Build resilient systems — Calvin Hendryx-Parker // Six Feet Up

Quotes

• "Stage one of that best framework we just started discussing was about laying that groundwork for successful software development. You know, those strategies you need for a team building environment, setup, documentation, coding standards." - Calvin Hendryx-Parker

• "Phase two is the execute and iterate stage. It starts with a growth mindset, like how do you start doing more, encouraging more, and sharing knowledge? Does your team have a skill set matrix that you understand all the skills your whole team brings to the table? Are you even using source control management effectively?" - Calvin Hendryx-Parker

• "Stage two, as a new developer onboarding lifecycle, doesn't have a timeframe as much as it has the environment that surrounds it. Are these tenants in place that make this all possible?" - Calvin Hendryx-Parker

• "Security only works if it's easy. If security is complex, people will do the workaround. People will work outside the system because there is too much friction to work with the system." - Calvin Hendryx-Parker

• "The foundational software development framework is to help build up the muscle memory of the reflexes in the team so that these good practices, these best practices, are natural, and accelerate the whole process of triaging a production outage, for example, faster, not slower." - Calvin Hendryx-Parker

• "So many organizations feel like they're at an all-out sprint, and they don't feel like that upfront investment in time may be worth it. But I'm here to tell them, and many people will say there will be great payoffs." - Calvin Hendryx-Parker