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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
• [email protected]• @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…
