PolyConf 16 Satellite Paris

Is this short talk which will have been insufficiently prepared, considering its premise, I will defend the completely ridiculous notion that at the end of the day all software is written in two languages: Bash and NL (Natural Language) with some anecdotal use of what we call higher level computing languages. And that the sooner you realize that, the better you have a chance of shipping a functional product.

The modern developer knows how it's vital to support different programming languages, platforms and frameworks for the success of their product; at the same time it's also important to empower developers with tools they're happy to use and let them be productive. ​ In this talk I will describe how Algolia went from 4 to 15 different API clients tackling with fragmentation, documentation and support issues and, more generally, how we daily work with several programming languages.