Disasters in Software

by Jason Bock

Sat, Apr 21, 2018
Room: Garden Room
Time: 15:00

Writing software isn't easy. In fact, it can be insanely hard at times. And when software fails, it can fail in spectacular, dramatic, and/or traumatic ways. In this session, I'll talk about the difficulties in getting software to work and techniques you should use to reduce the chances of epic disasters. We'll discuss well-known incidents of failures, both in software construction and other domains, and we'll learn from these aberrations.

About the Author

Jason Bock is a Practice Lead for Magenic (http://www.magenic.com) and a Microsoft MVP (C#). He has over 20 years of experience working on a number of business applications using a diverse set of frameworks and languages such as C#, .NET, and JavaScript. He is the author of ".NET Development Using the Compiler API", "Metaprogramming in .NET", and "Applied .NET Attributes". He has written numerous articles on software development issues and has presented at a number of conferences and user groups. He is a leader of the Twin Cities Code Camp (http://www.twincitiescodecamp.com). Jason holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University. Visit his web site at http://www.jasonbock.net.