Shared today on Twitter

They let me DING it this morning. Truly an item off the bucket list! 😆 #yow16 https://t.co/bIHsRodLPK


Fantastic intro for @stuartsierra from track host. He turned a staunch Haskeller into a closet Clojure fan! #yow16 https://t.co/15z5fvAqxB


Learning about universal data structures in Clojure. #yow16 @stuartsierra https://t.co/TaCXH8YIfF


I want to be tweeting during @stuartsierra’s talk, but I’m actually learning HEAPS! He’s a very good teacher and explainer of things #yow16 https://t.co/HjyLCiS7ow


RT @ghohpe: Maus learning about service dependencies at #yow16 https://t.co/Jd5RnZEqgt


@desplesda Whoops. I had times wrong tomorrow. Check your email. 🙂


@desplesda Actually email may not have gone to speakers yet. But departure at 10:30.


@themaninblue Pretty much. Speakers have had two iterations to improve too!


Pinterest was growing fast, but wanted to know WHY. So they hired people like @arburbank to figure it out! #yow16 https://t.co/d4HnItPHWX


Build clean data sets. Don’t rely on future people in your company knowing all the complicated contextual filtering rules. @arburbank #yow16


Building A/B testing framework is key to moving data science insights from correlation to causation end of the spectrum. @arburbank #yow16


FYI – other sessions at 2:10 are being recorded, so you can watch later. Imagine being able to say you were AT the #yow16 knitting talk! 😜


@thepaulrayner @DamonOehlman @canva Nailed it.


Paypal in 2011 was a different place. Changing a word on the site could take 6 weeks! Hearing stories from trenches from @billwscott #yow16 https://t.co/MxI9Zz0rwx


Naming your open source framework “kraken” is serious genius. #yow16 @billwscott https://t.co/IC0zRaA2a9


@KathyReid BTW – are you going to be at LCA next month?? Knitting circle at @KatieConf!


The secret to leading engineering teams is to… take a clowning class? Yeah, I’ll buy that. @billwscott #yow16 https://t.co/5CVjnYphZe


RT @ElzbthMcCrthy: Needles clicking in anticipation https://t.co/FVPhGOvA7e


Round two. Red lippie is in place. Let’s do this! #yow16 https://t.co/XptpbQFcuJ https://t.co/JL8qeEn0E2


RT @lexy_jane: Knitting with @web_goddess at Knit One, Compute One. #yow16 https://t.co/6MX38mntMx


RT @arburbank: My tl;dr from @web_goddess : knitters are crazy and creative in a really awesome way. Kind of like programmers? #yow16 https…


RT @ewebber: Live knitting at the knitting talk @web_goddess #yow16 https://t.co/FeZe2MCVR3


RT @RMcKergow: Who knew knitting was so much like coding? @web_goddess #yow16 https://t.co/JHOIV5cJc9


Live coding from @trisha_gee! “Because Danger is my middle name… No, it’s not. It’s Mary.” 😂 #yow16 https://t.co/nxxqDKOJlh


“Adding a comment… TODO: real error handling goes here… It’s just like real life!” @trisha_gee gets a chuckle. #yow16 https://t.co/rViQCPggYf


@Morendil @AgileSteveSmith It was an observation/hypothesis from @unclebobmartin’s keynote. The point was rapid growth, not specific #‘s


“Make jar, not war.” Personal life philosophy from the hugely entertaining @starbuxman. #yow16 https://t.co/wopZqkGwIo


ASCII art is important. 😂 @starbuxman @cloudnativejava @springboot #yow16 https://t.co/AQfQ0bETYo


“There are humans walking around right now with organs in their bodies with IP addresses!” @starbuxman is an explosion of trivia. #yow16



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