Dancing with Design

Robert Smallshire

Look at your system's design! Are the major structures and technology choices the result of conscious decisions, or have they emerged as the system has evolved? Is the design stuck in a local minima while ever more features are piled into the system? How can we design systems which withstand the major forces acting on a solution? We’ll see why system designers should focus deliberately on the constraints and qualities of system design, and avoid getting too distracted by features.