Here are the slides from Eric Sorenson's PuppetConf 2016 presentation called A Roadmap for a Platform: Mixing Metaphors for Fun and Profit. Watch the videos at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV86BgbREluVjwwt-9UL8u2Uy8xnzpIqa

1. A Platform for A Roadmap:
Mixing Metaphors for Fun
and Profit
eric sorenson // @ahpook
sr technical product manager
puppet

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Most of our ordinary
conceptual system is
metaphorical in nature. The
primary function of metaphor
is to provide a partial
understanding of one kind
of experience in terms of
another kind of experience.

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As a consequence of our
brains reaching for
metaphors to come to grips
with the world around us, we
gain partial understanding of
experiences, and which parts
we grasp versus which parts
elude us are determined by
the metaphors we use.
IDEAS ARE
OBJECTS
EXPRESSIONS
ARE CONTAINERS
COMMUNICATION
IS SENDING

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SOFTWARE IS
LIKE A PLATFORM

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A platform-less product will
always be replaced by an
equivalent platform-ized
product.
...
The Golden Rule of Platforms,
"Eat your own dogfood" can
be rephrased as: "Start with a
platform, then use it for
everything".

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12. Abstraction
decompose into
smaller pieces
Inheritance
extend components
without knowledge of
their internals
Encapsulation
restrict access to
accessors and
mutators
Polymorphism
many implementations,
same interface
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AUTOMATION IS
LIKE A PUPPET

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FUTURE PLANS
ARE LIKE A
ROADMAP

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TIME IS AN OBJECT THAT
MOVES TOWARDS US.
TIME IS STATIONARY,
WE MOVE THROUGH IT
TOWARD THE FUTURE.
FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW
TIME GOES PAST US,
FROM FRONT TO BACK

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Photo Credits
Cover - Puppet photo
Nigel - from twitter https://twitter.com/sstatik/status/781537634845806592
Parallel evolution - https://www.britannica.com/science/parallel-evolution
Wood platform - http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/max-platform-wood/811201
ISS - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/ISS_Configuration_as_of_August_2016.svg
Kermit - http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-previews/muppets-return-tv-screens-mockumentary-6658289
Swedish Chef - Youtube capture, alpha added https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv4htIk8tOU
Sesame street cast - http://www.today.com/popculture/sesame-street-fires-beloved-characters-bob-luis-gordon-
after-45-t101247
Roadmap - Clark College Roadmap for Parents, cropped and alpha transparency added
Steve Yegge at oscon - youtube capture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKmQW_Nkfk8&t=14m7s
Sea monster - https://www.wired.com/2013/09/carta-marina/
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