So You've Decided to Build It Yourself
Room B | Fri 23 Jan 11:40 a.m.–12:25 p.m.
Presented by
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Leesa Ward
https://www.doubleedesign.com.au
Leesa wears many hats: she is a web/software dev daily, graphic designer intermittently, teacher sessionally, and "professional" student habitually. She has been a freelancer for over 15 years alongside 10 years of agency web dev work and 4 (so far) in enterprise software engineering, with some sessional teaching scattered in there to keep her on her toes. She has broad experience across JavaScript and PHP stacks as well as dabbling in other languages in educational settings. Her hobbies include using code to work out which TV show to watch next, being the middle of the Venn diagram by writing scripts for Adobe InDesign projects, and defending PHP on The Internet even though it's React that's currently paying her bills.
Leesa Ward
https://www.doubleedesign.com.au
Leesa wears many hats: she is a web/software dev daily, graphic designer intermittently, teacher sessionally, and "professional" student habitually. She has been a freelancer for over 15 years alongside 10 years of agency web dev work and 4 (so far) in enterprise software engineering, with some sessional teaching scattered in there to keep her on her toes. She has broad experience across JavaScript and PHP stacks as well as dabbling in other languages in educational settings. Her hobbies include using code to work out which TV show to watch next, being the middle of the Venn diagram by writing scripts for Adobe InDesign projects, and defending PHP on The Internet even though it's React that's currently paying her bills.
Abstract
Sooner or later, at some point in a developer's life, there comes a time when we think we can do it better, the thing we want doesn't quite exist, or we just want to build it for the thrill of the chase. From hard lessons in Goldilocks engineering and time management to the achievement of finally making something that actually works and someone uses, hear from a seasoned developer and victim of her own lofty aspirations about the ups and downs of reinventing the wheel. Part tongue-in-cheek tales from the trenches, part serious advice - this talk is for anyone interested in what can happen when you decide to build it yourself - and why we all (sometimes) should!
Sooner or later, at some point in a developer's life, there comes a time when we think we can do it better, the thing we want doesn't quite exist, or we just want to build it for the thrill of the chase. From hard lessons in Goldilocks engineering and time management to the achievement of finally making something that actually works and someone uses, hear from a seasoned developer and victim of her own lofty aspirations about the ups and downs of reinventing the wheel. Part tongue-in-cheek tales from the trenches, part serious advice - this talk is for anyone interested in what can happen when you decide to build it yourself - and why we all (sometimes) should!