Episode 232: 226 RR The Leprechauns of Software Engineering with Laurent Bossavit
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02:03 - Laurent Bossavit
03:11 - The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit
04:52 - The 10x Programmer
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition by Steve McConnell
13:07 - The Custom Defects Curve
15:33 - Leprechauns and Local Truths (Does Needing to Prove Others Wrong = Fear?)
22:53 - The Feedback Cycles
25:09 - Agile, Waterfall, and The Software Crisis
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
“Bugs in the brain” = Cognitive Biases
32:30 - Estimations, Calibration and Assessments
How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard
Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? by Philip E. Tetlock
Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art by Steve McConnell
38:16 - Starting Points/Research Skills for Identifying Leprechauns
1. Skepticism
2. Curiousity
3. Tenacity
43:14 - The Value of Leprechauns
46:46 - “Most of our job is learning.”
50:44 - The Definition of “Insanity” => Experimentation
Picks
The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit (Avdi)
The Crystal Programming Language (Avdi)
Zojirushi (Avdi)
The Elm Programming Language (Laurent)
Smarter Every Day 133: The Backwards Brain Bicycle (Laurent)
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Laurent)
How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard (Jessica)
Special Guest: Laurent Bossavit.
02:03 - Laurent Bossavit
03:11 - The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit
04:52 - The 10x Programmer
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition by Steve McConnell
13:07 - The Custom Defects Curve
15:33 - Leprechauns and Local Truths (Does Needing to Prove Others Wrong = Fear?)
22:53 - The Feedback Cycles
25:09 - Agile, Waterfall, and The Software Crisis
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
“Bugs in the brain” = Cognitive Biases
32:30 - Estimations, Calibration and Assessments
How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard
Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? by Philip E. Tetlock
Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art by Steve McConnell
38:16 - Starting Points/Research Skills for Identifying Leprechauns
1. Skepticism
2. Curiousity
3. Tenacity
43:14 - The Value of Leprechauns
46:46 - “Most of our job is learning.”
50:44 - The Definition of “Insanity” => Experimentation
Picks
The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit (Avdi)
The Crystal Programming Language (Avdi)
Zojirushi (Avdi)
The Elm Programming Language (Laurent)
Smarter Every Day 133: The Backwards Brain Bicycle (Laurent)
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Laurent)
How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard (Jessica)
Special Guest: Laurent Bossavit.