About the talk
Designing software before coding may sound like an obsolete and burdensome practice nowadays. In this talk, we'll explore the alternatives, to figure out what's the best way of doing pros & cons analysis. We'll talk about why it's a bad practice to "support" design docs, and why writing a short design doc is the best option in many cases.
This talk will cover
- Design docs overview - definitions, examples, pros & cons.
- Why, how, and when we should write design docs
- Design docs culture - How we can get there as a team
Essential Skills
About the speaker
Artem is passionate about finding the balance between short-term (moving fast) and long-term team productivity. As an ex-Google engineer and currently the CEO of IntoPerf, he has experience both as an individual contributor and engineering manager.