Optimizing Code for Reduced Cost of Change

In modern software development, the cost of maintaining and adapting software often surpasses the initial development expenses. Successful software products have lifespans of decades, requiring continuous evolution to meet customer needs, fix defects, and stay competitive. This workshop explores strategies to minimize the long-term cost of change in software projects.

Dominik Berner is a software engineer, blogger and conference speaker with 20 years of professional software development under his belt. He codes mainly in C++ and has worked on many software projects, from writing bleeding edge software for surgical simulators in a startup, over maintaining large legacy platforms for large corporations in the MedTech industry to creating IoT solutions for companies in between. He beliefs that well designed and maintained build environments are one of the key elements to enable teams to write software efficiently and excel at creating quality software.