Keynote – Kerri Miller

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Compares long-distance motorcycle rallies (1,000 miles in 24 hours; 11,000 miles over 11 days; 48 states in 10 days) to building ambitious software, arguing that complexity, subtle design bugs (the dwarves and cat vomit example) and emergent failures are inevitable and require plan B resiliency such as feature flags, tested reverts, and incremental launches. Uses LEDs vs incandescent traffic signals, the scientific method, maps vs territory, and Rails’ storytelling as concrete tools for deciding when to adopt or resist change.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:28Day Two
3. 1:25Slack Channels
4. 2:55Daily Schedule Slack Channel
5. 7:10Reminders
6. 9:55Carrie Miller
7. 11:28Housekeeping Notes
8. 11:47Keynote
9. 22:32Traffic Signals
10. 22:56Advantages to Leds
11. 25:53Purpose of the Scientific Method
12. 28:14Maps
13. 36:17Adopt Best Practices

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