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229 RR Adopting New Technology

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When is it worthwhile to introduce a new language, tool, or database? And when will it likely bite you in the rearend?

02:43 - Episode Idea Background

  • PolyConf
    • @polyconfhq

      • 04:28 - Implementing Standards and Comparisons

      • Minimize Entry Level / Maximizing Payoff

        • 08:23 - “Dumb Code” and Developer Expectations

        10:48 - Code Coverage and Regular Expressions

        • Oniguruma
        • Fizz Buzz
        • Ruby Rogues Episode #120: RR Book Club: Understanding Computation with Tom Stuart

          • 12:49 - Risk Impact/Probability Chart, Risk - Reward Matrix

          24:01 - Collaboration, Communication => Constraint

          • Responsibility

            • 30:36 - Bringing It In: Process

            • Databases
              • Demille Quote

                • 38:48 - Why would you want to switch databases and when is it worth it?

                • Eliminating a Technology
                  • Peter Seibel: Let a 1,000 flowers bloom. Then rip 999 of them out by the roots.
                  • Internal vs External Motivation
                    • Redis vs Memcache

                      • 46:06 - Success Cases

                      • Abstraction

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                        OS4W: Open Source for Women (Coraline)

                        Contributor Covenant (Coraline)
                        Camille Fournier: Hopelessness and Confidence in Distributed Systems Design (Jessica)
                        Abby Bobé: From Protesting to Programming: Becoming a Tech Activist (Jessica)
                        Rails Remote Conf (Chuck)
                        TV Fool (Chuck)

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