Intentional Code - Minimalism in a World of Dogmatic Design - David Whitney - NDC Sydney 2024

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A brief history of Design in software, reflecting on the history of the design patterns movement, clean code, and the long shadow they have cast over software development in the 2010s and beyond.
In this session we'll talk about intentionality in software design - and how you can radically simplify the way you build applications today to make them more meaningful to the humans that maintain them.
A radical look into why *every single character matters*, and why you should probably burn your copies of Clean Code.

[@7th_CAV_Trooper]

The role time plays in the relevance of ideas and implementations is often ignored. So good to see David point this out several times in this talk.

[@MrTerribleLie]

I see we see things the same way, David!

[@thygrrr]

This talk offers perspectives that should be taught in first semester Uni. Possibly, they might be lost on the new learners, though. They are that deep and relevant... :)

[@mikestiver9000]

Producing simple, readable and maintainable code is not a skill you are taught, it is picked up after years of battling through large, complex and over-engineered systems using modern "best practices".

[@z0nx]

Possibly? Certainly. Not that it's a problem, this talk is nothing more than something people who already 'get it' can nod to. Nothing really practical to be gained

[@fatlumlatifi2897]

Great talk!! 💯

[@Meek1997]

Interesting how the speaker propose “code that is easy to understand without domain knowledge” as a good rule in complete opposite direction of what domain driven development “movement” preaches, but at the same time arguing the analogy with writing a good book

[@renemarot544]

Thanks for all but I would have taken more examples of code about the things you recommend doing. Something like : on the left what I consider a bad design and on the right here what I would have done for each point you are mentioning.

[@Dalamain]

yeah sorry this is too wish washy for me and won't add anything I can implement to my daily work.

[@noctavel]

waste of time