Engineering Luck: Essential and Accidental Complexity at GOJEK
summary
Distinguishes essential vs accidental complexity in software engineering and explains approaches to reduce accidental complexity while addressing core problems. Uses examples from GOJEK’s technical and organizational experience (scaling India operations and data engineering) to show practical mitigation strategies.
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- 0:00Start
- 0:10engineering luck
- 12:11this talk is about the complexity inherent in our abstract medium
- 20:06complexity breeds complexity
- 25:42choosing to use chat as a primary company communication tool
- 31:16essense vs accident help to
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