Todd H. Gardner toddhgardner

Software Conference talk proposal for 2018/2019 season. Thanks for taking the time to review this for me. Comments and criticism welcomed.

Title

We Didn’t Stop to Ask If We Should: Understanding Build vs. Buy

Topics

Architecture, Business

Abstract

We were so preoccupied with whether we could, we didn’t stop to think if we should! Before debating React vs. Angular or .NET vs Node, we must ask ourselves, should we even build this? Whether you’re an entrepreneur launching a new project, an enterprise developer stuck integrating middleware, or a architect moving logic to the cloud, you’re making decisions that will have lasting consequences. Deciding which problems are worth your investment is at the root of success or failure.

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	Many teams are comparing AngularJS with Backbone and other libraries. An argument I have
	sometimes heard is that Angular is backed by Google, while Backbone is just one Guy.

	That is really incorrect and misleading. The project was created by Jeremy Ashkenas (AKA
	the One Guy), but that guy also created CoffeeScript and Underscore. He did it as part
	of the Documentcloud project and has since been Lead Web Architect at FinancialTimes and
	NewYorkTimes, both of which have very large installations.

	Backbone is the only web framework that has a track record of very large sustainable
	web applications.