175: Developing for the Long Term with Eric A. Meyer - a podcast by Mandy Moore

from 2020-03-25T06:00

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00:57 - Eric’s Superpower: The Ability To Explain Things In A Way That Makes Sense To Most People



02:37 - Legacy Capability Of The Web




  • Web Technologies Are Long Term

  • Frameworks

  • Lynx

  • Y2K



11:30 - Creating Long Term Within Frameworks




  • Static Can Be Good



15:50 - Ethical Dimensions




  • RAINN

  • Information Accessible As Widely As Possible

  • Long Term vs. Short Term Code



20:50 - Longevity Of The Web



23:11 - Edge Cases - Stress Cases





25:44 - Make Everything Accessible To The Most People




  • Diverse Teams Are Stronger

  • Making Assumptions

  • Write People Off Explicitly



44:00 - Design For Real Life




  • Challenging Team Assumptions

  • The Designated Dissenter

  • Sarah Parmenter @sazzy



Reflections:



John: The designated dissenter idea. Doing a pre-mortem on a project - planning ahead.



Carina: A whole other conversation could come of the philosophy of agile and move fast and break things.



Jacob: How the dissenter could be a challenging position to be in.



Eric: The dissenter is stress testing, not criticizing.



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