Keynote: The Unfortunate Value of Failure
summary
Argues that failure is information not shame, showing Elm's actionable error that suggests fixes and contrasting token red stop-sign errors; demonstrates tool work: compilers, VMs and Closure Compiler research, a custom slideshow that nearly explodes live, and a game for No Quarter failed (controller broke) so it didn’t play; notes surprising scale examples (32-bit integers give a ~90‑digit state space) and calls for kinder feedback, richer error messages, and classrooms where live failure is teaching.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 4:48Possibility of Failure - Possibility of Surprise
- 18:23Programming - Always learning, always doing something new
- 27:20File? Line number? Description?
- 28:10Exploration 2 Predictability
- 30:29How do we make it easier to learn and explore?
- 32:11Teachers: fail in front of your students
