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Says conferences attract roughly 700 attendees and the real value is face to face exchange not slides, arguing that veterans come for people and novices for content. Claims empathy matters — empathy towards code and empathy towards users — and that treating programming as a creative medium leads to different designs. Emphasizes discovering solved problems across domains during conversations and encourages using code for expression beyond business apps.
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