Annie Kiley

Annie lives in North Carolina and works as a Staff Engineer at DebtBook. She’s been writing software for the web since 2014 using a variety of languages and frameworks. Ruby and Rails are still her favorites.

How To Finish What You Start: Lessons From Actually Shipping a Big Refactor

Every developer has at least one major refactor they would love to make happen. Somehow, these projects are tough to start and even tougher to finish. My team recently completed a major overhaul of our permissions and access system, and it felt great to actually get one of these big refactors done. In this talk, I'll share the practical lessons that helped us ship it without breaking things or losing momentum, so you can finish your next big change too.