# Keynote: IT holy wars

> Explore the funny yet fierce IT 'holy wars' that polarize developers, covering everything from Vi vs Emacs to frameworks and code style.

Author: [Guillaume Laforge](https://glaforge.dev/) | Published: 2018-03-12 | Topics: geek, keynote, fun | Canonical: https://glaforge.dev/talks/2018/03/12/keynote-it-holy-wars/


A few months ago, I had some fun doing the keynote of Voxxed Days Singapore and JUG Summer Camp, and I realized I didn't get a chance to share my deck. Furthermore, the videos of both events are actually available online: one in English, one in French!

I spoke about the so-called IT Holy Wars, you know, like Vi vs Emacs, Tabs & Spaces, or other funny things of that kind. How developers circle from client-side to server-side, how we are polarized across strong positions on certain frameworks or practices, on clean vs ugly code, on tooling (build, front, back), dark / light background themes for your IDE, how do you format dates, and more.

I had lots of fun preparing and delivering this talk, both in English and French.

Let's start with English deck & video:

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And now "en français dans le texte" : 

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