Episode 232: 226 RR The Leprechauns of Software Engineering with Laurent Bossavit

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• Episode: Episode 232: 226 RR The Leprechauns of Software Engineering with Laurent Bossavit
• Website: Ruby Rogues
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• Duration: 01:09:09
• Published: 2015-09-23 17:00

02:03 - Laurent Bossavit

• Twitter
• GitHub
• Institut Agile

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

• QWERTY vs Dvorak

Picks

The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit (Avdi)
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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.