47:01Knowledge management
- 50:15Deliberate discovery
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