Zbigniew Lukasiak at RIT++ 2012
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Description of experience building My Opera (Opera’s blog-focused social network) and a detailed case study of a late‑1990s project that collapsed after the team rewrote its entire architecture and changed programming language, turning a working release into prolonged rework. Covers concrete technical choices—moving from Python to Perl due to hiring constraints—consulting on SAP at Nestlé, and lessons showing how pragmatic tradeoffs (tool selection, scope creep, full rewrites) lead to predictable delays and rework.
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