A non technical story of deception, good deeds with terrible consequences, and weak HR.
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Sometimes an upgrade to a new version of a framework takes weeks or even months. What do you do when you need to make changes to areas that are being affected by the upgrade?
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Special Guest Aadil Farid joins us again to continue his discussion on the harsh realities he confronted when he led a team that computerized ticketing on India’s Railways in the 1980s.
This episode goes deep on empathy for your customers and fighting internal corruption with code. If you love stories about fighting the good fight, you’ll love this epsiode!
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In Episode 26 of Never Rewrite, Special Guest Aadil Farid joins Isaac and I to discuss the harsh realities he confronted leading a team that computerized ticketing on India’s Railways in the 1980s.
Learn how Aadil had to get around hardware constraints, corruption, and software issues. In some ways everything was different about development 40 years ago, but in many respects things are exactly the same. Maybe not the part where a computer crash caused a riot that needed the national guard to put down.
If you want to go deep on how software can be a positive force for change, you won’t want to miss this one!
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In episode 25 of Never Rewrite, Isaac and I are joined by special guest, Brian Genisio, from Khan Academy. Brian walks us through their successful 3.5 year rewrite that wrapped up in early 2023.
Learn how Brian’s team was able to achieve the nearly impossible act of successfully completing a rewrite using many of the techniques we’ve talked about in the past, plus some brand new ones! If you want to learn about what it takes to do a rewrite, buckle up!
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AI tools can now write your incident retrospectives. Do developers lose by not formalizing their thoughts by writing?
In episode 24 of Never Rewrite, Isaac and I weigh the pros and cons of having AI write incident retrospectives and other forms of documentation.
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In episode 23 of Never Rewrite, Isaac Askew and I are joined by guest Rob Gonnella (Github) to live workshop a case where Rob went for a full rewritte. We also discuss whether the philosophy of Never Rewrite holds up in the DevOps world.
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In episode 22 of Never Rewrite, Isaac Askew and I discuss an iterative refactoring workshop I have been running to improve my colleague’s development skills. This episode dives into how the workshop is run, what the developers get out of it, and how it directly improve’s the company’s codebase. If you’ve ever wanted to help your fellow developers but didn’t know how to start, this show is for you!
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In episode 21 of Never Rewrite, Isaac Askew and I discuss Imposter Syndrom and ways to fight the feeling that you aren’t qualified for your job.
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In episode 20 of Never Rewrite, Isaac Askew and I discuss the reality that sometimes company shrink instead of grow and how that impacts your work, your team, and your career. In this episode we discuss what to expect from a shrinking company.
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