The making of a decision
Andrea Magnorsky Programmer and creator of Bytesize Architecture Sessions
We often stumble over the invisible webs that drive decision making. Reflecting upon past decisions, we wonder "How did we come to this?". Why do others not see the obvious flaws in their decision making? Have you been forced to make a bad decision, hoping the future will provide a path to recovery? This talk is about the anatomy of a decision. We'll examine its parts and their relationships. We'll learn about the context of a decision in a socio-technical system, and how we can create and distribute knowledge to effectively drive decision making. Ultimately, we'll better understand how influence and power affect us all.
One does not simply rebuild a product
Prakriti Mateti Director of Engineering
Against conventional wisdom, we're rebuilding our product from scratch with an aggressive timeline. It's 9 years old, a Series A acquisition, has ~2700 customers, the largest at 77k users. The monolith is riddled with tech debt, outdated models, tight coupling, bandaids, and won't scale to the potential $3b market. That wasn't hard enough so I'm also rebuilding our engineering culture to create high performing teams. You’re not supposed to do technical rebuilds but where’s the fun in that? Come hear about why we're doing one and what I learnt. It’s either the best or worst decision I ever made!
