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NewCrafts is taking a break and will be back in 2027.
After 10+ years of sharpening software craft, we're pausing to reflect on what craft means in the age of AI agents. Lower revenue in 2025 and the dramatically changed landscape for software development both played a part in this decision.
For our Paris community, in-person workshops continue. Looking for a conference in 2026? Consider DDD Europe in Antwerp this June.
Full story: https://ncrafts.io
#softwarecraftsmanship #NewCrafts

NewCrafts is taking a break and will be back in 2027.
After 10+ years of sharpening software craft, we're pausing to reflect on what craft means in the age of AI agents. Lower revenue in 2025 and the dramatically changed landscape for software development both played a part in this decision.
For our Paris community, in-person workshops continue. Looking for a conference in 2026? Consider DDD Europe in Antwerp this June.
Full story: https://ncrafts.io
#softwarecraftsmanship #NewCrafts

My Ada Lovelace talk, which I presented in Paris last week, has been reviewed as:

"absolute gold"

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tom-asel_last-week-i-was-in-paris-for-the-newcrafts-activity-7394668557026095104-_xlt

Other comments said "[...] you had an impact far beyond the conference"

So yes, I feel _really_ good about myself. And it helps offset my concern over yesterday's talk, when I overran my time slot!

#speaking #newcrafts #ada

My Ada Lovelace talk, which I presented in Paris last week, has been reviewed as:

"absolute gold"

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tom-asel_last-week-i-was-in-paris-for-the-newcrafts-activity-7394668557026095104-_xlt

Other comments said "[...] you had an impact far beyond the conference"

So yes, I feel _really_ good about myself. And it helps offset my concern over yesterday's talk, when I overran my time slot!

#speaking #newcrafts #ada

The first round review of the talks is complete!
Our editorial team has just wrapped up the first pass through #NewCrafts proposals — and what a journey it’s been.

🙏 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who shared their brilliant, bold, and occasionally unconventional ideas. Your passion and creativity made this selection process both challenging and inspiring!

👂 In the meantime…
What’s one topic you’d love to see on stage at NewCrafts this year? Drop it in the comments — we’re listening.

The first round review of the talks is complete!
Our editorial team has just wrapped up the first pass through #NewCrafts proposals — and what a journey it’s been.

🙏 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who shared their brilliant, bold, and occasionally unconventional ideas. Your passion and creativity made this selection process both challenging and inspiring!

👂 In the meantime…
What’s one topic you’d love to see on stage at NewCrafts this year? Drop it in the comments — we’re listening.

I really enjoyed keynoting the @newcrafts community crafting event in Paris in 2023, with my Compassionate Refactoring talk. It’s about kindness and forgiveness, and the paradox that the more you accept and handle bad code, the more likely it is you'll end up with good code.

You can watch the talk here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/10559193/video/842231466

#CSudberyRecordings #Newcrafts

I really enjoyed keynoting the @newcrafts community crafting event in Paris in 2023, with my Compassionate Refactoring talk. It’s about kindness and forgiveness, and the paradox that the more you accept and handle bad code, the more likely it is you'll end up with good code.

You can watch the talk here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/10559193/video/842231466

#CSudberyRecordings #Newcrafts

I watched @ez test on video and narrate for a full length talk, and I recommend that.
https://vimeopro.com/newcrafts/newcrafts/video/949429357

My highlights:
- Definition of #ExploratoryTesting: testing, thinking what and why it matters while doing it
- Reference to microheuristics, decision rules for the moment and shoutout to @alex_schl
- #curious as polite way saying you have degrees of disagreement on how great things are

Thanks for recording #NewCrafts, many talks worth watching there.

I watched @ez test on video and narrate for a full length talk, and I recommend that.
https://vimeopro.com/newcrafts/newcrafts/video/949429357

My highlights:
- Definition of #ExploratoryTesting: testing, thinking what and why it matters while doing it
- Reference to microheuristics, decision rules for the moment and shoutout to @alex_schl
- #curious as polite way saying you have degrees of disagreement on how great things are

Thanks for recording #NewCrafts, many talks worth watching there.

