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Empirical Software Engineering is the study of what actually works in programming. Instead of trusting our instincts we collect data, run studies, and peer-review our results. This talk is all about how we empirically find the facts in software and some of the challenges we face, with a particular focus on software defects and productivity. Talk doesn’t seem to be online yet; in the meantime, you can see a recording of an older version of the talk here.| Hillel Wayne
Contact me here. Services: Workshops Talks Spec pairing and review Retainer services Workshops If you’re building complex, expensive systems, my workshops on software modeling can help you save hundreds of thousands in saved developer time and maintenance work. With my training you’ll learn how to Catch complex bugs that would take weeks or months to fix, and fix them before you start writing code. Build complicated systems quickly and with confidence.| Hillel Wayne
This is my writeup of all the talks I saw at Strangeloop, written on the train ride back, while the talks were still fresh in my mind. Now that all the talks are online I can share it! Next year’s the last Strange Loop. You can buy tickets here. Opening Keynote: How expert programmers think about errors Topic: What we empirically know about how experts write code. Ultimately found a lot of it pretty conventional.| Hillel Wayne
I love science. Not the “space is beautiful” faux-science, but the process of doing science. Hours spent calibrating equipment, cross-checking cites of cites of cites, tedious arguments about p-values and prediction intervals, all the stuff that makes science Go. And, when it does happen, the drama. I also want us to use more empirical science in software. That’s why I wrote a talk on it! One thing lay folk don’t realize is that science is social.| Hillel Wayne
I speak very fast. It’s like the words are piled up in my mouth and I can’t say one without the rest tumbling out. Through my whole life people have told me to slow down, speak more clearly, and enunciate. I can do it if I concentrate but I quickly relapse into gushing out words. As I now give lots of conference talks, this has become a professional issue:| Hillel Wayne