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James Birnie

James has worked in software since the 1990s when TDD was something you studied but never did and Agile and Lean were words used to describe athletes.

James has worked in software since the 1990s when TDD was something you studied but never did and Agile and Lean were words used to describe athletes. In 2005 James joined a startup and worked through a huge expansion, at least three major rewrites and an Agile transformation. In 2015 he joined ThoughtWorks and now every day is different – often surprising sometimes disappointing and occasionally delightful.

Shor's algorithm and how to avoid oncoming catastrophes

Quantum computers are real and are starting to be used for some interesting applications. As well as many applications in finance, organic chemistry and complex dynamical systems there is an ugly elephant in the room. That elephant is Shor's algorithm.

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