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Legacy code getting you down? Then attend Daniel Prager's MenderCon presentation that has strategies to make working with old code surprisingly fun, rewarding, and even profitable.

MenderCon (May 15, 2025) is a virtual conference focused on modernizing and improving software systems. Learn more and get tickets at:

https://mendercon.com/

You're not alone! There are other people just like you who enjoy working on existing codebases. Meet them here. Make friends. Expand your network.

#mendercon #mendercon2025 #legacycoderocks #findingthefun

The schedule for MenderCon 2025 (May 15th) main stage sessions has been posted. You can view the sessions and get tickets on our website. Tickets are pay what you want.

https://mendercon.com/

Videos of past main stage presentations can be found at:

https://www.youtube.com/@mendercon

MenderCon 2025 is a full-day virtual unconference that focuses on modernizing and improving software systems. If you aren't interested in the main stage sessions, you can pitch your own session or attend someone else's pitched session.

Give me a shout if you have any questions. Hope to see you there.

#mendercon #mendercon2025 #legacycoderocks #legacycode

Were you thinking of presenting at MenderCon 2025 but haven't gotten around to submitting your talk yet? Don't delay any longer as the Call for Papers (CFP) closes on March 15th, 2025. You can submit your CFP using the link below:

https://www.papercall.io/mendercon-2025

Your subject could include (but is not limited to):

- legacy code
- deploying legacy systems
- dependency freshness
- bug hunting
- refactoring
- menders vs. makers
- tech debt
- AI vs. legacy code

It’s a polyglot conference, so feel free to use any programming language in your presentation. See previous MenderCon scheduled presentations on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@mendercon

MenderCon (May 15th, 2025) is a full-day virtual conference focused on modernizing and improving software systems. There are two tracks, one for scheduled presentations, the CFP above, and a track for unconference where attendees create presentations, workshops, panels, and discussions on the fly. More details:

https://mendercon.com/

#mendercon #cfp #legacycode #legacycoderocks #mendercon2025

From the latest #legacycoderocks episode with John Ousterhout:

"Life as a programmer is a series of confrontations with your own inadequacies"

Some lines don't just ring true, they hang in the air for an uncomfortably long time 😅.

https://www.legacycode.rocks/podcast-1/episode/f339ed9b/software-design-with-john-ousterhout

@ctietze His book talks about testing a bit. He's also attended the #LegacyCodeRocks meetup and talked about this in the past, and how his courses recommend not using mocks. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26088456

@jbrains This topic has come up a couple of times during #LegacyCodeRocks meetups, and I imagine those folks would be interested to attend as well. If you follow through, please advertise the the `#events` channel over at https://slack.legacycode.rocks.

I enjoyed recording an interview with @mscottford for the Legacy Code Rocks podcast! We connected the dots between legacy code and the impacts on the evolution of an organisation. You can listen to the episode here: https://buff.ly/3V8vILH
#sociotechnicalsystems #legacycoderocks

Are you interested in Software Bills of Material (SBOMs)? There's a team of researchers at the SEMERU (https://www.cs.wm.edu/semeru/) research lab with William and Mary (https://www.wm.edu/as/computerscience/) who are conducting a survey as part of their research into the topic.

I've been asked to share that survey with folks who might be interested in helping them out. You can find it here: https://wmsas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cO4qm1gk3AFunJk

I plan on having the researchers on the #LegacyCodeRocks podcast once they've compiled everything.