I've been web developer for 17 years and this is what I've learned
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Now that some of my listeners were born when I uploaded my first website it is the perfect time to look back and share a few things I had to learn the hard way. Sit down at my imaginary campfire to learn how I went from Nerd to pragmatic programmer, how I apply this knowledge when working with Node and how I spot one day hypes and bs. (This talk may contain traces of opinionated rants)
![Achievable Capabilities
Effort
Switch to a new System
[Elzer, 1994]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/17years-deck-170123093807/85/I-ve-been-web-developer-for-17-years-and-this-is-what-I-ve-learned-33-320.jpg)
I've been web developer for 17 years and this is what I've learned
- 2. Daniel Khan Node.js Technology Lead at Dynatrace @dkhan
- 7. 1998 Im playing around with HTML
- 11. 2000 Im web Developer and Im teaching Perl
- 14. Be aware of The Dunning-Kruger Effect!
- 24. Make hay while the sun shines
- 29. Write Code your Future You will Understand and be Proud of
- 32. Think Twice before Rewriting it from Scratch
- 33. Achievable Capabilities Effort Switch to a new System [Elzer, 1994]
- 34. Does this Site really NEED React and Isomorphic JavaScript?
- 36. If its from Google or Facebook it must be Awesome or The Emperors New Clothes
- 43. Dont Blindly Trust in Other Peoples Code!
- 45. 13
- 48. Think twice before npm install anything! Or yarn for what its worth
- 51. Last Words
- 54. You Aint Gonna Need It (YAGNI)
- 55. Keep It Simple Stupid! (KISS)
- 57. The End to be Continued on Twitter @dkhan