Not Invented Here Syndrome is a big problem in a lot of companies that believe that what’s out there isn’t suitable for them. They believe that they can do a better job writing something custom than adapting open source products.

This talk covers a lot of common problems that emerge in day to day development and takes a look at the available solutions that have been adopted by hundreds of companies. From things like logging and metrics to database access, this is a whistle stop tour of all the technologies out there that you could be using today.