Marginal Gains - Rocksolid Tour 2013

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Marginal Gains

Gary ShortHead of Gibraltar Labs

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Introduction

• Gary Short• Head of Gibraltar Labs– “Skunk Works” division of Gibraltar Software

• MVP C#– Python – NodeJS

• gary.short@gibraltarsoftware.com• @garyshort• Facebook.com/theOtherGaryShort

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The Back Story

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And how Would this be Done?

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Dave Brailsford “gambled” that he could achieve the same 30%-40% gains in

performance seen by drugs cheats, via marginal gains

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What are “Marginal Gains”

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So, Dave Brailsford is a Genius, Right?

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…and no…

Yes…

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The principle of “Marginal Gains” can be applied to other things

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So what would it look like if we applied it to software development?

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• The developer• The tools• The processes

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The Developer

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Language Fluency

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Recipe Fluency

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Framework Fluency

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The Tools

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Desk

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Advantages of a Standing Desk

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Chair

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Benefits of a Good Office Chair

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Keyboard

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Benefits of an Ergonomic Keyboard

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Learn to Touch Type

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Then Practice…

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Monitors

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Advantages of Multi-Monitor Setups

Well, you tell me…

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The IDE

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Keystroke Bindings

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Productivity Tools

• CodeRush• R#• JustCode

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Effective Debugging

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Effective Logging

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The Process

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Work Item as Elevator Pitch

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Meeting Hygiene

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Automate your Coding Standards

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Automated Unit Tests

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Continuous Integration

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Now Let’s do the Maths…

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Questions

• gary.short@gibraltarsoftware.com• @garyshort• Facebook.com/theOtherGaryShort