Putting Out Fires with Gasoline

Once upon a time, it was just me and my app – the days when all I had to know was “get data, put on screen.” Fast forward ten years later, and what the hell happened? The level of complexity that we deal with in modern software development is insane.

Are we really better off than we were 10 years ago, or have we just been putting out our fires with gasoline?

In this session, we'll turn the projector off, and focus on a deep-dive discussion, contrasting the world of 10 years ago versus today. Rather than generalizations and hand-waiving about the golden promises of automation and magic frameworks, we're going to question everything and anchor our discussions in concrete experience.

Looking back across your career in software development, how has the developer experience changed?

First, we'll dig into the biggest causes of friction in software development, and how our solutions have created new problems. Then we'll focus on distilling strategies for overcoming these challenges, and how we can take our teams, and our industry in a better direction.

About Arty Starr

Arty Starr is a recognized Flow Experience expert, researcher, speaker and thought leader, and author of Idea Flow, how to measure the friction in software development. Arty's PhD research is developing a theory of momentum in software development, and she is creator of the FLOWS platform designed to help developers thrive and find joy through more time in the flow state. The company she founded, FlowInsight, is on a mission to bring back joy to our everyday work.

Arty is also a 2D/3D animator and artist, and has spent the last couple years building 3D apps in AR. She loves to share about her experiences with these technologies.

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