#WeAreDevelopers 2017 notes

notes_#wearedevs2017.yml

Martin Wezowski:
   "We need to be visioneers, empathic and human".
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   |                                 |      *  <- linear growth (what is in heads)
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   |                   *        /
   |              *       ____/                <- exponential growth (real life)
   |         *     ______/
   |   * _________/
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                          because of this point most startups are cut from funding
                          
                          
Chris Minnick:
   - "AIUI - AI User Interface"
   - "General AI dangerous can be".

John Romero (creator of Doom and Quake):
   - "Ideally, only developers should see bugs".
   - "If you see a bug - fix it right away".
   - "Keep Looking at your functions and optimizing them".
   - "Fully test your code before merging and passing to QA".
   - "Make sure product _always_ work. Implement fallbacks for all possible failures".
   - "Make self-sufficient components reducing dependencies and less problems later on".
   - "Use your prodeuct, so it's fun and works good".
   - "When starting new project code from scratch."
   - "Use superior hardware for development that the one users will use, but test product runs well on minimal system".
   
Håkon Wium Lie (inventor of CSS):
   "Your code will be readable in 500 years, make sure it's __good__".
      
Harry Roberts:
   "CSS refactoring tips":
       - "Refactor in smallest possible chunks".
       - "Refactor in complete isolation, use ALL: INITIAL; it stops inheritance".
       - "Separate hack code into separate file".
       - "Add `rf-*` prefix to classes that are refactored, you can highlight with border all non refactored classes".
       - "Hacks for specificity `.foo.foo {}`, `[id='bar'] {}` `:root a {}`".
       - "Document all hacks in comments thoroughly".
       - "git blame shame.css".
       - "Leave project cleaner than it was before".
          
Ire Aderinokun:
   - "Progressive enchancement. Think of users who are behind, who use legacy".
   - "Make site available for old systems".
   - "World Wide Web, not Wealthy Western Web".
   - "A lot of people have slow, expensive internet, we need to account for that".
   - "Implement fallbacks".
   - "Mobile first design".
   - "Flex layout".
   - "Leave noone behind".
   
Eva Lettner:
   "You can draw with CSS and it's fun!".
   
Rasmus Lerdorf (inventor of PHP):
   - "PHP5 < PHP7, when using PHP7 need 50-75% less servers (!!!)".
   - "Lots of goodies in PHP7".
   - "Strict types".
   - "Phan - static analysys tool, helps with refactoring to stict types via hinting".
   - "Do your job, switch to PHP7 NOW! There's absolutely no excuse not to".