Speaker: Nathaniel Schutta

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Note: This is not a live blog. I took notes during the session and posted this after as I was expecting a phone call. Also, I missed the last 10 minutes for said phone call.

• Architect as a service 
• We like to reinvent the wheel
• We take for granted people know what we know. Ex. New people haven’t heard of Gang of Four book
• Answer to many things is it depends 
• Often seems insignificant in the moment. Find out later matters. Patterns help with this 
• Software has similarities. Got tired of putting a front end on a database   Will always be doing app modernization 
• Learn from parents mistakes   Save time. 
• Higher bandwidth conversation when use words like facade
• Humans have patterns too
• NIH. Not invented here. Not my idea 
• Think can build better than off the shelf. Usually not true but sometimes is   Focus on differentiator.  Politics. Turf war. Jealous/budget
• Meta work is more interesting than the work 
• Some people need spotlight. Arsonist firefighter  not a zero sum gene. Goal is to make better software. 
• Some people missed sharing and golden rule in kindergarten 
• Value if created something. People valued resale at 63% if built ikea item 
• Dangerous “that’s how we’ve always done it”. Counter with asking if has to be that way 
• Status quo is free. What does it cost. Opportunity cost?
• Are customers proud of hand rolled project 
• Wouldn’t get on a plane if no maintenance in last year. 
• Great presenter. Visuals. Quotes. Few words per slide 
• Sunk. Cost fallacy. I had pizza for lunch. Might as well have an entire cake for dinner 
• Ok to ask why something is. New hires will notice. Others used to seeing it 

My take

I’ve seen him speak before and he is excellent. Good visuals/few words on a slide/excellent pace and storytelling