Do Dumb Things

Experience Level: beginners

In the quest to create exceptional software, we often chase the dream of perfectly engineered code. But what if the relentless pursuit of “clean code” sometimes gets in the way of actually shipping a product that users need?

  • timeslot: Montday, 7th April 2025, 10:00-11:00, Room A
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This pulls from some of my recent writings:

  • https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/2/20/ugly-code/
  • https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/2/8/seeking-purity/
  • https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/1/24/build-it-yourself/
Armin Ronacher

Armin Ronacher is an influential open-source software developer, author, and thought leader in the Python programming community. He is best known as the creator of the Flask web framework, a lightweight and modular tool that has transformed how developers build web applications. For the last 10 years he has worked on Sentry, an Application Performance Monitoring and Crash Reporting solution, most recently as VP of Platform.

Armin Ronacher