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In this episode of Welcome to Cloudlandia, I reconnect with Dan Sullivan for another wide-ranging conversation that blends current events, history, technology, and human behavior. We start by reflecting on the safety and comfort of life in Canada while discussing the news of missile strikes in Israel. From there, we explore the idea that innovation often advances when entrenched leaders move on—whether in science, business, or geopolitics. Dan brings up Thomas Kuhn's idea that progress happens after the old guard exits, creating room for new ways of thinking. Our conversation shifts into the role of AI as a horizontal layer over everything—similar to electricity. We compare this shift to earlier transitions like the printing press and the rise of coffee culture. Dan shares his belief that while AI will transform systems, the core of human life will still revolve around handled needs and personal desires. We wrap by talking about convenience as the ultimate driver of progress. From automated cooking to frictionless hospitality, we recognize that people mostly want things to be “handled.” Despite how fast technology evolves, it's clear that unless something is of deep personal interest, most people will let it pass by. As always, the conversation leaves room for reflection and humor, grounded in the reality that technological change doesn't always mean personal change. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS Dan and I explore the complexities of living in a "world-class" city like Toronto, discussing its cultural vibrancy against the backdrop of global geopolitical tensions. Dan delves into Toronto's significant role as a financial and technological hub, emphasizing its strategic importance in trade with the United States, where a substantial portion of Canadian exports cross the border. We discuss the transformative potential of AI in today's digital revolution, drawing parallels with historical innovations like Gutenberg's printing press, and how these advancements continuously redefine our society. We examine the evolution of Starbucks, from a unique third space with artisanal baristas to a more automated environment, and ponder the implications of this shift on quality and customer experience. The conversation shifts to the rise of independent coffee shops, highlighting how they meet the demands of discerning customers by offering premium experiences. Dean reflects on our relentless pursuit of convenience in modern urban life, where technological advancements shape our daily routines and enhance our quality of life. We conclude with a discussion on habit formation and the role of technology in reinforcing existing habits, while considering the balance between maintaining old routines and embracing new ones. Links: WelcomeToCloudlandia.com StrategicCoach.com DeanJackson.com ListingAgentLifestyle.com TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Dean: Mr Sullivan, Dan: Mr Jackson, I hope the rest of your day yesterday went well. Dean: Oh, delightful, I learned stuff yesterday. That was a very nice day, beautiful, beautiful weather today. You know what, dan, if you could, as an option at the Hazleton, upgrade to include your perfect weather for $1,000, this is what you'd order, it's this kind of day. Yeah, mid-70s perfect white fluffy clouds. Yes, it's why. Dan: Living in a safe, globally unimportant country. That's exactly right. Holy cow, I don't know if you've seen, yeah, what's uh? I woke up like literally just a few minutes ago seeing all the, uh, the raining missiles on israel right now from Iran. Have you seen that this morning? Dean: Oh yeah, there's a lot of them. Most of them don't hit anything and most of them are shot down, but still it puts some excitement in your day. Dan: I mean really, yeah, these ones look like. They're something unique about these ones that they're supersonicersonic and many of them are hitting, yeah, different than what we've normally seen. Like normally, when you see it, it's the, the iron dome or whatever is, you know, intercepting them, which is always interesting, but these ones are like Direct, like you can see them hitting in inrael that's. I mean, could you imagine, dan, like you, just look at how geographically we are. You know we've won the geographic lottery in where we're positioned here, you know, just realizing that's never. Even though you can, all you know you always take precautions with the umbrella above us, over the outside. Dean: But I mean still that today. I've lived in Toronto for 54 years now, just past the anniversary, the 54th anniversary and I think that, first of all, when you have a really large city like Toronto, the center of a lot of things that go on in Canada, A world-class city like Toronto. Well, it's not a world-class city. But yeah, they have to go five years. I'm putting a new rule in for world-class cities. You have to go five years without ever saying the words. Dan: Yeah, we're a world-class city. Dean: We're a world-class city. And that takes you to stage one probation. Dan: Yeah. Dean: No, that takes you to stage two, probation, and then stage three probation is where all the people who've been saying it's a world-class city have either died or moved, and then it's sort of like science. There was a famous he wasn't a scientist, but he was a, I think, a science historian. Thomas Kuhn K-U-H-N if you ever came across that name wrote in the 1960s and he wrote a very influential book which is called the Structure of Scientific Revolutions, and he was asked many times when you have a sudden series of scientific breakthroughs and we really haven't had any for quite a long time, it's been mostly almost a century since we've had any real scientific revolutions. So all the progress we've made over the last century were for discoveries in physics and magnetism and electricity and uh, you know nuclear but they had already worked out how that was going to happen in the by the 1920s. and he said what when, all of a sudden, when you get a breakthrough, let's say, for example, they discover a new hydrogen atom and it essentially gives everybody free energy? That would be a scientific breakthrough. Do you think that I mean? Would you think? Dan: that would be. Dean: Yeah, yeah. In other words, energy just didn't cost anything anymore, you know, and the price of energy would go down. Dan: That would free up a lot of that, free up a lot of other things energy would go down that would free up a lot of that'd free up a lot of other things, and, uh, and, and he said, the single biggest cause for scientific breakthroughs is the funerals of old scientists. Oh who everybody defers to that you can't first them. Dean: Yeah, well, defers to, but they control promotion of young scientists. They control where the money goes for a scientist and then they die and their control loosens up and to the degree that control disappears. Now you get new. Dan: Yes. Dean: Yeah, so that's a long way around. But I think that in the world today there are people who are basically in control of geopolitical systems, economic systems, you know, cultural systems, and in the next 10 years, I think, a lot of the controllers are going. They'll either die or people will think they've already died. They don't have to actually die, they just have to be in a room somewhere and no one's heard, and no one's heard anything from them recently, and uh and uh, you know, and everything like that, and then things change and then things really shifted. But my sense about Toronto is that it's going to be the Geneva of the Western Hemisphere. Dan: Okay, that's interesting. Dean: Switzerland from a geopolitical standpoint really. I mean, nobody ever talks about well, what do the Swiss think about this? But lots of stuff happens in Geneva. People meet in Geneva. There's tons of money that goes through Geneva and you know, when you know people who hate each other want to talk to each other and feel safe about it, they do it in Geneva that's interesting. Dan: How did Switzerland become its neutrality known for? Is that just because of its positioning between Austria? Dean: and Germany mountains. Yeah, the uh, the germans had given some thought during the second world war to invade switzerland, and switzerland can put into the field in a very short period of time a very big army. I don't know what the numbers are. But the other thing is, uh, for the longest period I know maybe a century long they've been howling out the mountains. So they've got, you know, they've got secret bases inside the mountains, but there's also they've created lots of dams with big reservoirs and if there was ever an invasion they would just blow up the dams and they would flood the entire lowlands of. You know, people are told to the mountains, the entire lowlands of you know, people are told to the mountains, get to your bunker. You know everybody's got a bunker and they've all got guns and they do it. You know they just want to. They're in the middle of one of the most warfare inclined continents in human history. Europe is very warlike. It's always been warlike. Dan: Europe is very warlike. It's always been warlike, but they haven't wanted to be part of the wars, so they've taken the other approach. Dean: Yeah, and Canada is kind of like that, but the US is very uniquely positioned, because a lot of people don't know this. I mean, you come to Toronto and it's big skyscrapers, yeah, you know, and it's a financial center. It's very clearly a big financial center, it's a big communication center, it's a big tech center. But a lot of people don't know it's a big manufacturing center. There's the airport here. Dan: Oh yeah, All around the airport. Dean: Mile after mile of low-rise manufacturing Industrial yeah, all around the airport Mile after mile of low-rise manufacturing Industrial. Yeah Actually, sasha Kurzmer, who you'll see tomorrow, you'll see Sasha says it's the hottest real estate in Toronto right now is industrial space Really Wow, yeah. Yeah, we have enough condos for the next 10 years. I mean most of the condos we got enough. Dan: It's enough already. Yeah, that's true. That's funny right. Dean: I mean the vast number of them are empty. They're just. You know they just built them. Dan: Money lockers. Dean: Right yeah, money lockers right, yeah and uh, but a semi-truck you know like a big semi-truck loaded with industrial products can reach 100 million americans in 24 hours and that's where the wealth. That's where the wealth of toronto comes from. It comes from that distribution. Dan: Access to American market. Dean: Yeah, that's true. So you have the bridge at Buffalo, the big bridge at Buffalo. That goes across to New York and you have the big bridge at Detroit or at Windsor that goes across to Michigan and 80% of all the exports that Canada makes goes over those two bridges. Dan: Wow. Dean: Rapid-fire factoids for our listening audience. Dan: Yeah, absolutely, I mean that's. Dean: I like things like that. I like things like that. Dan: I do too. I always learn. You know, and that's kind of the you think about those as those are all mainland exports physical goods and the like but you know that doesn't. Where the real impact is is all the Cloudlandia transfers. You know, the transfer of digital stuff that goes across the border. There are no borders in Cloudlandia. That's the real exciting thing. This juxtaposition is like nothing else. I mean, you see, navigating this definite global migration to Cloudlandia. That's why I'm so fascinated by it. You know is just the implications. You know and you see. Now I saw that Jeff Bezos is back, apparently after stepping down. He's gotten so excited about AI that's bringing him back into the fold, you know. Dean: What at Amazon? Dan: Yes. Dean: Oh, I didn't know that. Dan: I saw that just yesterday, but he was talking about AI being, you know, a horizontal layer over everything, like electricity was layer over everything. Like electricity was, like the internet is, like AI is just going to be a horizontal, like over everything layer that will there's not a single thing that AI will not impact. It's going to be in everything. And so when you think about it, like electricity, like that I think I mentioned a few weeks ago that was kind of a curiosity of mine Now is seeing who were and what was the progression of electricity kind of thing, as a you know where it, how long it took for the alternate things to come aside from just lighting and now to where it's just everything we take for granted, right, like like you can't imagine a world without electricity. We just take it for granted, it's there, you plug something in and it and it works. Dean: You know, yeah, no, I, I agree, I agree, yeah, and so I wonder who I mean? Dan: do you? Uh and I think I go all the way back to you know that was where, like gutenberg, you know, like the first, the transition there, like when you could print Bibles okay, then you could print, you know, multiple copies and you know, took a vision, applied to it and made it a newspaper or a magazine. You know all the evolution things of it. Who were the organizers of all of these things? And I wonder about the timelines of them, you know? Dean: And I wonder about the timelines of them. You know Well, I do know, because I think that Gutenberg is a real, you know, it's a real watershed and I do know that in Northern Europe so Gutenberg was in Germany, that in Northern Europe, right across the you know you would take from Poland and then Germany, you would take from Poland and then Germany, and then you would take Scandinavia, then the low countries. Lux date that they give for Gutenberg is 1455. That's when you know a document that he printed. It has the year 1455, that within about a 30-year period there were 30,000 working presses in Northern Europe. How many years. That'd be about 30 years after 1455. So by the end of the—you've already surpassed 30,000 presses. Yes, but the vast majority of it wasn't things like Bibles. Dan: The vast majority of it was't things like Bibles. Dean: The vast majority of it was contracts. It was regulations. Dan: It was trade agreements. Dean: It was mostly commercial. It went commercial and so actually maps, maps became a big deal, yeah, yeah. So that made a difference and also those next 150 years were just tumultuous, I mean politically, economically I mean yeah yeah, enormous amount of warfare, enormous amount of became. Dan: Uh, I imagine that part of that was the ability for a precise idea to spread in the way it was intended to spread, like unified in its presentation, compared to an oral history of somebody saying, well, he said this and this was an actual, you know, duplicate representation of what you wanted, because it was a multiplier, really right. Dean: I mean that's, yeah, I'm. It was a bad time for monasteries yeah, exactly. Dan: They started drinking and one of them said you know what? We should start selling this beer. That's what we should be doing. Dean: We should get one of those new printing presses and print ads labels. Dan: Oh, we got to join in. Oh man, it's so funny, dan, that's so true, right? I mean every transition. It's like you know what did the buggy whip people start transitioning into? We're not strangers to entire industries being wiped out, you know, in the progress of things, yeah. Dean: Well, it wasn't until the end of the Second World War that horses really disappeared, certainly in Europe, certainly in Europe. It's. One of the big problems of the Germans during the Second World War is that most of their shipping was still by horses. Throughout the Second World War, you know they presented themselves as a super modern army military. You know they had the Air Force and everything like that, but their biggest problem is that they had terrible logistical systems, because one of the problems was that the roads weren't everywhere and the railroads were different gauges. They had a real problem, and horses are really expensive. I mean, you can't gas up a horse like you can gas up a truck, and you have to take care of them, you have to feed them. You have to use half of them to. You have to use half the horses to haul the food for the other half for all the horses. Dan: It's a self-perpetuating system. Yeah, exactly, that's so funny. Dean: Yeah, it's really an interesting thing, but then there's also a lot of other surprises that happen along the way. You know, happen with electricity and you know everything, but it's all gases and beds. Dan: Well, that's exactly it, and I think that it's clear. Dean: It'd be interesting with Bezos whether he can come back, because he had all sorts of novel ideas, but those novel ideas are standard now throughout the economy. And can he? I don't know how old he is now. Is he 50s? I guess 50s. Dan: Yeah, he might be 60-something. Dean: Yeah, well, well, there's probably some more ingenious 20 year olds that are. Dan: You know that are coming up with new stuff yeah, that were born when amazon already existed, you know I mean, it's like howard schultz with starbucks. Dean: He had the sweet spot for about 10 years, I think, probably from, I would say probably from around 90 to 2000. Starbucks really really had this sweet spot. They had this third space. You know, they had great baristas. Dan: They had. Dean: You walked in and the smell of coffee was fantastic and everything. And then they went public and it required that they put the emphasis on quantity rather than quality, and the first thing they had to do was replace the baristas with automatic machines. Okay, so you know, a personal touch went out of it. The barista would remember your drink. You know, yeah, a personal touch went out of it. The barista would remember your drink you know yeah. Dan: They were artists and they could create you know they punched the buttons and do the things, but they were not really making. Dean: Yeah, and then the other thing was that they went to sugar. They, you know, they brought in all sorts of sugar drinks and pastries and everything else. And now it wasn't the smell of coffee. When you walked in, it was the smell of sugar drinks and pastries and everything else. And now it wasn't the smell of coffee. When you walked in, it was the smell of sugar and uh and uh. So that I mean, people are used to sugar, but it's an interesting you know, and then he also, he trained his competition, you know, if you look at all the independent coffee places that could have a great barista and have freshly ground coffee. He trained all those people and then they went into competition with him. Dan: I think what really you know, the transition or the shift for Starbucks was that it was imagined in a time when the internet was still a place that you largely went to at home or at work, and the third place was a necessary, like you know, a gathering spot. But as soon as I think the downfall for that was when Wi-Fi became a thing and people started using Starbucks as their branch office. They would go and just sit there, take up all their tables all day. Dean: I'm guilty. Dan: I'm guilty, right exactly and that that kind of economically iconic urban locations, you know where you would be a nice little oasis. Yeah, it was exotically, exotically. European, I mean, he got the idea sitting in the. Dean: Grand Plaza in Venice you know that's where he got the idea for it, and yeah, so it was a period in a period in time. He had an era, period in time to take advantage and of course he did. You know he espresso drinks to. Dan: North. Dean: America. We, you know, maxwell House was coffee before Jeff Bezos, you know, and yeah, I think there's just a time. You, you know, I mean one of the things is that we talk about. We have Jeff Madoff and I are writing a book called Casting, not Hiring where we talk about bringing theater into your business and we study Starbucks and we say it's a cautionary tale and the idea that I came up with is that starbucks would create the world's greatest barista school and then you would apply to be, uh, become a barista in a starbucks and you would get a certification, okay, and then they would cream. They would always take the best baristas for their own stores and and. But then other people could buy a license to have a barista licensed, starbucks licensed barista license yes. And that he wouldn't have gone as quickly but he would have made quality brand. Yeah, but I think not grinding the coffee was the big, the big thing, because the smell of coffee and they're not as good. I mean, the starbucks drinks aren't as good as they. They were when they had the baristas, because it was just always freshly ground. You know, and yeah, that that was in the coffee and everything like that. I I haven't been. I actually haven't been to a starbucks myself in about two years that's interesting, we've got like it's very funny. Dan: But the in winter haven there's a independent you know cafe called haven cafe and they have won three out of five years the, the international competition in in Melbourne. Uh. Dean: Australia. Yeah see, that's good, that's fantastic yeah yeah yeah and Starbucks can't get back to Starbucks. Can't get back to that. You know that they're too big right, yeah, we just in winter. Dan: I haven't been yet because I've been up here, but it just opened a new Dutch Brothers coffee, which you know has been they've been more West Coast oriented, but making quite a stir. Dean: West Coast. That's where the riots are right. The riots are in the United. Dan: States. Dean: Oh man, holy cow, riot copy, riot copy. Dan: Yeah, exactly, I mean that's yeah. I can't imagine, you know, being in Los Angeles right now. That's just yeah unbelievable. Dean: Yeah, I think they're keeping it out of Santa Monica. That's all I really care about. Dan: Nothing at shutters right. Dean: Yeah, I mean Ocean Avenue and that. Have that tightly policed and keep them out of there. Dan: Yeah, exactly, it's amazing To protect the business. Yeah, I'm very interested in this whole, you know seeing, just looking back historically to see where the you know directionally what's going to happen with AI as it progresses here. Dean: Yeah, you know like learning from the platforms it's just constant discovery. I mean, you know like learning from that, it's just constant discovery. Dan: I mean uh, you know yeah yeah, I mean it's um. Dean: I had a podcast with mike kanix on tuesday and 60 days ago I thought it was going in this direction. Dan: He says now it's totally changed it and I said, well, that's probably going to be true 60 days from now yeah, I guess that's true, right, layer after layer, because we won't even know what it's going to, uh, what it's going to do. Yeah, I do just look at these uh things, though, you know, like the enabling everything, I'm really thinking more. I was telling you yesterday I was working on an email about the what if the robots really do take over? And just because everybody kind of says that with either fear or excitement, you know, and I think if you take it from. Dean: Well, what does take over mean? I mean, what does the word take over? Dan: mean, well, that's the thing, that's the word, right. That's what I mean is that people have that fear that they're going to lose control, but I think I look at it from that you get to give up control or to give control to the robot. You don't have to do anything. You know, I was thinking with with breakfast, with Chad Jenkins this morning, and we had, you and I had that delicious steak yesterday, we had one this morning and you know just thinking. You know, imagine that your house has a robot that is trained in all of the culinary, you know the very best culinary minds and you can order up anything you want prepared, exactly how it's prepared, you know, right there at your house, brought right to you by a robot. That's not, I mean, that's definitely in the realm of, of realistic here. You know, in the next, certainly, if we, if we take depending on how far a window out you take, right, like I think that things are moving so fast that that's, I think, 2030, you know, five years we're going to have a, even if just thinking about the trajectory that we've had right now yeah, my belief is that it's going to be um 90 of. Dean: It is going to be backstage and not front stage. That's going to be backstage yes, and that's got. You know I use the. Remember when google brought out their glasses, yeah, and they said this is the great breakthrough. You know all new technology does. And immediately all the bars and restaurants in San Francisco barred Google glasses. Dan: Okay, why? Dean: Well, because you can take pictures with them. Oh, I see, okay, and say you're not coming in here with those glasses and taking pictures of people who are having private meetings and private conversations. So yesterday after lunch I had some time to wander around. I wandered over to the new Hyatt. You know they completely remodeled the Hyatt. Dan: Yeah, how is? Dean: that it's very, very nice. It's 10 times better than the Four Seasons. First of all, they've got this big, massive restaurant the moment you walk into the lobby. I mean it probably has 100 seats in the restaurant. Dan: Like our kind of seats yeah. Dean: Yeah, I mean it's nice. I mean you might not like it, but you know you know, you walk into the Four Seasons and it's the most impersonal possible architecture and interior design. This is really nice. And so I just went over there and I, you know, and I just got on the internet and I was, you know, I was creating a new tool, I was actually creating a new tool and but I was thinking that AI is now part of reality. Dan: Yes. Dean: But reality is not part of AI. Dan: Say more about that. Dean: Well, it's not reality, it's artificial, oh it's artificial. Dan: It's artificial. Oh, exactly it's artificial. Dean: I mean, if you look up the definition of artificial, half of it means fake. Dan: Yes, exactly. Dean: Yeah, so part of our reality now is that there's a thing called AI, but AI is in a thing called reality, but reality is not in a thing called AI. Dan: Right. Dean: In other words, ai is continually taking pieces of reality and automating it and everything like that, and humans at the same time are creating more reality. That is not AI. Dan: AI, yeah, and that's I wonder. You know, this is kind of the thing where it's really the lines between. I'd be very interested to see, dan, in terms of the economy, like and I'll call that like a average you know family budget how much of it is spent on reality versus, you know, digital. You know mainland versus cloudlandia. Physical goods, food you know we talked about the different, you know the pillars of spending, mm-hmm and much of it you know on housing, transportation, food, health, kids. You know money and me, all of those things. Much of it is consumed in a. You know we're all everybody's competing outside of. You know, for everybody puts all this emphasis on Cloudlandia and I wonder you know what, how much of that is really? It's digital enabled. I don't know if you know. I just I don't know that. I told you yesterday. Dean: Yeah, but here, how much of it? The better question is. I mean to get a handle on this. How much of it is electricity enabled? Dan: Oh for sure, All of it. Dean: Most of it Well, not all of it, but most of it. I mean conversation, you know when you're sitting in a room with someone is I mean it's electronically enabled in the sense you like. Have it the temperature good and the lighting good and everything like that, but that's not the important thing. You would do it. Great conversations were happening before there was electricity, so yes, you know and any anything, but I think that most humans don't want to think about it. My, my sense is, you know, I don't want to have conversations about technology, except it's with someone like yourself or anything like that, but I don't spend most of my day talking about technology or electricity. The conversation we had last year about AI the conversation we're having about AI isn't much different than the conversation we're going to have about AI 10 years from now Did you? see this Next year. You're going to say did you see this new thing? And I said we were having a conversation like this 10 years ago. Yeah, yeah, that's absolutely true, I don't think it's going to change humanity at all. Dan: Yeah, I'm just going through like I'm looking at something you just said. We don't want to think about these things. Girding of that is our desire for convenience, progressively, you know, conserving energy, right. So it's that we've evolved to a point where we don't have to think about those things, like if we just take the, if we take the house or housing, shelter is is the core thing. That that has done. And our desire, you know, thousands of years ago, for shelter, even hundreds of years ago, was that it was, you know, safe and that it was gave did the job of shelter. But then, you know, when, electricity and plumbing and Wi-Fi and entertainment streaming and comfortable furniture and all these things, this progression, this ratcheting of elevations, were never. I think that's really interesting. We're never really satisfied. We're constantly have an appetite for progressing. Very few things do we ever reach a point where we say, oh, that's good enough, this is great. Like outhouses, you know, we're not as good as indoor plumbing and having, you know, having electricity is much nicer than having to chop wood and carry water. Dean: Yeah, well, I think the big thing is that efficiency and convenience and comfort, once you have them, no longer have any meaning. Dan: Right. But the ratchet is, once we've reached one level, we're ratcheted in at that level of acceptance. Dean: I mean possibly I don't know. I mean I don't know how you would measure this in relationship to everybody's after this. First of all, I don't know how you measure everybody and the big thing. I mean there are certain people who are keenly interested in this. It's more of an intellectual pleasure than it is actually. See that technology is of intellectual interest. You me, you know, you myself and everything else will be interested in talking about this, but I'm going home for a family reunion next weekend in Ohio. I bet in the four or five hours we're together none of us talks about this because it's of no intellectual interest to anyone else. Ok, so you know but it is for us. It's a, you know, and so I was reading. I'm reading a is the observation of the interest and behavior of a very small portion of the population who have freedom and money and that. And the era is defined by the interest of this very, very small portion, the rest of the people probably they're not doing things that would characterize the era. They're doing things that may have lasted for hundreds but it doesn't. It's not interesting to study, it's not interesting to write about, and you know, I mean we look at movies and we say, well, that's like America. No, that's like actors and producers and directors saying this is how we're going to describe America, but that's not how America actually lives. Dan: Yeah, that's interesting, right, movies are kind of holding up a mirror to the zeitgeist, in a way, right. Dean: Like Strategic Coast, is not a description of how the entrepreneurial world operates no, you know the yeah. Dan: The interesting thing thinking about your thinking is is transferable across all. You know it's a durable context. That's kind of the way. That's what I look about. That's what I love about the eight prophet activators. The breakthrough DNA model is very it's a durable context. It's timeless. Dean: Yes, I mean if the Romans had the eight prophet activators, and they did, but they just didn't know they did. Dan: Right. Dean: Yeah, and you go forward to the Star Wars cafe and probably the ones who are buying drinks for the whole house are the ones who know the eight prophet activators. Dan: Secretly, secretly, secretly. Who's that? Dean: weird. Who's that weird looking guy? I don't know if it's a guy. Who is it who you know? Well, I don't know, but buy him a drink oh my goodness, yeah, I'm. Dan: I think this thing that is convenience. We certainly want things to get easier. I mean, when you look at, I'm just looking down no, we want some things to get easier. What things do we not want to get easier? Dean: The things that are handled. We don't want to get easier. Dan: Oh right exactly. Dean: Yeah, for example, if there was a home robot, we would never buy one, because we've got things handled. Dan: Yeah. Dean: Yeah, I have no interest in having a home robot. I have no interest in having a home shop for a cook. I have no interest in everything because it's already handled and it's not worth the thinking it would take to introduce that into my, into our life I mean yeah, and it right like that. So it's. Dan: There are certain things that we'd like to get easier okay, and we're and we're focused on that yeah, yeah, I think about that, like that's I was thinking, you know, in terms of you know the access we have through Cloudlandia is I can get anything that is from any restaurant you know delivered to my house in 22 minutes. You know, that's from the moment I have the thought, I just push the button and so, yeah, I don't have. There's no, no thinking about that. We were talking about being here in the. You know the seamlessness of you know being here at the Hazleton and of you know I love this, uh, environment, I love being right here in this footprint and the fact that you know the hotel allows you to just like, come, I can walk right in step, you know, get all the function of the shelter and the food and being in this environment without any of the concern of it, right? No yeah, no maintenance. No, I never think about it when I leave. Yeah, it's handled. Think about that compared to when I had a house here, you know you have so much. Yeah, that's the thing, that's a good word handled. We just want things handled. You know Our desires. We want our desires handled and our desires are not really. I think our basic desires don't really. Maybe they evolve, it's just the novelty of the things, but the actual verbs of what we're doing are not really. I think you look at, if we look at the health category, you know where you are a you know you are at the apex level of consumer of health and longevity. Consumer of health and longevity. You know all the offerings that are available in terms of you know, from the physio that you're doing to the stem cells, to the work with David Hasse, all of those things. You are certainly at the leading edge and it shows you're nationally ranked, internationally ranked, as aging backwards. Dean: I'm on the chart. You're on the chart exactly, but I got on the chart without knowing it. It's just a function of one of the tests that I take. Somebody created sort of a ranking out of this and I was on it. It's just part of something that I do every quarter that shows up on some sort of chart. They ask you whether you want to be listed or not, and I thought it was good for um, because your doctor is listed on it too, and I. I did it mostly because david hoss he gets credit for it, you know he does it for yeah you know, it's good. It's good for his advertising and you know his marketing and I mean it's just good for. It's just good for his advertising and you know his marketing, I mean it's just good for his satisfaction and everything like that. But you know that's a really good thing because you know I created that. It was like two years I created a workshop called well, it's a lifetime extender, and then I changed it to age reversal future, because not a really interesting term, because it's in the future somewhere. Right but age reversal you can actually see right now it's a more meaningful comparison number and I had hundreds of people. I had hundreds of people on that and to my knowledge nobody's done anything that we talked about which kind of proves to you, unless it's a keen interest you can have the information and you can have the knowledge. But if it isn't actually something of central motivational interest to you, the knowledge and the information just passes by. The knowledge and the information just passes. Dan: Yeah, and I think it goes. If you have to disrupt your established habits, what do you always say? We don't want any habits except for the ones that we have already established. Right, except for the ones that are existing. Dean: Reinforce them, yeah, reinforce them and anyway, today I'm going to have to cut off early because I have, and so in about two minutes I'm going to have to jump, but I'm seeing you tomorrow and I'm seeing you the next day. It's a banner week. It's four days in a row. We'll be in contact, so, anyway, you know what we're doing in context, so anyway you know what we're doing. We're really developing, you know, psychological, philosophical, conceptual structures here. How do you think about this stuff? That's what I think about it a lot. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's always pleasurable. Dan: Always, Dan, I will. I'll see you tomorrow At the party. That's right. Have an amazing day and I'll see you tomorrow night okay, thanks, bye.

