Video and slides synchronized, mp3 and slide download available at http://bit.ly/115Nj6W. Glenn Vanderburg sustains the need for redefining software engineering as the science and art of designing and making systems that can readily adapt to the situations to which they may be subjected. Filmed at qconsf.com. Glenn Vanderburg is a developer at LivingSocial. In his 25 years as a programmer, he has experienced many different methods and philosophies of writing software, from heavy- to featherweight. Glenn is always searching for ways to improve the state of software development, and was an early adopter and proponent of Ruby, Rails, and agile practices.