Conference Guide

Complexity: Why Can't We Make Simple Software?
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Ink & Switch
[1]0:12[20]41:26
Heroku
[2]0:49
Songbird
[3]0:49
Sergey Bratus & Meredith L. Patterson
Shotgun parsers in the cross-hairs
[4]4:00
Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie
The C Programming Language, 2nd Edition
[5]10:31
W3C
Personal names around the world
[6]12:51
Handmade Seattle
"Arriving at the Uxn op codes" – Weathering Software Winter • 2022 • Handmade Seattle
[7]19:53
Wikipedia
Jevons paradox
[8]23:26
Meir M. Lehman (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Programs, life cycles, and laws of software evolution
[9]24:43
Ben Moseley & Peter Marks
Out of the Tar Pit
[10]25:54
Handmade Seattle
"On trying to update XCode with a non-resumable 11GB download, on a sailboat" – Weathering Software Winter • 2022 • Handmade Seattle
[11]25:54
The Architecture of Open Source Software
4.3. The Access Methods: Btree, Hash, Recno, Queue
[12]27:07
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
[13]28:42
Grid Sage Games
Cogmind
[14]29:18
Strange Loop Conference (YouTube)
"The Early Days of id Software: Programming Principles" by John Romero (Strange Loop 2022)
[15]30:36
Ursula K. Le Guin
The National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
[16]30:36
Douglas C. Engelbart
Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework
[17]34:37
Ink & Switch
Local-first software
[18]35:37
GitHub
Automerge
[19]37:34
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Credits
Host
Abner Coimbre
Presenter
Peter van Hardenberg
Indexer
Matt Mascarenhas
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0:00Abner Coimbre: Welcome Peter to the stage
0:00Abner Coimbre: Welcome Peter to the stage
0:00Abner Coimbre: Welcome Peter to the stage
0:12Peter van Hardenberg: Introducing Ink & Switch,1 interested in how computers can augment human intelligence
0:12Peter van Hardenberg: Introducing Ink & Switch,1 interested in how computers can augment human intelligence
0:12Peter van Hardenberg: Introducing Ink & Switch,1 interested in how computers can augment human intelligence
0:49PvH: Working at Heroku2, running database, developing games for Nintendo DS and GameBoy Advance, on Songbird3, and in arctic oceanography
0:49PvH: Working at Heroku2, running database, developing games for Nintendo DS and GameBoy Advance, on Songbird3, and in arctic oceanography
0:49PvH: Working at Heroku2, running database, developing games for Nintendo DS and GameBoy Advance, on Songbird3, and in arctic oceanography
1:39PvH: Chapter 1: Hang on, what is "complexity"?
1:39PvH: Chapter 1: Hang on, what is "complexity"?
1:39PvH: Chapter 1: Hang on, what is "complexity"?
3:05PvH: Floating between complex vs. complicated
3:05PvH: Floating between complex vs. complicated
3:05PvH: Floating between complex vs. complicated
3:39PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity
3:39PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity
3:39PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity
4:00PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Defensive Code4
4:00PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Defensive Code4
4:00PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Defensive Code4
7:38PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Scale
7:38PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Scale
7:38PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Scale
10:31PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Leaky Abstraction5
10:31PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Leaky Abstraction5
10:31PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Leaky Abstraction5
12:51PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Model / Reality Gaps6
12:51PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Model / Reality Gaps6
12:51PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Model / Reality Gaps6
16:32PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Hyperspace
16:32PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Hyperspace
16:32PvH: Chapter 2: A bestiary of software complexity: Hyperspace
18:37PvH: Chapter 3: Homeostasis
18:37PvH: Chapter 3: Homeostasis
18:37PvH: Chapter 3: Homeostasis
19:53PvH: Chapter 3: Homeostasis: Complexity homeostasis7
19:53PvH: Chapter 3: Homeostasis: Complexity homeostasis7
19:53PvH: Chapter 3: Homeostasis: Complexity homeostasis7
23:26PvH: Chapter 3: Homeostasis: Rebound Effect8
23:26PvH: Chapter 3: Homeostasis: Rebound Effect8
23:26PvH: Chapter 3: Homeostasis: Rebound Effect8
24:20PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity
24:20PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity
24:20PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity
24:43PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Laws of Software Evolution9
24:43PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Laws of Software Evolution9
24:43PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Laws of Software Evolution9
25:54PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Out of the Tar Pit10,11
25:54PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Out of the Tar Pit10,11
25:54PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Out of the Tar Pit10,11
27:07PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: The Architecture of Open Source Software12
27:07PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: The Architecture of Open Source Software12
27:07PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: The Architecture of Open Source Software12
28:08PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Find the dependencies – and eliminate them
28:08PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Find the dependencies – and eliminate them
28:08PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Find the dependencies – and eliminate them
28:42PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Complexity isn't always bad!13
28:42PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Complexity isn't always bad!13
28:42PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Complexity isn't always bad!13
29:18PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Roguelikes showcase deliberate complexity14
29:18PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Roguelikes showcase deliberate complexity14
29:18PvH: Chapter 4: Theories of Complexity: Roguelikes showcase deliberate complexity14
29:25PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication
29:25PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication
29:25PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication
29:59PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: The Gordian Knot
29:59PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: The Gordian Knot
29:59PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: The Gordian Knot
30:36PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: Just Start Over15,16
30:36PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: Just Start Over15,16
30:36PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: Just Start Over15,16
33:25PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: Do less with less
33:25PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: Do less with less
33:25PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: Do less with less
34:37PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: Augmenting Human Intellect17
34:37PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: Augmenting Human Intellect17
34:37PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: Augmenting Human Intellect17
35:04PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: Cloud Native Interactive Landscape circa 2022
35:04PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: Cloud Native Interactive Landscape circa 2022
35:04PvH: Chapter 5: Living with Complication: Cloud Native Interactive Landscape circa 2022
35:37PvH: Local-first software18
35:37PvH: Local-first software18
35:37PvH: Local-first software18
37:34PvH: Automerge19
37:34PvH: Automerge19
37:34PvH: Automerge19
38:16PvH: "I'm fixing computers that don't exist, in a data centre I've never been to, for people I've never met" — coworker, during Amazon outage
38:16PvH: "I'm fixing computers that don't exist, in a data centre I've never been to, for people I've never met" — coworker, during Amazon outage
38:16PvH: "I'm fixing computers that don't exist, in a data centre I've never been to, for people I've never met" — coworker, during Amazon outage
39:06PvH: Closing: Life in a complicated world
39:06PvH: Closing: Life in a complicated world
39:06PvH: Closing: Life in a complicated world
41:26PvH: fin20
41:26PvH: fin20
41:26PvH: fin20