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted.https://gotopia.techRead the full transcription of this interview hereKent Beck - Software Engineer & Creator of Extreme ProgrammingDaniel Terhorst-North - Originator of Behavior Driven Development (BDD) & Principal at Dan North & AssociatesRESOURCESKenthttps://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.bsky.socialhttps://www.kentbeck.comhttps://github.com/KentBeckhttps://twitter.com/KentBeckhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kentbeckDanielhttps://bsky.app/profile/tastapod.comhttps://twitter.com/tastapodhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tastapodhttps://github.com/tastapodhttps://mastodon.social/@tastapodhttp://dannorth.net/blogDESCRIPTIONKent Beck and Daniel Terhorst-North reflect on the evolution of Extreme Programming (XP) and its lasting impact on agile software development. They explore the importance of short feedback loops, iterative learning, and adaptability in different phases of product development, as outlined in Beck's 3X model (Exploration, Expansion, Extraction).Kent introduces radical techniques like Test && Commit || Revert (TCR) and Limbo, which challenge traditional coding and collaboration practices by emphasizing tiny, safe iterations. The conversation ties in psychological safety, a key factor in high-performing teams, as outlined by Amy C. Edmondson.Kent envisions a future where software development scales in real-time, pushing teams to embrace faster experimentation, responsibility, and continuous learning in a rapidly evolving tech landscape.RECOMMENDED BOOKSKent Beck • Tidy First?Kent Beck & Cynthia Andres • Extreme Programming ExplainedAmy C. Edmondson • The Fearless OrganizationAmy C. Edmondson • Right Kind of WrongJez Humble & David Farley • Continuous DeliveryBlueskyTwitterInstagramLinkedInFacebookCHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUSJoin this channel to get early access to videos & other perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/joinLooking for a unique learning experience?Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.techSUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted.https://gotopia.techRead the full transcription of this interview hereSusanne Kaiser - Independent Tech Consultant & Author of "Architecture for Flow"Michaela Greiler - Code Reviews Expert, Trainer & ConsultantAdele Carpenter - Software Engineer at TriforkDaniel Terhorst-North - Originator of Behavior Driven Development (BDD) & Principal at Dan North & AssociatesSimon Wardley - Thought Lord, Mapper, Mostly GoodRESOURCESSusannehttps://mastodon.social/@suksrhttps://susannekaiser.netMichaelahttps://twitter.com/mgreilerhttps://michaelagreiler.comAdelehttps://bsky.app/profile/97adele.bsky.socialDanielhttps://bsky.app/profile/suksr.bsky.socialhttp://dannorth.net/blogSimonhttps://bsky.app/profile/swardley.bsky.socialhttp://blog.gardeviance.orgDESCRIPTIONExplore the rich tapestry of what it truly means to support developers.The conversation took a forward-looking turn as they examined the role of AI, not as a looming replacement, but as a powerful ally that enhances human creativity, much like past innovations that revolutionized workflows. They showcased how intuitive design—exemplified by tools like IntelliJ—can make a developer's experience seamless and enjoyable.RECOMMENDED BOOKSSusanne Kaiser • Adaptive Systems With Domain-Driven Design, Wardley Mapping & Team TopologiesSimon Wardley • Wardley MapsSimon Wardley • Wardley Mapping, The KnowledgeMatthew Casperson • DevEx as a ServiceChristian Clausen • Five Lines of CodeDavid Anderson, Marck McCann & Michael O'Reilly • TBlueskyTwitterInstagramLinkedInFacebookCHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUSJoin this channel to get early access to videos & other perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/joinLooking for a unique learning experience?Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.techSUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

