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  • In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Tidy First? by Kent Beck. Join them as they discuss when you should prioritize tidying your code over feature improvements, what tidying means, and the Beck's thoughts on software and the time value of money!-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design by Kent Beckhttps://amzn.to/40uOEtL (paid link)Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (2nd Edition) by Martin Fowlerhttps://amzn.to/3C9d5mq (paid link)Building Evolutionary Architectures: Automated Software Governance by Neal Ford, Rebecca Parsons, Patrick Kua, Pramod Sadalagehttps://amzn.to/4fmoIVC (paid link)A Philosophy of Software Design, 2nd Edition by John Ousterhouthttps://amzn.to/4ecmYgv (paid link)The Practice of Programming by Brian Kernighan, Rob Pikehttps://amzn.to/4fuMP4b (paid link)----------------00:00 Intro03:14 About the Book05:41 Thoughts on the Book11:17 Techniques and Approaches for Tidying (Part 1)36:20 How to prioritize and manage tidying tasks (Part 2)47:30 Optionality, Reversibility and The Philosophy of Tidying (Part 3)01:05:38 Final Thoughts----------------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

  • In this special episode of Book Overflow, Pramod Sadalage joins Carter and Nathan to discuss his book Building Evolutionary Architectures. Join them as Pramod shares his thoughts on how he became a database expert, the differences between refactoring code and databases, and how AI is affecting how we work with databases!

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    The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

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  • In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Unix: A History and a Memoir by Brian Kernighan. Brian Kernighan, one of the inventors of Unix, discusses in detail how the idea came to be, who the key contributors were, and what about Unix made it so revolutionary.

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    Unix: A History and a Memoir by Brian Kernighan

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    Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!

    The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

  • In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan finish their discussion of The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim. Written in the style of a novel, join them as they discuss how businesses bet big on new ideas, dealing with layoffs, and executive politicking!

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    The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim

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    Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!

    The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

  • In this special episode of Book Overflow, Rebecca Parsons joins Carter and Nathan to discuss her book Building Evolutionary Architectures. Join them as Rebecca shares her thoughts on the benefits of abstractions, how the computer science industry has changed during her tenure, and how her academic work on genetic algorithms influenced the book!

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    Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!

    The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

  • In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Part Two of The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim. Written in the style of a novel, join them as they discuss the protagonist Maxine's journey of transforming the failing Phoenix Project from a big ball of mud into an agile, efficient architecture!

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    The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim

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    Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!

    The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

  • In this special episode of Book Overflow, Martin Fowler joins Carter and Nathan to discuss his book Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code. Join them as Martin shares why he wrote Refactoring, how the art of refactoring has changed, and how he views the book's legacy!https://martinfowler.com/-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler and Kent Beckhttps://amzn.to/4enmuox (paid link)The Art of Agile Development, 2nd Edition by James Shore and Shane Wardenhttps://amzn.to/47TiM3D (paid link)Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment by Anthony Lewishttps://amzn.to/3zJ3K3O (paid link)----------------00:00 Intro01:58 Motivation for writing the book09:45 Refactoring, Extreme Programming, and testing19:17 Estimating, Unknowns, and Complexity23:40 Trust and High Performing Teams30:32 refactoring in the wild: imitate, assimilate, innovate, best practices and sensible defaults43:39 Legacy of the book and rational for second edition47:35 What are the role of books now? Evergreen content, Long-form content in a world of short-form content.01:03:21 Book Recommendations01:09:12 Closing Thoughts----------------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

  • In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss the part one of The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim. Written in the style of a novel, join them as they discuss the protagonist Maxine's journey of being assigned to a failing project, working within a maddening bureaucracy, fighting for easy local development!

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    Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!

    The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

  • In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss the second half of Slow Productivty by MIT-educated computer scientist and productivity expert Cal Newport. Join them as they discuss what it means to work at a natural pace, how to obsess over quality, and the useful tactics Cal Newport recommends to do both!

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    Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!

    The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

  • In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups are joined by Neal Ford as he reflects on his book Building Evolutionary Architectures. Join them as they discuss the inspiration for the book, the process of writing it with three other co-authors, and how Neal envisions the future of software architecture!

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  • In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Slow Productivty by MIT-educated computer scientist and productivity expert Cal Newport. Join them as they discuss how to avoid burnout, how to balance ambition with stamina, and useful productivity hacks Cal Newport recommends!

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    To see a full list of books mentioned in the episode, check the YouTube video description at https://youtu.be/MMzbez42oPg

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    Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!

