Scale By The Bay 2018: Bryan Cantrill, Rust and Other Interesting Things
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Why leaders watch it
Argues that platforms and teams should be chosen by their core values, helping leaders articulate what their organization optimizes for.
Bryan Cantrill argues that programming languages and platforms reflect core values, and compares languages through that lens, with Rust as a main example. He draws on his experience with Solaris, DTrace and ZFS.
Takeaways
- Every platform embeds values
- Choose tools whose values match yours
- Name your values before tradeoffs
Topics: Culture & values, Engineering & technical leadership
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