Key Topics[02:30] Definition of BDD as an additional layer of discipline on top of TDD[03:15] Common pitfalls of TDD, including testing to implementation and brittle tests[08:30] The structure of BDD tests using Given-When-Then format[12:00] Applying BDD at different levels, from unit tests to system tests[15:45] Using test doubles and spies for hardware interactions in embedded systems[22:30] Testing state machines with BDD[27:00] Off-target testing and hardware abstraction layers[33:00] Why BDD isn't more widely used in embedded systems[36:30] Using code coverage as a signal rather than a goal metric[39:00] Overcoming the learning curve and maintaining discipline in BDDNotable Quotes"BDD is an additional layer of discipline on top of TDD. Dan North's goal was to get straight to the good stuff of TDD without getting into the pitfalls." — Steve"The key thing that BDD does by saying we're going to focus on behavior is you look at the API that you've written and you say, what can I do through the public API to affect this, to check the results and so forth?" — Steve"By having abstraction layers, you create your thin layer that's substitutable with either the real code on target, or with a test double off target." — Steve"Code coverage as a goal metric is not a good thing. Rather than using code coverage as just this almost dimensionless metric, use it as a signal to guide you." — Steve"By adhering very strictly to the simple rules of how to do BDD, by forcing yourself to the discipline of that strict adherence, it keeps you on track." — SteveResources MentionedJames Grenning's bookSteve's blog postEmbedded Online TalkIan Cooper's video You can find Jeff at https://jeffgable.com.You can find Luca at https://luca.engineer.Want to join the agile Embedded Slack? Click here

