1. Marginal Gains
Gary Short
Head of Gibraltar Labs
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2. Introduction
• Gary Short
• Head of Gibraltar Labs
– “Skunk Works” division of Gibraltar Software
• MVP C#
– Python
– NodeJS
• gary.short@gibraltarsoftware.com
• @garyshort
• Facebook.com/theOtherGaryShort
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3. The Back Story
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9. And how Would this be Done?
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10. Dave Brailsford “gambled” that he
could achieve the same 30%-40% gains
in performance seen by drugs
cheats, via marginal gains
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11. What are “Marginal Gains”
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12. So, Dave Brailsford is a Genius, Right?
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13. Yes…
…and no…
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15. The principle of “Marginal Gains” can
be applied to other things
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16. So what would it look like if we applied
it to software development?
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17. • The developer
• The tools
• The processes
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18. The Developer
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19. Language Fluency
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20. Recipe Fluency
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21. Framework Fluency
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22. The Tools
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23. Desk
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24. Advantages of a Standing Desk
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25. Chair
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26. Benefits of a Good Office Chair
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27. Keyboard
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28. Benefits of an Ergonomic Keyboard
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29. Learn to Touch Type
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30. Then Practice…
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31. Monitors
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32. Advantages of Multi-Monitor Setups
Well, you tell me…
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33. The IDE
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34. Keystroke Bindings
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35. Productivity Tools
• CodeRush
• R#
• JustCode
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36. Effective Debugging
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37. Effective Logging
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38. The Process
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39. Work Item as Elevator Pitch
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40. Meeting Hygiene
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41. Automate your Coding Standards
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42. Automated Unit Tests
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43. Continuous Integration
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44. Now Let’s do the Maths…
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45. Questions
• gary.short@gibraltarsoftware.com
• @garyshort
• Facebook.com/theOtherGaryShort
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