The recording of my #NewCrafts talk on "Team Transformation Tactics for Holistic Testing and Quality" is already available! 🎉 https://vimeopro.com/newcrafts/newcrafts/video/949428836 All the other #NewCrafts2024 talks had been published as well, so many gems to discover 🤩 https://vimeopro.com/newcrafts/newcrafts

The recording of my #NewCrafts talk on "Team Transformation Tactics for Holistic Testing and Quality" is already available! 🎉 https://vimeopro.com/newcrafts/newcrafts/video/949428836 All the other #NewCrafts2024 talks had been published as well, so many gems to discover 🤩 https://vimeopro.com/newcrafts/newcrafts

My talk about feedback-based product development instead of thinking in projects was made available. It is time to acknowledge that digital products can't be created on assembly lines - if we want to enjoy this work, that is.

https://vimeo.com/949430441

#newcrafts
#productdevelopment #softwaredevelopment

My talk about feedback-based product development instead of thinking in projects was made available. It is time to acknowledge that digital products can't be created on assembly lines - if we want to enjoy this work, that is.

https://vimeo.com/949430441

#newcrafts
#productdevelopment #softwaredevelopment

Excerpt from my talk on human-centred system design at @newcrafts. See the full talk here: https://vimeo.com/949428992
#SocioTechnical #OpenSystems #newCrafts

Excerpt from my talk on human-centred system design at @newcrafts. See the full talk here: https://vimeo.com/949428992
#SocioTechnical #OpenSystems #newCrafts

their tenth, my first, and what a memorable one | A Tester's Journey: NewCrafts Paris 2024 - A Memorable Conference to Rave About https://www.lisihocke.com/2024/05/newcrafts-paris-2024-a-memorable-conference-to-rave-about.html #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024

their tenth, my first, and what a memorable one | A Tester's Journey: NewCrafts Paris 2024 - A Memorable Conference to Rave About https://www.lisihocke.com/2024/05/newcrafts-paris-2024-a-memorable-conference-to-rave-about.html #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024

@lisihocke @newcrafts Lisi, heart felt thank you for these notes. Another great #newcrafts and you enable us who didn’t travel to enjoy the contents. ❤️

@lisihocke @newcrafts Lisi, heart felt thank you for these notes. Another great #newcrafts and you enable us who didn’t travel to enjoy the contents. ❤️

"Technical Neglect" by @kevlin #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"Technical Neglect" by @kevlin #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"Bring meaning back to your retrospectives (no matter your role)" by @sofiakat #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"Bring meaning back to your retrospectives (no matter your role)" by @sofiakat #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"My Team Is High Performing But Everyone Hates Us" by Stephen Janaway #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"My Team Is High Performing But Everyone Hates Us" by Stephen Janaway #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"Shades of Conway's Law" by @tdpauw #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"Shades of Conway's Law" by @tdpauw #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"Power Structures and their Impact on Software" by @ahl #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"Power Structures and their Impact on Software" by @ahl #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"Don't Hit the Iceberg" by @diana #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"Don't Hit the Iceberg" by @diana #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"Effective software design: The role of men in debugging patriarchy in IT" by @kenny_baas #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"Effective software design: The role of men in debugging patriarchy in IT" by @kenny_baas #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"Human-centred system design" by @trondhjort #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"Human-centred system design" by @trondhjort #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"From Pilot to Transformation: Embracing the Reality of GenAI at Scale" by @patrickdebois #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

"From Pilot to Transformation: Embracing the Reality of GenAI at Scale" by @patrickdebois #NewCrafts #NewCrafts2024 #sketchnote

With #NewCrafts2024, @newcrafts celebrated their tenth edition, and I celebrated my first #NewCrafts. 🎉 It was a blast! Highly recommend to meet this amazing crowd and broaden your horizon on all things socio-technical systems. Here are the #sketchnotes I took during the conference. A thread. 🧵

With #NewCrafts2024, @newcrafts celebrated their tenth edition, and I celebrated my first #NewCrafts. 🎉 It was a blast! Highly recommend to meet this amazing crowd and broaden your horizon on all things socio-technical systems. Here are the #sketchnotes I took during the conference. A thread. 🧵

Whether a PR is accepted or not is a power one has over someone else. That is an elite that decides on this. And an elite is not necessarily the more competent or talented people.

@ahl talked about power structures and their impact on software at @newcrafts #newcrafts

Whether a PR is accepted or not is a power one has over someone else. That is an elite that decides on this. And an elite is not necessarily the more competent or talented people.

@ahl talked about power structures and their impact on software at @newcrafts #newcrafts

Pull Requests are a power structure and it is not pretty ...

But shht 🤫 ... don't say that too loud. People will feel uncomfortable and therefore disagree 😔

There has been a research paper that touches on this:
Gender bias in open source: Pull request acceptance of women versus men

#NewCrafts

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308716997_Gender_bias_in_open_source_Pull_request_acceptance_of_women_versus_men

Pull Requests are a power structure and it is not pretty ...

But shht 🤫 ... don't say that too loud. People will feel uncomfortable and therefore disagree 😔

There has been a research paper that touches on this:
Gender bias in open source: Pull request acceptance of women versus men

#NewCrafts

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308716997_Gender_bias_in_open_source_Pull_request_acceptance_of_women_versus_men

Heading home after another fantastic @newcrafts! You should all consider this as your next tech++ conf. Especially for the ++ bit. A big theme this year was power structures and non-technical aspects of our inherently sociotechnical enterprise. #newCrafts

Heading home after another fantastic @newcrafts! You should all consider this as your next tech++ conf. Especially for the ++ bit. A big theme this year was power structures and non-technical aspects of our inherently sociotechnical enterprise. #newCrafts

Had to leave #newcrafts already to catch a train. Big thank you to the organizers, volunteers, speakers and fellow participants for a very nice conference!

Had to leave #newcrafts already to catch a train. Big thank you to the organizers, volunteers, speakers and fellow participants for a very nice conference!

Shades of Conway’s Law

Here’s the slide deck of my session at @newcrafts #NewCrafts

#conwayslaw #organisations #architecture

https://thinkinglabs.io/talks/2022/08/26/shades-of-conways-law.html

Shades of Conway’s Law

Here’s the slide deck of my session at @newcrafts #NewCrafts

#conwayslaw #organisations #architecture

https://thinkinglabs.io/talks/2022/08/26/shades-of-conways-law.html

Halfway in @ahl 's talk at @newcrafts and can already claim it will be a classic. Amazing! Society's biases and dysfunctions like sexsism get solidified in code. #newCrafts
https://ncrafts.io/speaker/andrewharmellaw

Halfway in @ahl 's talk at @newcrafts and can already claim it will be a classic. Amazing! Society's biases and dysfunctions like sexsism get solidified in code. #newCrafts
https://ncrafts.io/speaker/andrewharmellaw

Parting thoughts by @ez after her #newcrafts live exploratory testing session:
- how much of this was testing?
- how much of this was automated?
- how much of this would you delegate to an AI tool?

Parting thoughts by @ez after her #newcrafts live exploratory testing session:
- how much of this was testing?
- how much of this was automated?
- how much of this would you delegate to an AI tool?

What she recommends us to pay attention to during her live testing:
- oracles: how do you know it's a bug?
- heuristics: rules of thumb for decisions
- charters: mission or direction
#newcrafts

What she recommends us to pay attention to during her live testing:
- oracles: how do you know it's a bug?
- heuristics: rules of thumb for decisions
- charters: mission or direction
#newcrafts

The always amazing @ez, ready to demonstrate live testing at #newcrafts!

The always amazing @ez, ready to demonstrate live testing at #newcrafts!