Join hosts Mike Boulton and Grace Sharkey on this special St. Patrick's Day episode of The Stockout as they dive into the key economic pressures affecting supply chains, retail, and the CPG industry. Featuring Dan North, Senior Economist at Allianz Trade North America, this discussion covers: The impact of tariffs and trade wars on businesses and consumers   Inflation trends and how they affect wages and spending power   Federal Reserve policies and interest rate decisions   The slowing U.S. economy, manufacturing declines, and consumer confidence shifts With expert insights into trade credit insurance and global trade flows, Dan North breaks down why inflation is still a major concern and what to expect from the economy in 2025. Will the Fed cut interest rates?   How are businesses adjusting to trade policies?   What does this mean for your industry? Don't miss this crucial economic update! Like, comment, and subscribe for more in-depth discussions. #Economy #Tariffs #Inflation #SupplyChain #AllianzTrade #InterestRates #TradeWar #EconomicTrends Follow The Stockout Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join hosts Mike Boulton and Grace Sharkey on this special St. Patrick's Day episode of The Stockout as they dive into the key economic pressures affecting supply chains, retail, and the CPG industry. Featuring Dan North, Senior Economist at Allianz Trade North America, this discussion covers: The impact of tariffs and trade wars on businesses and consumers   Inflation trends and how they affect wages and spending power   Federal Reserve policies and interest rate decisions   The slowing U.S. economy, manufacturing declines, and consumer confidence shifts With expert insights into trade credit insurance and global trade flows, Dan North breaks down why inflation is still a major concern and what to expect from the economy in 2025. Will the Fed cut interest rates?   How are businesses adjusting to trade policies?   What does this mean for your industry? Don't miss this crucial economic update! Like, comment, and subscribe for more in-depth discussions. #Economy #Tariffs #Inflation #SupplyChain #AllianzTrade #InterestRates #TradeWar #EconomicTrends Follow The Stockout Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted.https://gotopia.techRead the full transcription of this interview hereDaniel Terhorst-North - Originator of Behavior Driven Development (BDD) & Principal at Dan North & AssociatesJulian Wood - Serverless Developer Advocate at AWSRESOURCESDanielhttps://bsky.app/profile/tastapod.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tastapodhttps://github.com/tastapodhttps://mastodon.social/@tastapodhttp://dannorth.net/blogJulianhttps://bsky.app/profile/julianwood.comhttps://twitter.com/julian_woodhttp://www.wooditwork.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/julianrwoodhttps://s12d.com/gotoDESCRIPTIONDaniel Terhorst-North and Julian Wood share decades of experience to offer a nuanced view of programming, governance, and product delivery. By framing programming as a socio-technical activity, they emphasize the critical role of collaboration, feedback, and sustainable practices.The conversation challenges traditional governance models, advocating for hypothesis-driven product management and continuous feedback mechanisms. Through humorous anecdotes and hard-won wisdom, Terhorst-North inspires people to look beyond technical expertise to the broader ecosystem of teams, culture, and organizational alignment. [...]RECOMMENDED BOOKSJez Humble & David Farley • Continuous DeliveryNicole Forsgren, Jez Humble & Gene Kim • AccelerateKim, Humble, Debois, Willis & Forsgren • The DevOps HandbookJez Humble, Joanne Molesky & Barry O'Reilly • Lean EnterpriseHeidi Helfand • Dynamic ReteamingHeidi Helfand • How to Change Your TeamsCarl Larson & Frank M J LaFasto • TeamworkGene Kim & Steve Spear • Wiring the Winning OrganizationMatthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team TopologiesBlueskyTwitterInstagramLinkedInFacebookCHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUSJoin this channel to get early access to videos & other perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/joinLooking for a unique learning experience?Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.techSUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

