Keynote: I Can Write the Code But Getting Something Done Is Another Matter
summary
Company builds a schema caching service backed by a shared memcached shared cache and a client library so 70+ Shepherd ingesters stop hammering MySQL, demonstrably removing steady-state DB traffic in dogfood and enabling more horizontal scale. Production rollout uses a feature-flagged dual-path compare (LaunchDarkly) that runs old and new code, surfaces one remaining mismatch and steadily reduces false comparisons. A separate growth experiment reorders nav for new free teams, runs for a month, cuts “data sets” clicks and graduates to GA June 14.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00The first change
- 2:05Social consequences
- 3:28Technical vs social problems
- 5:30The schema caching project
- 8:30Before the coding starts
- 13:23Architecting for alignment
- 17:23Managing cognitive load
- 26:07Testing in production
- 31:11Shadow deploys
- 37:13System-level verification
- 42:41Nav bar reordering
- 47:13The whole product
- 54:02Hack week
- 56:58Expanding scope of care
- 1:03:04Becoming a symmeticist
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