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Master-Builders Have Rich Conceptual Models of Software Design
George Fairbanks stresses the importance of having a good grasp of various conceptual models in order to be a master-builder, translated into development as “learn your software architecture”.
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Choose the "Right" Database and NewSQL: NoSQL Under Attack
Talk #1: Stefan Edlich suggests choosing a NoSQL DB after answering about 70 questions in 6 categories, and building a prototype. Talk #2: Edlich presents NewSQL solutions counteracting NoSQL.
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Keynote: The Value of Values
Rich Hickey compares value-oriented programming with place-oriented programming concluding that the time of imperative languages has passed and it is the time of functional programming.
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The Tactical and Strategic Art of Economic Models
Don Reinertsen outlines the need for using an economic model for development, explaining what that is emphasizing the cost of delay, how an economic model looks like, how to build and use one.
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How Would You Say That? Conversations for Double Loop Learning with Kanban
Benjamin Mitchell advices on carrying team conversations about information presented on Kanban boards helping members to change their thinking and acts in order to achieve evolutionary change.
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Design Never Stops: UX throughout Development
Adrian Howard addresses misconceptions that may affect the designer-developer relationship, detailing 6 principles helping UX designers better integrate into Agile teams.
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A Simple EventStore on both Amazon Web Services and Windows Azure
Yves Reynhout discusses event sourcing and storage, demoing implementing a conceptual event storage model on top of AWS Storage and Azure Storage Services.
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Mobile App Security Techniques and Traps
Graham Lee discusses designing, building and testing a secure mobile app, detailing several vulnerabilities that can be found in such apps and ways to deal with them.
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Fast, Easy Usability Tricks for Big Product Improvements
Chris Nodder shares tips for getting a product vision, a high-level design, and a plan for the first sprints of a new product in one week.
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Winning Hearts and Minds: Tips for Embedding User Experience in Your Organization
Michele Ide-Smith offers 17 tips for embedding UX into an organization by educating colleagues, persuading stake holders on its importance, and through collaboration.
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Stop Refactoring!
Nat Pryce considers that we cannot write the perfect code because it is never fully prepared for the coming change, so he suggests embracing impermanence & continual imperfection.
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It's about People - How Agile and UX Can Play Well Together
Johanna Kollmann shares practices for doing UX work in an agile environment where people-thinking is at the center of the team.