When even The Federal Reserve takes note of your economic impact, you know you're a big deal. And that's just one of the many accomplishments attributed to Taylor Swift, whose 2023-2024 Eras tour has become the highest-grossing of all-time, and the first ever to rake in more than $1-billion in revenue, boosting local businesses across the country. But Swift isn't the only musician, athlete, or organization with an oversized impact on the economy.On this episode of Wheel of Risk, host Alix McCabe sits down once again with Dan North, the Senior Economist for North America at Allianz Trade, for a deep dive into the ripple effect that occurs whenever a famous musical act, high-stakes playoff game, or big business conference comes to town. They explore how — ticket sales aside — these marquee events also generate spending on everything from lodging and transportation to restaurants, retailers, and much more. They also discuss what local businesses can do to ‘get on the bandwagon' and take advantage of all those juicy opportunities when they do arise.

En el episodio 90 del podcast de Entre Dev y Ops hablaremos sobre medir la productividad de equipos de desarrollo. Blog Entre Dev y Ops - https://www.entredevyops.es Telegram Entre Dev y Ops - https://t.me/entredevyops Twitter Entre Dev y Ops - https://twitter.com/entredevyops LinkedIn Entre Dev y Ops - https://www.linkedin.com/company/entredevyops/ Patreon Entre Dev y Ops - https://www.patreon.com/edyo Amazon Entre Dev y Ops - https://amzn.to/2HrlmRw Enlaces comentados: Artículo de McKinsey - https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/technology-media-and-telecommunications/our-insights/yes-you-can-measure-software-developer-productivity Review de Dan North sobre el artículo de McKinsey - https://dannorth.net/mckinsey-review/ DORA - https://dora.dev/ SPACE - https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3454124 DevEx - https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3595878 Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - https://amzn.to/4dsi8Mq

Higher gas prices. Limited air travel options. Packed cruise ships. Hotel rooms and campsites booked up months in advance. Yes, it's that time of year again — summer vacation season! And that means a bevy of both risks and opportunities for businesses and consumers alike. Anyone else get thirsty at the mention of a ‘bevy'? On this episode of Wheel of Risk, host Alix McCabe is joined once again by series stalwart and Senior Economist for North America at Allianz Trade, Dan North, to dive into the economic ups and downs associated with summer travel. They'll explore which types of business and which industries tend to see a seasonal spike in spending, and what companies can do to cash in on those juicy, tourist dollars. They'll also explain why some goods and services tend to get more expensive over the summer, and how individual travelers can maximize their time and their money. Listen until the very end for a special ‘Hot or Not' segment, where Dan shares his take on recent summer travel trends.

It's a term that's seen a lot of use and prompted plenty of anxiety over the past few years: recession. Ever since the start of the pandemic, there's been a barrage of media coverage about the state of the economy and where it's headed. But it turns out, recessions may not be the economic bogeymen they're made out to be… they're simply part of a boom-bust cycle that dates back hundreds of years.On this episode of Wheel of Risk, host Alix McCabe is joined by series stalwart Dan North, the Senior Economist for North America at Allianz Trade, for a deep dive into the cyclical nature of the U.S. economic system. One part history lesson, one part economics lesson, with a pinch of prognostication on the side, this podcast is essential listening for any business owner or manager who's concerned about the toll that tough economic times can take on their organization's bottom line.We'd also love to learn more about you and what you'd like to hear on future episodes, so please take two minutes to fill out this survey.

Dan North, Senior Economist for Allianz Trade North America, joins host Barry Bobrow for this informative discussion on a wide range of topics. He shares his views on Fed Policy and the potential for a recession, as well as offering commentary on the health of the American consumer and thoughts on the economic impact of current U.S. political gridlock.

Have you ever noticed that there tends to be a spike in retail bankruptcies every January? It's no coincidence. It's because the preceding period from Black Friday to Christmas is among the most critical times of the entire year for many retailers, the suppliers with which they do business, and the U.S. economy in general.On this special seasonal episode of Wheel of Risk, host Alix McCabe is again joined by regular contributor Dan North, Allianz Trade's Senior Economist for North America, for a timely deep dive into the importance of the holiday shopping season. Together, they examine the specific risk factors facing seasonal retailers, and discuss which economic conditions, like inflation, food costs, and gas prices, may affect or help predict how much money shoppers are going to spend. Dan will also share his forecast for the 2023 holiday shopping season in particular to help anyone with ties to the retail sector know what to expect.

How can you confidently continue to do business with companies that could lose funding from their banks? That's a question many organizations have been grappling with since the historic situation in the U.S.financial sector. The much-publicized failure of Silicon Valley Bank was actually one of three bank collapses in March of 2023, and the fallout could continue to pose a challenge for some time to come.On this season premiere episode of Wheel of Risk, host Alix McCabe sits down with Justin Seedorf, Southwest Regional Vice President at Allianz Trade Americas, for a comprehensive look at the cause and ramifications of the situation at SVB. They'll also hear from Dan North, Allianz Trade's Senior Economist for North America, who breaks down the long-term outlook for banks, their customers, and the economy in general, as they contend with the new regulatory environment in which they find themselves.

Dan North tells the tale of Tim, the worst programmer he's worked with (who also is a heck of a programmer), Kevin Lin declares that OpenTelemetry delivers on its promise for open observability, Justin Garrison details Terraform vs GitOps vs System Initiative, Inc. writes how Apple beats burnout & Aline Lerner's advice on how (not) to sabotage your salary negotiations before you even start.

