CppCon 2018:H. Wright “Large-Scale Changes at Google: Lessons Learned From 5 Yrs of Mass Migrations”
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Why leaders watch it
Lessons from running organization-wide migrations at Google: how to justify, sequence and sustain large changes across many teams.
Hyrum Wright shares lessons from five years of mass code migrations in Google's huge C++ codebase. He covers why to migrate, how hard it really is, and how Google updates core libraries and their users continually.
Takeaways
- Centralized change needs clear value and tooling
- Automate and decompose large changes
- Plan for the long tail of holdouts
Topics: Change & transformation, Engineering & technical leadership
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