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Convenience Is The Killer App

James Governor aka @monkchips, co-founder.

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CAN WE GET TO THE TECH ALREADY?

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$ sudo apt-get install apache2$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server$ sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5

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minimum time to dopamine

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MongoDB is not a database company

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MongoDB is aconvenience company

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“I won’t run my bank on it”

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Language Rankings

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Parse powered 500m mobile apps by 2014

“We do all of this with about two people running our database full-time.”

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“The advantage of serverless is faster iterations, and a move to fatter clients.”

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convenience is the killer app, but it comes with a cost

API design and documentation are the funnel

developer experience is everything

opinionated software enables flow

managed services are easy. he spectrum of convenience

the Docker pattern – fit into people’s workflows

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Canary Wharf photo courtesy Bilal Wirk on flickr.comPolluted Beach via epSos.de