Dan North tells the tale of Tim, the worst programmer he's worked with (who also is a heck of a programmer), Kevin Lin declares that OpenTelemetry delivers on its promise for open observability, Justin Garrison details Terraform vs GitOps vs System Initiative, Inc. writes how Apple beats burnout & Aline Lerner's advice on how (not) to sabotage your salary negotiations before you even start.

Dan North tells the tale of Tim, the worst programmer he's worked with (who also is a heck of a programmer), Kevin Lin declares that OpenTelemetry delivers on its promise for open observability, Justin Garrison details Terraform vs GitOps vs System Initiative, Inc. writes how Apple beats burnout & Aline Lerner's advice on how (not) to sabotage your salary negotiations before you even start.

Fredrik snackar med Lars Albertsson om data engineering - att hitta och agera på möjligheter i sin data, att förändra processer och arbetssätt, och vara med på att man kanske behöver ändra mycket fler saker för att få full effekt av en förändring. Lars går på djupet både i nyttan av att använda sin data på bra sätt, och i varför det är så svårt och så många projekt inte ger värst stor utdelning. Tidningars förhållningssätt är värdefullt i sammanhanget - gör något som är nyttigt för någon nu. Få ut värde tidigt. Gör inte som Lego. Drivs av use case. Följ värdeströmmarna och organisera längs med dem istället för att hamna på tvären och dämma upp dem. Lars tar också upp hur man sprider tillgången på data på ett bra sätt, och inte minst vikten av att ta ansvar för sin data och hur man hanterar den. Alla sätt att sprida data är definitivt inte bra. Ett stort tack till Cloudnet som sponsrar vår VPS! Har du kommentarer, frågor eller tips? Vi är @kodsnack, @tobiashieta, @oferlund, och @bjoreman på Twitter, har en sida på Facebook och epostas på info@kodsnack.se om du vill skriva längre. Vi läser allt som skickas. Gillar du Kodsnack får du hemskt gärna recensera oss i iTunes! Du kan också stödja podden genom att ge oss en kaffe (eller två!) på Ko-fi, eller handla något i vår butik. Länkar Lars Albertsson och hans företag Scling Øredev Lars presentationer på Øredev 2022 The 7 habits of data effective companies (pdf av presentationsbilder) Data engineering in 10 years (pdf av presentationsbilder) Lars andra presentationer och framträdanden Data engineering Data divide Eli Goldratt The goal Beyond the goal - introducerar teorin om begränsningar och de fyra frågorna Bra presentation av Dan North där han dyker ned i Goldratts fyra frågor Material resource planning Vattenfall Rational unified process Hadoop Data lake GDPR Rabobank - holländsk bank öppna med sitt arbete Bonnier news Peter Frey Joel Abrahamsson Henrik Kniberg Mojang Lego universe Henrik Kniberg om Lego vs Minecraft Palantir Peter Thiel Silicon Valley Blackwater Lean manufacturing Dataops och boktips Data swamp Data contracts Data products Extreme programming Accelerate - bok State of devops report Bonusboktips: Fundamentals of data engineering Titlar Titta på folk och prata med dem samtidigt Vad man gör med den data man har Förmågan att få ut värde av sin data Informationen finns därute Gapet i förmåga Ett optimeringsproblem Goldratts glasögon Man häller ner all sin data på ett och samma ställe och sedan så händer det bra saker Konsultbolag har ingen data Nej är det snabba svaret Något som är värdefullt för någon nu Ta sig data över huvudet Tvärs emot värdeströmmen

Materiały dodatkowe:CUPID - the back story, pierwszy artykuł Dana Northa o kwestionowaniu zasad SOLIDCUPID - for joyful coding, kontynuacja tematu na blogu Dana NorthaCUPID - for joyful coding, nagranie prezentacji z konferencji NDC London 2022Patterns of Software: Tales from the Software Community, Richard P. Gabriel

It's one of those scenarios almost any business owner can relate to: one of your critical customers -- who accounts for a big chunk of your revenue -- is falling further and further behind on their payments, then stops meeting their deadlines altogether. What can you do, other than panic?  On this series premiere episode of Wheel of Risk, presented by Allianz Trade, join host Alix McCabe as she sits down with Tim Nemec, the Chief Financial Officer of M. Lipsitz & Co. LTD, to discuss just such a situation. They'll also hear from Allianz Trade's Senior Economist for North America, Dan North, as they explore the surprisingly high-risk world of scrap metal recycling, where fluctuating commodity prices can be the difference between feast and famine. Listen to the very end for Dan's expert analysis on the current economic situation, including the looming likelihood of recession, and for Tim's ‘parting gift' to listeners; some important advice to help other businesses avoid the same snags his company has faced.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, we decided we'd have a chat about the 8 principles or tenets for a high performance serverless first team. 1. 'Chase a business outcome or a KPI' A team should know what business KPI they're working towards. You should be able to tap a person on the shoulder and have them tell you what they're working on. And what business impact the work they're doing is going to have. If the team says 'I don't know', then you run a Northstar workshop. After the Northstar workshop if nobody can think of a KPI then the next step is to ask if the team should be doing this work. It's not that they are a bad team. They are being asked to do the wrong stuff. 2. 'Be secure by design' Don't do security afterwards. Bake it in from the start. It's everyone's job. It's such a difficult thing to retrofit. Use threat models and get it done early. Try to solve for what you can and what you know. Bake it into all your engineering practices. And bake it into your pipelines. Shift it all left and help to enable teams to be more secure. Security has a risk profile, if you don't do it right. And it can be an existential risk for the businesses if you don't have a secure solution. 3. 'Keep a high throughput of work' That is borrowed from the DORA metrics in the 'Accelerate' book by Nicole Forsgren. This principle looks at high throughput, which is deployment frequency and lead time. For serverless teams, it is key to make changes fast and frequent. And always be learning and driving observability. As Charity Majors says, "speed is stability". The more frequently you do something, the more you deploy to production. You're actually improving your stability. You smooth out the pathways and the error conditions. And you bake it into your pipelines. Which means that you automate a lot of the stuff that could go wrong. 4. 'Reliably run, high stability system' That's the other two DORA metrics of throughput and stability. A lot of discussions with test teams, QA and software engineers drive the need for investment in world class quality and testing capabilities/practices. If you're not stable, where's the gap? What scenarios and behaviours have you not covered? It drives the right evolution. When you look at three and four, you can't achieve any of them if you've got things in the middle. Or handoffs, or if you are dumping things over walls. It's about promoting ownership. To get elite scores, you need to know what you're doing and embrace that approach. 5. 'Rent or reuse with build as a final option' How do you do that? Serverless! With Serverless and SaaS and our background you're used to going straight to the workspace. And with the FORESEE diagram, we find out what we are doing and it is coding. It's a mindset thing. It's back to knowing your business purpose. And then knowing your business KPIs. If you can achieve business outcomes without doing code you are at your most optimal. If you can leverage a SaaS offering that does what you need, that's probably the next thing. And finally you need to build following a serverless first mindset and approach. Using all the serviceful offerings and managed services. 6. 'Continuously optimise the total cost' This is the best question to ask any team. Good teams will tell you how much their cloud costs are. But loads of teams have no idea. This is a great measure of a good team. They have a cost in mind. A good team will tell you the run cost. And a great team will tell you the total cost. But really good teams will get into a worst case development conversation about how much features cost. And how much revenue they're bringing in. In other words, how impactful they are to the business. 7. 'Build event driven via strong API's' This sounds very easy. But from talking to Sam Dengler, nobody is doing this properly. We've been talking about this for 20 years. Proper integration is still a mystery to most people. It is about making sure you've got the right things in the right places. But also at the right size. And having things that are composable. It's about breaking things up into their smallest constituent parts. And change things as frequently as possible. I find that this one takes a lot of evolution and yields through different levels of complexity. And it takes time. You should always be thinking about it. 8. 'Build solutions that fit in their heads'. This principle is borrowed from Dan North. In other words, don't build crazy systems that are too complicated. This has a nice nod towards Team Topologies and setting proper boundaries. We've seen teams become victims to crazy architectures. Where there's too much to fit in your head and the cognitive load breaks people. When we are getting teams going my manta is 'just enough design'. Some teams want to design everything up front and go into huge amounts of detail. But it is better to keep your world small. Focus on what you're doing today. Serverless Craic from The Serverless Edge theserverlessedge.com @ServerlessEdge

En este episodio Alfredo Casado y Juan Vega debaten sobre la alternativa a SOLID presentada por Dan North. CUPID -- for joyful coding: https://dannorth.net/2022/02/10/cupid-for-joyful-coding/ Referencias - Charla de Alfredo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zptOiiRf9CE - Episodio SRP: https://www.thebigbranchtheory.dev/post/single-responsablity/ - Episodio OCP:https://www.thebigbranchtheory.dev/post/open-close-principle/ Photo by Olya Kobruseva from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/wooden-scrabble-tiles-on-red-paper-heart-6694112/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebigbranchtheory/message

This episode of The Mighty Anvil talks with Dan North on the Breastplate of Righteousness. We discuss putting on the armor everyday. Email: mightyanvilpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @mightyanvilpodcast The Mighty Anvil Spotify Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VIQBg85qBKH39OHhujUHg?si=1sgo6yEsTvyJb6huvdSpXg Support The Mighty Anvil at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mightyanvilpodcast The Mighty Anvil YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoFMnuTqdbV2JGs1r7gfBAA Scott's page https://elevatelife.gomethod.app/!/#/24245/2022-la-dream-center-missions-trip/participants/263546/donate Alysa's page https://elevatelife.gomethod.app/!/#/24245/2022-la-dream-center-missions-trip/participants/263547/donate Suicide Prevention websites: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org Or https://afsp.org Embrace A loving, stable home for every child https://embracetexas.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/themightyanvil/support

This month we speak with Dan North, Chief Economist at Euler Hermes about inflation, supply chain disruption & 2022's economic outlook. As one of the leading U.S. economists, Dan North has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business News, ABC News Now, France 24, and Bloomberg Radio and Television. He has been quoted by USA Today, Barron's, Bloomberg Business Week, The Washington Post, Paris Le Monde, and The Wall Street Journal.

