Daniel Steigerwald at ReactiveConf 2015

As programs get bigger, they also become more complex and harder to understand. We all think ourselves pretty clever, of course, but we are mere human beings, and even a moderate amount of chaos tends to baffle us. And then it all goes downhill. Working on something you do not really understand is a bit like cutting random wires on those time-activated bombs they always have in movies. If you are lucky, you might get the right one ― especially if you are the hero of the movie and strike a suitably dramatic pose ― but there is always the possibility of blowing everything up. Daniel Steigerwald is the Creator of Este, dev stack and starter kit for React/Flux universal web applications. Angel developer, Google Developer Expert, libertarian.Show more