Keynote - The Impermanence of Software
summary
Argument that software is ephemeral backed by examples and numbers: a Rails 3→4 upgrade that actually takes 20 work days, a startup that shipped a responsive email stack plus an iPhone app then folded, a reimplementation of MailChimp inside a company that later laid off >50% engineering and ~80% design, and the count of hours-as-pixels visualized against 28 hours of Marvel films and a 64‑year lifespan. Emphasis on what was built, what failed, and why people and process mattered more than preserved code.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 2:31Who Am I
- 7:54The Secret of Monkey Island
- 15:49What Have We Learned
- 19:47Alan Watts
- 23:50Self-Actualization
- 31:39What Are You Doing with Your Privilege
