Mike Perham: How Developers Underestimate Long-Term Costs of External Dependencies

Robby speaks with Mike Perham, Founder and CEO at Contribsys and author of Sidekiq and Faktory. They discuss the pros and cons of using external dependencies, how Mike built a business off of his open source project, Sidekiq, and the dIfference in maintaining Ruby vs Go software projects.

Helpful Links

• Mike on Github
• Mike on Twitter
• mikeperham.com
• Contribsys
• Sidekiq
• [Book] Rising by Elizabeth Rush
• [Book] The Watch, Thoroughly Revised by Gene Stone and Stephen Pulvirent

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