175: Developing for the Long Term with Eric A. Meyer

00:57 - Eric’s Superpower: The Ability To Explain Things In A Way That Makes Sense To Most People
02:37 - Legacy Capability Of The Web
* Web Technologies Are Long Term
* Frameworks
* Lynx (https://lynx.browser.org)
* Y2K
11:30 - Creating Long Term Within Frameworks
* Static Can Be Good
15:50 - Ethical Dimensions
* RAINN (https://www.rainn.org)
* Information Accessible As Widely As Possible
* Long Term vs. Short Term Code
20:50 - Longevity Of The Web
23:11 - Edge Cases - Stress Cases
* Evan Hensleigh @futuraprime (https://twitter.com/futuraprime)
* Design For Real Life (https://abookapart.com/products/design-for-real-life)
25:44 - Make Everything Accessible To The Most People
* Diverse Teams Are Stronger
* Making Assumptions
* Write People Off Explicitly
44:00 - Design For Real Life
* Challenging Team Assumptions
* The Designated Dissenter
* Sarah Parmenter @sazzy (https://twitter.com/sazzy)
Reflections:
John: The designated dissenter idea. Doing a pre-mortem on a project - planning ahead.
Carina: A whole other conversation could come of the philosophy of agile and move fast and break things.
Jacob: How the dissenter could be a challenging position to be in.
Eric: The dissenter is stress testing, not criticizing.
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00:57 - Eric’s Superpower: The Ability To Explain Things In A Way That Makes Sense To Most People

02:37 - Legacy Capability Of The Web

Web Technologies Are Long Term
Frameworks
Lynx
Y2K

11:30 - Creating Long Term Within Frameworks

Static Can Be Good

15:50 - Ethical Dimensions

RAINN
Information Accessible As Widely As Possible
Long Term vs. Short Term Code

20:50 - Longevity Of The Web

23:11 - Edge Cases - Stress Cases

Evan Hensleigh @futuraprime
Design For Real Life

25:44 - Make Everything Accessible To The Most People

Diverse Teams Are Stronger
Making Assumptions
Write People Off Explicitly

44:00 - Design For Real Life

Challenging Team Assumptions
The Designated Dissenter
Sarah Parmenter @sazzy

Reflections:

John: The designated dissenter idea. Doing a pre-mortem on a project - planning ahead.

Carina: A whole other conversation could come of the philosophy of agile and move fast and break things.

Jacob: How the dissenter could be a challenging position to be in.

Eric: The dissenter is stress testing, not criticizing.

This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!

Special Guest: Eric A. Meyer.

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