Materiały dodatkowe:Składnia języka GherkinCucumberJBehaveSpecFlowBehatThoughtworks GaugeThoughtworks TaikoDodatkowo, sporo ciekawych odnośników do materiałów związanych z Behaviour-Driven Development znajduje się z repozytorium Mateusza, Awesome-BDD

Aidan Harding, who joins to talk about Object-Oriented Thinking, is a senior developer and Technology Director at Nebula Consulting Ltd. Main Points OO language in the 1990s SOLID principles Inheritance and composition Refactoring Talking about “reusing the code is not the reason to break things into objects” OO construction Related resources Links Aidan's LinkedIn Aidan's Twitter “Why every single element of SOLID is wrong” – Blog by Dan North “Semi-solid Principles” episode in the Two’s Complement Podcast  Nebula Core – Apex Functional Programming episode Nebula Consulting Company that Aidan is working for The post 89. Object-Oriented Thinking | Aidan Harding appeared first on SalesforceWay.

2021 – Year Two: Canada in a COVID World In 2021 we have seen rising inflation, global supply chain bottlenecks and disruptions, as well as ballooning public debt. Though the world is getting back to work, COVID continues to morph into new variants offering more uncertainty. On this episode of the TradeSecurely podcast, three economists […]

I denne episode har Ole og Katrine en gæst i studiet, nemlig Aino Vonge Corry, forfatteren til “Retrospective Antipatterns”. Aino er retrospective-NØRD, hvilket fører til en triple-nørde-faktor i studiet. For retrospectivet er hjertet i Agile. Eller… den praksis at lære af erfaringer og kontinuerligt forbedre sit flow og sine processer. For alt for mange retrospectives bliver mekaniske og kedelige. Et retrospective fungerer kun, hvis det vitterligt er en arena for læring. Men hvad gør man for at få det til at ske? Hvordan designer man? Hvordan faciliterer man menneskers forskellighed? Hvordan bringer man gruppen frem til saftige beslutninger? Og ikke mindst: hvad gør man med det allervigtigste tidsrum, nemlig tiden MELLEM retrospectives, hvor handlinger skal omsættes til adfærd?

Do the SOLID principles still make sense? Carl and Richard talk to Dan North about SOLID, starting with a five-minute PubConf talk that Dan did about how SOLID was wrong. Meant to be humorous (it was PubConf after all), the SOLID fans took exception, and actually led to Dan exploring how SOLID could be reinterpreted... as CUPID. With a lot of back story and laughs, Dan digs into his thinking around making sustainable, quality software with the acronym CUPID.

Do the SOLID principles still make sense? Carl and Richard talk to Dan North about SOLID, starting with a five-minute PubConf talk that Dan did about how SOLID was wrong. Meant to be humorous (it was PubConf after all), the SOLID fans took exception, and actually led to Dan exploring how SOLID could be reinterpreted... as CUPID. With a lot of back story and laughs, Dan digs into his thinking around making sustainable, quality software with the acronym CUPID.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Do the SOLID principles still make sense? Carl and Richard talk to Dan North about SOLID, starting with a five-minute PubConf talk that Dan did about how SOLID was wrong. Meant to be humorous (it was PubConf after all), the SOLID fans took exception, and actually led to Dan exploring how SOLID could be reinterpreted... as CUPID. With a lot of back story and laughs, Dan digs into his thinking around making sustainable, quality software with the acronym CUPID. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

This week, our heroes talk with Dan North: Viking, elk hunter, coach, consultant, author, and father of Behavior Driven Development. Dan discusses CUPID, a new set of software properties he's been working on. The post 27. CUPID: A Software Love Story with Dan North appeared first on Retro Time.

This episode we talk with David Rushing as we look into the book Fight by Craig Groeschel. We get a treat with special guest host Dan North. David requested the song "Reckless Love" by Raymond Gregory to be added to the The Mighty Anvil playlist on Spotify. Side note Scott will return with a full voice next week, lol. Email: mightyanvilpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @mightyanvilpodcast The Mighty Anvil Spotify Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VIQBg85qBKH39OHhujUHg?si=1sgo6yEsTvyJb6huvdSpXg Support The Mighty Anvil at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mightyanvilpodcast The Mighty Anvil YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoFMnuTqdbV2JGs1r7gfBAA --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/themightyanvil/support

Reflecting on 2020 and looking at the year ahead - is the worst behind us? Hear what leading economist Dan North of Euler Hermes has to say on this episode of The Market That Moves America.

If there is another icon that gets to do as much globetrotting as James Bond, it has to be Jackie Chan. The martial artist is working again with one of the most important directors of his career. But whether or not this dynamic combo will be enough to help Vanguard win over the critics is another question. Dan North, Film Scholar 02:14 #Vanguard #Cinema #JackieChan

This episode we take a look into the book The Soulcon Challenge with guest Dan North. We discuss a bit about what to expect along with getting his takeaways from past Soulcon Challenge iterations. Socials: Email: mightyanvilpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @mightyanvilpodcast Links: The Mighty Anvil Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VIQBg85qBKH39OHhujUHg?si=1sgo6yEsTvyJb6huvdSpXg Support The Mighty Anvil at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mightyanvilpodcast The Mighty Anvil YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoFMnuTqdbV2JGs1r7gfBAA For the Soulcon book go to: https://www.gibborim.com/product/soulcon-challenge-book/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/themightyanvil/support

Hi, Spring fans! In this episode [Josh Long (@starbuxman)](http://twitter.com/starbuxman) talks to [Dan North (@tastapod)](http://twitter.com/tastapod), creator of BDD, optimizer of teams and all around legend.

We talk about scaling, building trust remotely, and the size of your network and why it matters, Plus why the heck are all these Lawyers becoming coaches and oddness of Dan North (who isn't btw!) & Liz Keogh.The link to Erin's remote working suggestion is here: https://www.sococo.com#agile #coaching #producthttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

An update on the economic impact of COVID-19 from Euler Hermes North America Senior Economist Dan North.

Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) is a term that was coined by Dan North in 2006. It came about as a response to a very specific problem – teaching developers how to think about testing their code. It incorporates the ubiquitous language idea from Eric Evan’s book Domain-Driven Design, and this evolved into a technique used by the whole team to collaboratively specify how the finished system should behave. While both approaches focus on collaboration, DDD focuses on a shared model for building software and BDD focusses on specifying the behaviour of the system. So what can we learn from both our techniques? Join us in this session were Seb Rose, Steve Tooke and Matt Wynne will discuss with us how we can improve modelling with BDD. We will bust popular BDD myths and talk about their favourite collaboration techniques.

Welcome to Honey In The Rock, your daily dose of inspiration and encouragement. In this episode we shall be studying Numbers 2. We shall also listen to a sermon by Reverend William Marrion Branham titled, Revelation, Chapter Five #1 61-0611. I hope you find it to be a blessing.

Otras charlas de la CAS 2019 también en podcast: https://lk.autentia.com/CAS19-Podcast ------------- I've been Scaling Without a Religious Methodology, or SWARMing, for a while now. I've talked about the principles behind this and the table stakes for starting, but then what? How do you get started, and how do you set yourself up for success? I am excited to share how I've been structuring a programme to evolve a 6,000-person start-up (!) from good to great. As Stephen Covey says: Begin with the End in Mind. ¡Conoce Autentia! Twitter: https://goo.gl/MU5pUQ Instagram: https://lk.autentia.com/instagram LinkedIn: https://goo.gl/2On7Fj/ Facebook: https://goo.gl/o8HrWX

In what's become an annual tradition at NCMM, Dan North, Euler Hermes' chief economist for North America, joins Thomas A. Stewart and Doug Farren to talk about what middle market executives can expect in the year to come.

