02:03 – Laurent Bossavit
03:11 – The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit
04:52 – The 10x Programmer
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
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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)
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