The Monster Coming Over The Hill
summary
Argues that the real value is software engineering practice not raw code, showing a drag‑and‑drop mendax app (presentation + persistence + microflow logic) and a working cloud deployment, but the demo VM fails; after that, two enterprise cases reveal repeatable problems: API connect deployments treat configuration as the deployment unit, nonprod environments leak security, and testing needs mock endpoints; cast iron work delivers 7–8 microservices in a week and forces custom tooling — mostly Python scripts plus SoapUI/Postman, HTTPBin and XML spine.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 0:50Agenda
- 5:16Coding is Dead
- 17:54The same old Buy vs Build argument?
- 20:30Antithesis - it's not all about code
- 22:38Reality case study - IBM API Connect
- 27:58Reality case study-Cast Iron
- 32:23The Real Value of Developers. Conclusion
