02:25 - Julia Evans Introduction


Twitter
GitHub
Blog


02:52 - Derrick Reimer Introduction


Twitter
GitHub
Blog
Drip
SaaS = Software as a Service
Codetree


05:25 - SaaS Apps vs Other Web Development Projects

06:18 - Scaling

08:44 - Gathering Feedback

12:01 - How has underlying technology helped and gotten in the way?


PostgreSQL


15:18 - Choosing Boring Technology

20:49 - Scaling (Cont’d)


Caching
Redis


29:07 - Strategies to Keep the Application Manageable

31:41 - What makes technology boring and safe to use? Evaluating Technologies


“Boringification”


35:43 - Building Something Useful vs Building Something for Entertainment

40:13 - Prioritization

Picks

writegif (Derrick)
RuboCop (Derrick)
htop (Jessica)
Java Concurrency in Practice (Julia)
HOW TO PRONOUNCE GIF! (David)
Teaching a local Ruby class (Avdi)
Special Guests: Derrick Reimer and Julia Evans.