And also from 2013:

"Politics plays a huge role. And a lot of the role it plays is in what it silences. But we don’t know the stories of silence."
– Ruth Malan, Conway’s Law-ish, Aug 5, 2013

Conway’s Law by @mfeathers - or “you always ship your organization, so design your organization well” #craftconf – @bjorn_fb, Apr 24, 2014

Both persisted by @tdpauw at https://thinkinglabs.io/articles/2021/05/07/shades-of-conways-law.html

Shades of Conway's Law

ThinkingLabs:: Thierry de Pauw
Posters from Duncan and my workshop on “Refactoring objects to functions” at #CraftConf

Happy to share, that my presentation on "How to make technical decisions?" at #CraftConf 2024 is now available on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/jADJ-nEsDqM?si=fVUei9vyizWZzzg_

#engineering #architecture #softwaredevelopment

How to make technical decisions? - Oresztesz Margaritisz, EPAM | Craft Confernece 2024

YouTube

I’m afraid our #KotlinConf workshop on Refactoring Objects to Functions has sold out.

But if you can get to Budapest we are running the same workshop at #CraftConf. https://craft-conf.com/2025/workshop/nat-pryce-duncan-mcgregor

Craft - Budapest, May 29-30, 2025

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Duncan McGregor and my "Refactoring Objects to Functions" workshop at #KotlinConf 2025 is almost sold out. Only a few tickets left! If you can't get in, we are running it, a week later at #CraftConf in Budapest.

https://kotlinconf.com/

https://craft-conf.com/2025

KotlinConf 2026, May 20–22, Munich

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Budapest calling! 🇭🇺 Dieses Jahr durften wir mit vier Kollegen erstmals an der #CraftConf teilnehmen! Zwei inspirierende Tage voller #SoftwareCraftsmanship & #SoftwareDelivery. 💡 Danke an die Organisatoren & Speaker für dieses tolle Event! 🙏 #craftconf24 #Weiterbildung
you can find the unabridged (and slightly updated) version of my #craftconf talk "from here to resilience" here: https://speakerdeck.com/ufried/from-here-to-resilience-a-travel-guide, discussing what resilience is, how to get there (using a prototypical path) and if you always need to go the whole way. enjoy if you like ... ;)
From here to resilience - a travel guide

This slide deck starts with the observation that many companies claim to be resilient but only few of them really are. Then a prototypical journey of…

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Fake smile? Or botox? #CraftConf
Summarizing a long function with the help of ChatGPT seems quicker than doing it without, but I worry that it robs the programmer of gradually building a mental model of the intent of the code. I'm genuinely not yet sure how much to worry about that. #CraftConf
TDD, even with ChatGPT's help, seems to nudge the programmer towards FP-style design: decouple the pieces and then compose all the pieces at the end. #CraftConf