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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
- 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.
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Special Guest: Eric A. Meyer.