02:03 - Laurent Bossavit


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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)
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.