Carson Gross

2 videos · 2 events · 2021–2025 · 1h 28m of video

Talks

Keynote: Lateral Thinking with Weathered Technology: How The Nintendo Philosophy Applies...

DjangoCon US 2025 · November 6, 2025

Carson Gross explains Gunpei Yokoi’s Nintendo philosophy of “lateral thinking with seasoned technology”: reuse mature, inexpensive, reliable technology in new ways instead of treating the newest technology as the goal. He connects the Game Boy’s success over more powerful handhelds, and the Wii’s success over…

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REST, HATEOAS & Django - It's OK to not use JSON... or Javascript

DjangoCon US 2021 · October 23, 2021

Carson Gross argues that REST and HATEOAS were designed for the hypermedia web, not for the JSON APIs that commonly use the label today. In a RESTful HTML application, URLs identify resources, representations contain available actions, and hypermedia encodes the application’s current state, reducing client-side…

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