
Notes from a room of sixty developers arguing about build steps
Two hours, one unfair question, and a split that ran along what people build rather than how long they have been building it. The arguments that held up.
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Two hours, one unfair question, and a split that ran along what people build rather than how long they have been building it. The arguments that held up.