Adam Tornhill
Founder and CTO at CodeScene Programmer, psychologist, Lisp hacker, speaker and author of several books including "Your Code as a Crime Scene"Talks at GOTO Copenhagen 2026
Masterclasses at GOTO Copenhagen 2026
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: