"The Curse of Knowledge: Et tu, D?" by Adam Wilson

Abstract

The Curse of Knowledge is a cognitive bias where a highly skilled person unknowingly assumes that others have the required background to understand a given topic. But what happens when a group of intelligent, like-minded, software engineers design a library? This talk will compare and contrast library designs with an emphasis on how we can use the power of D to improve the usability of our libraries. This exploration of library design will culminate in a discussion of how well designed libraries can be used to rapidly construct the services that businesses rely on and capture mind-share for D in the process.

Adam Wilson is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft working on a large scale analytics service for Office 365. He has over 18 years of experience writing code in a plethora of languages, but has focused on C++, C#, and of course D. Adam also holds a Computer Game Development Certificate from Edmonds Community College which he earned in 2007. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his wife, reading science-fiction, flying light aircraft, and hacking on D code.