Adam Tornhill on Software Design X-Rays

CaSE: Conversations about Software Engineering

Sven Johann talks with Adam Tornhill about Software Design X-Rays

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Adam Tornhill, Software Design X-Rays
• Adam Tornhill, Your Code as a Crime Scene
• Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais, Team Topologies
• John Ousterhout, A Philosophy of Software Design
• Dave Thomas & Andy Hunt, The Pragmatic Programmer
• Fred Brooks Jr., The Mythical Man-Month

Chapter Marks:

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:54 Behavioral code analysis
• 8:53 Hotspot analysis and technical debt
• 14:42 Trends analysis
• 21:05 System mastery
• 24:11 Software Design X-Ray
• 27:18 The more metrics the better?
• 30:09 Change coupling
• 33:19 Copy-paste dilemma
• 42:40 Change coupling gets more expensive with distance
• 45:20 Team structure visualized in the code
• 53:52 Outro

Chapter

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Behavioral code analysis (00:02:54)

3. Hotspot analysis and technical debt (00:08:53)

4. Trends analysis (00:14:42)

5. System mastery (00:21:05)

6. Software Design X-Ray (00:24:11)

7. The more metrics the better? (00:27:18)

8. Change coupling (00:30:09)

9. Copy-paste dilemma (00:33:19)

10. Change coupling gets more expensive with distance (00:42:40)

11. Team structure visualized in the code (00:45:20)

12. Outro (00:53:52)