Tech Nottingham May - After the launch: the difficult teenage years
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Due to Government advice regarding COVID-19, we’re hosting our events remotely for the safety of all our staff, venue staff and community members. You can read more about our policy for COVID-19 here: https://www.technottingham.com/coronavirus.
We are really excited to welcome Anna Shipman who will be joining us and presenting a pre-recorded video of her talk via Zoom. You can join from your computer, phone or tablet - all you need is an internet connection.
Tonight's event is remote via Zoom, you can join using this link: https://nott.tech/tn-may-room
Meeting ID: 899 4752 6318
Password: unicorn
Full event description: https://www.technottingham.com/events/tech-nottingham-may-2020
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After the launch: the difficult teenage years
by Anna Shipman
When launching a new product to replace an old one, it’s easy to rally behind the mission and make good technical decisions. But once it’s launched, the vision is not so clear, corners cut to get the site live come back to bite, and things can very easily lose focus.
Based on my experience with the launch of two major sites (FT.com and GOV.UK) this talk is about how to bring things back on track.
- how to refresh the vision
- what to focus on in the tech strategy
- handling gnarly code that has grown unchecked
- making it easy to support
- protecting a DevOps culture when the business is unhappy
- tending a system that will live on, rather than be replaced again a few years down the line
About Anna
Anna Shipman is Technical Director for Customer Products at the Financial Times, leading on the award-winning FT.com website and the FT iPhone and Android apps.
She has been a software developer for over 15 years. Before working at the FT, she was a technical architect and the UK government's Open Source Lead at the Government Digital Service.
She speaks at conferences, blogs on her personal website, tweets and is always up for a game of pool.
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Full event details: https://www.technottingham.com/events/tech-nottingham-may-2020
Tech Nottingham May - After the launch: the difficult teenage years