Episode 172: Dedicated Testers are a heuristic for slow feedback loops

It's been a while, but we're back to disagree about measuring developer productivity, and then talk about the doom and rebirth coming from AI.

25 Jan 202542min

Usual end of year episode where we reflect on 2024, and look forward to 2025.

28 Des 202454min

Once again, we ramble on topics we didn't plan on talking about.

23 Nov 202445min

Welp - Alan asked Brent how it was going, he said it was review season, and then 40 minutes of babbling commenced

3 Nov 202443min

We're lazy, so we let chatgpt kick us off with a mailbag question. Tangents followed.

6 Okt 202453min

It's hard to tell what we talked about in this episode. But it involved a sleep-deprived Alan, and Brent, the Cat-Lady.

22 Sep 202458min

The wonderful Dagna Bieda joins us to talk about her new book, Brain Refactor. Buy the book at https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Refactor-Engineering-Fulfillment-Opportunities/dp/B0DB69G798/ and learn mor...

8 Sep 202455min

We talk about this article - https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/06/10/generative-ai-is-not-going-to-build-your-engineering-team-for-you/ - which is good, but hyperbolic at times.

25 Aug 202447min