Happy Path Programming Bruce Eckel & James Ward
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No-frills discussions between Bruce Eckel and James Ward about programming, what it is, and what it should be.
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#100 Thinking about Thinking with Diana Montalion
Diana Montalion teaches us about Systems Thinking and why it matters for those of us building software. Diana is founder of Mentrix, which teaches "systems architecture skills for an increasingly complex world."
Pre-Order Diana's book: Learning Systems Thinking: Essential Nonlinear Skills and Practices for Software Professionals
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#99 The Agile Illusion with Trond Hjorteland
We chat with Trond Hjorteland about Agile and why it hasn't led to successful outcomes in many traditional organizations.
Mentioned and related resources:
Trond & João Rosa's training on Agile + DP2
Open Systems Theory
LinkedIn Group for Open Systems Theory
More material on Open Systems Theory
Resource List from Trond
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#98 Continuous Deployment with Valentina Servile
We chat with Valentina Servile about her upcoming book on Continuous Deployment and reducing the risks to keeping HEAD not just always deployable, but automatically deployed to production.
Book for preorder on Amazon: Continuous Deployment: Enable Faster Feedback, Safer Releases, and More Reliable Software
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#97 The Pkl Configuration Language with Philip Hölzenspies
We chat with Philip Hölzenspies, one of the maintainers of the new Pkl configuration language (pkl-lang.org).
Resources:
James' Pkl for GitHub Actions: github.com/jamesward/pklgha
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#96 Compassionate Coding with April Wensel
We chat with April Wensel, founder of Compassionate Coding, about helping programmers bring more compassion to themselves and others.
Resources:
Confessions of a Recovering Jerk Programmer
Marshall Rosenberg - Nonviolent Communication
Kristin Neff - Self-Compassion
Karen Armstrong - Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center definition of compassion
Oren Jay Sofer's Needs & Feelings Lists
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#95 21st Century Databases with Gwen Shapira
We chat with Gwen Shapira, co-founder of Nile, about her journey to creating a virtualized, serverless Postgres database service. We also dive into the challenges with traditional data architectures and approaches like ORMs.
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