A presentation I gave in 2015 at an informal developer event on transitions in technology.

1. DEVS
BEVS&

2. HYBRID THEORY
The Evolution of Compilation and Processing

3. PUNCH CARDS
• Single User
• Take-Turns
• Single Point
of Compilation

4. MAINFRAME TERMINALS
Punch Cards with better Peripherals

5. TIME-SHARING MAINFRAMES
Virtualized queues.

6. WORKSTATIONS
Local Processing Power

7. WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE

8. A WHOLE NEW WORLD

9. AND THE .COM BUBBLE

10. Mobile Client-Server Hybrids
TODAY

11. FUTURE

12. • Unified Codebase (Universal JS?)
• Mobile First Everything
• THIS SONG
FUTURE

13. • VR First?
• Augmented-Responsive?
• Maybe not this song
FUTURE

14. HOW DOES IT
IMPACT US?
HOW DOES IT
IMPACT US?

15. BE RESPONSIVE
TO CHANGE
BE RESPONSIVE
TO CHANGE

16. BE RESPONSIVE
TO CHANGE

17. BE RESPONSIVE
TO Devices
Languages
Consumption Methods
Virtual Reality
Paradigms
Operating Systems
Workflows
Linting Rules
Browsers Industry Changes

19. DEVS
BEVS&