Rendle - How Simple Is “As Simple As Possible?”

We've got an absolute belter of a talk today, from the fantastic Rendle (they/them).

How Simple Is “As Simple As Possible?”
Software engineering these days is out of control. Microservices and micro-frontends, modular monoliths, HTTP or gRPC APIs, messaging, event-driven, event-sourced... is it any wonder that projects run into trouble before they've even shipped anything? A good response to this is to say "we should keep things as simple as possible." But how simple is that? In this talk we'll look at some patterns, processes, tools and services; ask whether we NEED them; and if we do, find the simplest possible solution. We'll look at abstractions and where they do and don't belong. And you will learn how to say "we don't need that," or at least "we don't need that yet."

We're hosted by the fantastic folks at IO Associates, in Central Bristol who will be providing refreshments and the venue, and by Jetbrains who have vouchers for some awesome software!