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How Google Uses Bathroom Breaks to Improve Developer Knowledge and Productivity

Tech on the Toilet is a weekly one-page publication about software development that is posted in bathrooms in Google offices worldwide and is read by tens of thousands of Google engineers.

It is one of the most effective ways to quickly spread software development knowledge across Google. It covers topics such as code quality tips, unit testing best practices, and developer productivity tools.

This talk will give an overview of the Tech on the Toilet program, and share lessons learned that can be applied at other companies.

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    Andrew Trenk

    Senior Software Engineer @ Google

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    Kanu Tewary

    Technical Program Manager @ Google

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Andrew and Kanu describe how a small group of Google engineers successfully spread testing best practices to thousands of fellow engineers, ultimately changing and improving attitudes towards testing and code quality. One important takeaway from this talk—having smart people and good tooling is not enough. It’s equally important to share best practices and educate engineers how to effectively use the tools available to them. Develocity is one such tool that helps speed up build times, reduce time spent troubleshooting, and provide visibility into productivity bottlenecks, and Gradle’s DPE University provides free training on how to make the most of Develocity’s suite of features.

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