Adam Tornhill

Founder and CTO at CodeScene Programmer, psychologist, Lisp hacker, speaker and author of several books including "Your Code as a Crime Scene"

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Adam Tornhill

Founder and CTO at CodeScene Programmer, psychologist, Lisp hacker, speaker and author of several books including "Your Code as a Crime Scene"

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#code quality

Adam Tornhill is a programmer who combines degrees in engineering and psychology. He's the founder of CodeScene, where he designs tools for software analysis. He's also the author of the best-selling Your Code as a Crime Scene, and three more technical books. Adam is an award-winning software researcher, focusing on code quality and AI. His other interests include music, retro computers, and martial arts.

Topic focus: Programming

Check out some of Adam’s past talks:

GOTO Copenhagen 2019 - Prioritizing Technical Debt as if Time and Money Matters
GOTO Chicago 2016 - Treat Your Code as a Crime Scene
GOTO Amsterdam 2016 - Embrace the Past: How SW Evolution Lets You Understand Large Codebases

A few of Adam’s books:

Upcoming conference sessions featuring Adam Tornhill

Meet the author: Adam Tornhill - Your Code as a Crime Scene

Wednesday Sep 30 @ 16:30 @ GOTO Copenhagen 2026

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Thursday Oct 1 @ 09:00 @ GOTO Copenhagen 2026

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