Summary of Big Rewrite Strikes Again – Sabrina Leandro | The Lead Developer UK 2017

00:00:00 - 00:25:00

In the talk, Sabrina Leandro discusses the importance of having a clear business goal and reducing the scope of a big rewrite project as much as possible in order to achieve the desired business impact. She also discusses the importance of communication and collaboration among team members, and discusses the importance of understanding the business context in order to make better decisions about technology investments.

• 00:00:00 This talk discusses the challenges of re-writing large, complex applications. It covers the stages of a typical rewrite project, from identifying the problem to shipping it to production. It also provides advice on maintaining a rewrite project's codebase.
• 00:05:00 The video discusses the importance of having a clear technical vision for a project, and how it is important to have the support of the entire company in order to successfully carry out a rewrite. It also provides tips on how to effectively communicate this vision to various stakeholders within the company.
• 00:10:00 The video discusses the importance of having a technical vision for the future, and how a rewrite approach can be more efficient and successful. The main points are: - Having a technical vision is essential for a successful rewrite. - A rewrite approach is easier to reason about when there is a clear vision of what the project is trying to achieve. - Prioritizing features and isolating what is essential for the project is key to success.
• 00:15:00 The video discusses how to finish a project successfully and avoids having to rewrite or migrate tech multiple times. The video provides an example of how a product designer celebrated a project's completion by creating a game around it.
• 00:20:00 The video discusses how Sabrina Leandro, the lead developer for the UK 2017, uses rewrites to adopt good habits and reduce the amount of code that needs to be maintained. The video also discusses how Songkick uses rewrites to keep entropy under control by making reviewing whole features and products a part of their regular process.
• 00:25:00 In this talk, Sabrina Leandro discusses the importance of having a clear business goal and reducing the scope of a big rewrite project as much as possible in order to achieve the desired business impact. She also discusses the importance of communication and collaboration among team members, and discusses the importance of understanding the business context in order to make better decisions about technology investments.