Fun personal fact: I was sitting front row center for this presentation wearing my Music House t-shirt (that's the music school where I work). I'm still not sure whether DHH picked that up subconsciously at about 28:30 or if he planned his musician example ahead of time.
On a more relevant note, these principles (as well as Rails itself) are what allow me to do the work that I do. I'm building and maintaining our administrative app by myself with no prior experience or formal training. This would not be possible without the tools discussed here. Regardless of whether developers at large favor this approach, the simple fact is that Rails and other similarly-minded frameworks have made software development possible for more people, in more situations, than would otherwise be the case.
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Fun personal fact: I was sitting front row center for this presentation wearing my Music House t-shirt (that's the music school where I work). I'm still not sure whether DHH picked that up subconsciously at about 28:30 or if he planned his musician example ahead of time.
On a more relevant note, these principles (as well as Rails itself) are what allow me to do the work that I do. I'm building and maintaining our administrative app by myself with no prior experience or formal training. This would not be possible without the tools discussed here. Regardless of whether developers at large favor this approach, the simple fact is that Rails and other similarly-minded frameworks have made software development possible for more people, in more situations, than would otherwise be the case.