Build Abstractions Not Illusions • Gregor Hohpe • YOW! 2023

This presentation was recorded at YOW! Australia 2023. #GOTOcon #YOW Gregor Hohpe - AWS Senior Principal Evangelist RESOURCES ABSTRACT Let’s be honest, the tech we have today is amazing but it can also be complex. So, it’s only natural that the platforms we build want to hide that complexity to improve productivity, avoid mistakes, and reduce cognitive load. So, the more complexity we can hide, the better our platform? Actually no - we need to be careful that we create useful abstractions, not dangerous illusions. This talk reflects on two decades of building complex distributed systems, highlighting where abstractions helped and where illusions led to major disappointments. [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 05:05 Platform abstraction 09:34 Abstractions vs composition 19:02 Abstractions vs Illusions 34:45 Distributed system abstractions 45:55 Summary 47:26 Outro Read the full abstract here: RECOMMENDED BOOKS Gregor Hohpe • Platform Strategy • Gregor Hohpe & Bobby Woolf • Enterprise Integration Patterns • Gregor Hohpe • The Software Architect Elevator • Hohpe, Danieli, Landreau & Hashmi • Cloud Strategy • Vlad Khononov • Balancing Coupling in Software Design • Peter Sbarski • Serverless Architectures on AWS • #ComplexDistributedSystems #DistributedSystems #SoftwareArchitecture #PlatformAbstraction #ControlFlow #Abstraction #GregorHohpe #YOWcon Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at Sign up for updates and specials at SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily.