Software as archaeology: digging up the past to build for the future - Shirley Miao (Config 2023)

Speaker:
Shirley Miao – Software Engineer, Figma

I’ve been thinking about the process of archaeology as it pertains to building software - in particular, the software behind Figma. I’ve been writing code for the design editor since I was an intern in 2017, and in my years of working here, I’ve seen entire parts of the codebase stripped away, rewritten, and evolve. As software engineers, I’d like to suggest a reframing of our roles. We’re more than those who write code. We’re also the stewards of the systems that came before us, and the architects of the future. What can we do to set up the teammates that come after us for success, as we build upon our codebases? What are practices that can help us pay down tech debt, even as we write new features? How do we unearth years of past code commits to find the gems of wisdom that guide our future implementations?

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