The Joy of Not-Scale Development

Abstract:

“At-scale” isn’t just a buzzword. For some it’s a goal: the pinnacle of modern software development. But unless you’re one of the handful of companies with global availability to millions of users, at-scale techniques are overly complex and what’s more, they’re not very joyful to work with. Microservices, CSS-in-JS and feature flags are all examples of ideas that warp software development at scale. This talk is a reminder that at-scale is not a pinnacle but just another destination on the map. There’s plenty of joy to be found in not-scale solutions too, and that’s okay.

Details:

This meetup will be held over Zoom at 6pm on October 8th. Dan will speak for around 45 minutes leaving 10-15 minutes at the end for Q&A.

About The Speaker:

Daniel Irvine is an independent software consultant. He helps teams refactor their codebases into smaller, simpler, more elegant solutions, using TDD and XP practises. He’s the author of Mastering React Test-Driven Development and co-founded the Queer Code London Meetup. He lives in London and when he’s not coding he’ll be practising yoga or playing Fall Guys.