Superfast Development

Ship Code Fast

Ship Code Fast

(or, at least, on time)

Superfast development techniques

who this is for

● People who want to rapidly prototype ideas● Teams prepping for a sprint● Small companies that don't have the staff to

avoid ~50 hour sprint weeks/companies where people have to wear multiple hats

personal stuff

getting answers:● use IRC!!

● RTFM

offload things from your brain

personal stuff

take copious notes

personal stuff

personal stuff

● -Edward Tufte (who wrote The Visual Display of Quantitative Information)

personal stuff

rubber duck

personal stuff

[screenshot of slack chatroom]

information velocity

Informationtime

team stuff

constant team chat room

communication and oversharing are key

if it's not written down, it doesn't exist

team stuff

always keep the end in sight

part 2

mock apis&

leapfrogging devlopement

mock apis

typical dev workflow

front to back development

front to back development

front to back development

good planning

● Break down project into tiny steps (1 week sprints)

● Identify blocking items and come up with strategies to leapfrog over them

● Identify things you can punt on

the end

Lee Gillentine@geetotes

leesome.com