Ending legacy code in our lifetime
Every so often a new language, tool, or platform comes along that revolutionizes software development. That's great, but inevitably the *previous* generation of code becomes a legacy burden.
At Relevance, we are looking for "next big things" that do not force organizations to throw away the work they have already done. A big part of this is doing the *current* big thing well.
The current big thing is agile development with Ruby on Rails. We will look at how Ruby and Rails has helped us (and many others) deliver consistent success. More importantly, we will look a set of ideas we use to fight technical debt, and minimize the amount of code that will become legacy when the next big thing arrives.
Slides from the presentation are available.