    The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

  • In this special episode of Book Overflow, Adrienne Braganza joins Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups to reflect on her book, "Looks Good To Me." Join them as they discuss what motivated her to learn so much about code reviews, the process of becoming an author, and what motivated her to become a software engineer in the first place!-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Looks Good To Me by Adrienne Braganzahttps://amzn.to/3AZHTFzWorking Effectively With Legacy Code by Michael C. Feathershttps://amzn.to/3Xox8UJYou Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader by Mark Sanbornhttps://amzn.to/3AUWamUDella Fattoria Bread: 63 Foolproof Recipes for Yeasted, Enriched & Naturally Leavened Breads by Kathleen Weberhttps://amzn.to/4e54QpKThe Best Simple Recipes: More Than 200 Flavorful, Foolproof Recipes That Cook in 30 Minutes or Less by America's Test Kitchenhttps://amzn.to/4efcE8t----------------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorgan----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

  • In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups discuss "Looks Good To Me" by Adrienne Braganza. Join them as they discuss what makes a bad code review, pair programming, AI automation, and more!

  • In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups sit down with Stephen Wolfram to discuss his book What Is ChatGPT Doing... And Why Does It Work? Tune in as he discusses his initial experiments with OpenAI, how his early work in particle physics influenced his current work with LLMs, and his thoughts on if ChatGPT is truly intelligent!-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --

    For a list of books mentioned in this episode, see the episode description at https://youtu.be/Aw7_CBczUD4----------------

    Original discussion of the book: https://youtu.be/4gyi9UDSzw4

    ----------------https://www.x.com/bookoverflowpodBook Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

  • In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan toups discuss "Looks Good To Me" by Adrienne Braganza. Join them as they discuss everything about code reviews, including automation, team procedures, and more!

    Carter on For Your Amusement: https://youtu.be/rhdyrTXbvlg?si=9csVUrBEWonG40VY

    To get links to the books mentioned in this episode, check the YouTube episode description at https://youtu.be/8B4_hl2dcow

    00:00 Intro

    04:30 About the Book

    07:04 General Thoughts on the Book

    12:49 A high-level overview of code reviews

    16:14 Learning together, knowledge-sharing, Jargon, Process, and Automation

    27:00 Keys to Effective Code Review Process, Roles, and Expectations

    46:07 Tools, Platforms, and Patterns Standards for Code Reviews

    01:03:46 Closing Thoughts

    Tools and technology mentioned in the episode:

    - Phabricator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phabricator

    - Phorge (successor to Phabricator) https://we.phorge.it/

    - Gerrit https://www.gerritcodereview.com/

    - Conventional Commits https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/

    - Github https://github.com/

    - Semantic Versioning (SEMVER) https://semver.org/

    Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!

    The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

  • In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carl Brown (of the YouTube channel Internet of Bugs) joins Carter and Nathan to share some of his favorite books! Carl is incredibly well read and shares which books have influenced him over his very impressive 35 year career.

    To get links to the books mentioned in this episode, check the YouTube episode description at https://youtu.be/GL0EE_cv9T0

    00:00 Intro02:17 How did Internet of Bugs come to be?06:03 Why still read tech books?08:32 Mythical Man-Month14:40 Philosophy of Software Design, TCL/TK, 25:56 Advanced Programming in Unix and TCP/IP Illustrated32:32 How important is it to be well-versed in Unix?42:27 Freelance, Business, and Consulting book recommendations52:57 Lightning Round: Managing your programming career, philosophy, and general advice01:02:34 Final Thoughts

  • In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups discuss "Building Evolutionary Architectures" by Neal Ford, Rebecca Parsons, Patrick Kua, and Pramod Sadalage. Join them as they discuss how to evolve your data schema, modern DevOps practices, and common architectural pitfalls and antipatterns.

  • In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups sit down with Scott Tolinski, the host of the web development podcast Syntax. Join the three of them as they discuss Scott's favorite books, his career as a developer, and what you can learn by being a voracious reader!

    Links to all the books discussed in the episode can be found in the YouTube episode description: https://youtu.be/kJs9pVy94jM

  • In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan toups discuss "Building Evolutionary Architecture" by Neal Ford, Rebecca Parsons, Patrick Kua, and Pramod Sadalage. Join them as they discuss how the approaches to designing software architecture have changed over the years, the purpose of fitness functions, and how trying to re-use code can backfire!

  • In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups interview Apple Design Award Winner Devin Davies! Devin won the Apple Design Award for his recipe app Crouton, which was featured prominently by the Wall Street Journal for its creative use of the visionOS platform. In keeping with the podcast theme of continuous education, Devin tells the story of how he started Crouton, what he needed to learn to create it, and how he learned it.

    This episode is a little outside of our usual fare, so please let us know in the comments if you'd like more of them!