Bio
Fred is a software jack of all trades based in Cardiff, Wales. Over the last 20 years, he’s worked at every stage of the software development life-cycle using a plethora of languages and platforms. He loves solving tricky problems, Ruby, Nim & Elixir, meta-programming, Behaviour-Driven Development. When not coding, listening to music or eating Welsh cakes, Fred enjoys writing and speaking about software development and best practices
My Talks
The Nim programming language
In the current wave of new system programming languages, Nim stands out with a combination of flexibility, expressiveness, elegance and raw power. I will introduce you to Nim's features, its use-c...
The science of estimation
Modern software task estimation methods mostly range from 'finger-in-the-air' approaches, to educated guesses to the 'no estimates' philosophy. This talk will demonstrate an objective, consistent a...