Mirror, Mirror on the Wall... Am I a Critical Thinker After All?
summary
A real failure is a single monolithic app that ends up using two ORMs in one monolith (Hibernate and Entity Framework), which forces duplicated entities and makes a simple query require one-hour analysis to query the database. The recommended remedy is a structured decision process: write solution-free problem statements, identify stakeholders and needs, generate diverse alternatives, list explicit assumptions, gather benchmarking and relevance data, score risks with a risk‑assessment matrix, and publish ADR/RFCs to collect organization-wide feedback before committing.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:35Session "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall... Am I a Critical Thinker After All?" by Laila Bougria
- 40:00Laila answers questions from the audience
- 44:06Outro
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