GOTO - The Brightest Minds in Tech 20+ Years in Tech: Things We Wish We Knew Sooner • Daniel Terhorst-North & Kevlin Henney
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Oct 31, 2025 
Daniel Terhorst-North, a pioneer of Behavior Driven Development, joins forces with Kevlin Henney, a renowned consultant and writer. They delve into the origins of BDD and the power of sharing ideas within the tech community. The duo discusses programming language evolution, analyzing Go’s simplicity and the need for languages to align with modern hardware. They even speculate on future tech like AR lenses and the balance between using multiple languages in development. Their insights blend humor with deep technical knowledge, making for a captivating listen.
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First Meeting At Yao 2004
- Daniel recalls meeting Kevlin on a 2004 Yao panel where Kevlin handed out beers to panelists.
- That moment began a long friendship and set the tone for open, collegial conference interactions.
Let Ideas Go To Grow
- If you want an idea to travel, don't cling to it; release it into the world and let others grow it.
- Daniel attributes BDD's spread to sharing ideas rather than monopolizing them.
Languages Express Design Positions
- Languages express design positions via chosen affordances, not by containing every feature.
- Rust and Go intentionally omit or emphasize features to reflect those design choices.
