NEW YORK — Russell Miles opened his keynote at this week’s Devmio International JavaScript Conference with a guitar and a pictorial tribute to the historical figures who created platforms. He soon had the audience clapping and playing along.
Miles, a self-described listener, author, reader and developer, spoke on “How Developer Platforms Fail (and How Yours Won’t).” He has been building platforms for 25 years, including work on the Spring framework.
“I’ve been through hell as I’ve been trying to build those platforms and…








