226 RR The Leprechauns of Software Engineering with Laurent Bossavit

02:03 - Laurent BossavitTwitter • GitHub • Institut Agile03:11 - The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit 04:52 - The 10x ProgrammerCode Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition by Steve McConnell • 13:07 - The Custom Defects Curve15:33 - Leprechauns and Local Truths (Does Needing to Prove Others Wrong = Fear?)22:53 - The Feedback Cycles25:09 - Agile, Waterfall, and The Software CrisisThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman • “Bugs in the brain” = Cognitive Biases 32:30 - Estimations, Calibration and AssessmentsHow to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. HubbardExpert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? by Philip E. TetlockSoftware 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 Leprechauns46:46 - “Most of our job is learning.”50:44 - The Definition of “Insanity” => ExperimentationQWERTY • vs Dvorak • 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.

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