Dan North, Chief Economist at North America at Euler Hermes, on this morning’s eco data. Sarah Halzack, Bloomberg Opinion retail columnist, will discuss retail sales and preview Black Friday. Mark Hamrick, Senior Economic Analyst for Bankrate, will discuss a Black Friday survey, which forecasts how much money Americans will be spending this holiday season. Matt Miller, CEO of Embroker, will discuss a Venture Capital report on the state of U.S startups.

We had a great time talking with two fellow holster makers. We discussed the industry and answered some of our collected questions. We even discussed conspiracy theories. 

Dr. Sam Natapoff, President at Empire Global Ventures, and Bloomberg News EMEA Reporter Maria Tadeo discuss Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal with the European Union that was barely agreed before it ran into trouble at home, as his Irish allies in parliament said they could not support it. Dan North, Chief Economist North America at Euler Hermes, talks about the U.S. economic outlook and whether we're headed for a recession. Bloomberg News Reporter Brandon Kochkodin tells the story of how a guy on Reddit turned $766 into $107,758 on two options trades. And we Drive to the Close with Barry James, CIO of James Investment Research. Hosts: Jason Kelly and Lisa Abramowicz. Producer: Paul Brennan.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Dr. Sam Natapoff, President at Empire Global Ventures, and Bloomberg News EMEA Reporter Maria Tadeo discuss Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal with the European Union that was barely agreed before it ran into trouble at home, as his Irish allies in parliament said they could not support it. Dan North, Chief Economist North America at Euler Hermes, talks about the U.S. economic outlook and whether we’re headed for a recession. Bloomberg News Reporter Brandon Kochkodin tells the story of how a guy on Reddit turned $766 into $107,758 on two options trades. And we Drive to the Close with Barry James, CIO of James Investment Research. Hosts: Jason Kelly and Lisa Abramowicz. Producer: Paul Brennan. 

Dan North, Chief Economist at Euler Hermes, discusses Fed policy following the release of FOMC minutes and his inflation concerns. Joshua Brustein, Bloomberg Businessweek Technology Writer, discusses how eased background checks have enabled car-sharing thieves. Jim Corridore, Equity Analyst at CFRA, breaks down Delta earnings and talks about Boeing's 737 MAX 8 aircraft lawsuit. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Freelance Writer Vauhini Vara discuss the Businessweek cover story on new workers of the world facing unprecedented global change. And we Drive to the Close with Michael Sheldon Chief Investment Officer at RDM Financial Group. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly.  Producer: Paul Brennan  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Dan North, Chief Economist at Euler Hermes, discusses Fed policy following the release of FOMC minutes and his inflation concerns. Joshua Brustein, Bloomberg Businessweek Technology Writer, discusses how eased background checks have enabled car-sharing thieves. Jim Corridore, Equity Analyst at CFRA, breaks down Delta earnings and talks about Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 aircraft lawsuit. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Freelance Writer Vauhini Vara discuss the Businessweek cover story on new workers of the world facing unprecedented global change. And we Drive to the Close with Michael Sheldon Chief Investment Officer at RDM Financial Group. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly.  Producer: Paul Brennan 

What does it take to be a modern developer? While at NDC in London, Carl and Richard talked with Dan North about how being a developer has evolved. The conversation starts out discussing the transformation of Microsoft itself and how it has helped throw the definition of developer out the window - so what happens now? Dan digs into looking at developers as more than an array of technical skills, but also how they work in teams and in the organization. Great thinking!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

What does it take to be a modern developer? While at NDC in London, Carl and Richard talked with Dan North about how being a developer has evolved. The conversation starts out discussing the transformation of Microsoft itself and how it has helped throw the definition of developer out the window - so what happens now? Dan digs into looking at developers as more than an array of technical skills, but also how they work in teams and in the organization. Great thinking!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

The U.S. economy has grown for more than 116 straight months. But can it continue on that trajectory for much longer? Hear what Euler Hermes economist Dan North has to say on this episode of The Market That Moves America. 

More this week on ways to fail with agile by making unilateral assumptions - this week's tip is to believe you are right and everyone else is wrong. In fact, even the underlying assumption that there is a single right answer should get you a long way to fracturing your team and ensuring discord. Squirrel tells a story of someone particularly skilled at explaining why he knows the One True Agile Way and Jeffrey recalls that Mark Twain quote about the problem being what you know that ain't so (and one thing that ain't so is that the quote is from Mark Twain!) SHOW LINKS: - Roger Schwarz on unilateral control: http://www.schwarzassociates.com/managing-performance/how-unilateral-control-undermines-team-results-and-relationships-2/ - Dan North: https://dannorth.net/ - Jon Allspaw on the root cause fallacy: https://www.kitchensoap.com/2012/02/10/each-necessary-but-only-jointly-sufficient/ - Twain's quote (or not): http://marktwainstudies.com/the-apocryphal-twain-things-we-know-that-just-aint-so/ *** We'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show. Email us: see link on troubleshootingagile.com Tweet us: twitter.com/TShootingAgile Also, if you'd like to leave us a review on iTunes (or just like and subscribe), you'll find us here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/troubleshooting-agile/id1327456890?mt=2

Bill Faries, Bloomberg News National Security Team Leader, discusses President Trump calling on the rest of the world to isolate Iran as he spoke at the United Nations General Assembly. Dan North, Chief Economist at Euler Hermes, has a preview of Wednesday's Fed rate decision. Sarah Frier, Bloomberg News Technology Reporter, and Bob O'Donnell, President and Chief Analyst at Technalysis Research, explain why Instagram founders are leaving Facebook. Joshua Green, Bloomberg Businessweek National Correspondent, talks about his story in Businessweek Magazine on an important mid-term race in Maine. And we Drive to the Close of the market with Randy Watts, Chief Investment Strategist at William O'Neil & Co. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Paul Brennan  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Bill Faries, Bloomberg News National Security Team Leader, discusses President Trump calling on the rest of the world to isolate Iran as he spoke at the United Nations General Assembly. Dan North, Chief Economist at Euler Hermes, has a preview of Wednesday’s Fed rate decision. Sarah Frier, Bloomberg News Technology Reporter, and Bob O'Donnell, President and Chief Analyst at Technalysis Research, explain why Instagram founders are leaving Facebook. Joshua Green, Bloomberg Businessweek National Correspondent, talks about his story in Businessweek Magazine on an important mid-term race in Maine. And we Drive to the Close of the market with Randy Watts, Chief Investment Strategist at William O'Neil & Co. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Paul Brennan 

Guest Bio: Dan North is the originator of Behaviour-Driven Development and Deliberate Discovery.  He has been coaching, coding, and consulting for over 25 years and uses his knowledge to help CIOs, businesses, and software teams to deliver quickly and successfully.  Dan is also a frequent speaker at conferences and has contributed to a number of books, including 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know.   Episode Description: In this episode, Dan shares his excitement on how wide open the field of IT remains, and that it continues to be powered by a strong sense of innovation and creativity. He also talks with Phil about the benefits of choosing your own path, the value of diversity, and the importance of empathy.   Key Takeaways:   (1.22) Phil starts things off asking Dan to tell us more about himself and what he’s working on. Dan talks about how’s been working independently for almost six years now and that one of the downsides of being independent is having to run the actual business as well as do the work and that it takes up time that he would like to spend on book-writing. He adds that he also recently became a father and has less disposable time than ever before “and I couldn’t be happier about it.”   (4.19) Phil then asks Dan to share a unique career tip, to which Dan responds first with the fact that IT as an industry is barely into its second generation and that this can be immensely freeing because it means the industry hasn’t become stuck in a rut of making people do things a certain way. He says that because of this, even people who are new to the business have just as much a chance of making their ideas successful as people who have been in the business for many years.   (8.09) Dan then brings things back around by saying that the best tip he can think to give is for people just starting out in the industry to not “institutionalize themselves” and keep questioning and thinking of better ways to do things because everyone is just “making this up.”   (9.02) Dan continues this line of thought by saying that even if he had been asked as recently as ten years ago, he could not have possibly predicted where we would be today in terms of technology and what would be “hot and exciting.” He also says he can’t wait to see what keyboards finally get replaced with.   (10.41) Phil asks Dan about his worst IT career moment, and Dan tells a story about the second “real” job he ever had, where he was the senior software engineer for a database marketing business. He describes that there was one single database that essentially did everything for the company and that he, by typing something in the wrong terminal, accidentally shut down, along with the entire server. Dan says that rather than punish or fire him, that his boss instead told him that he was going to learn about database restores, and they manually restored the database all night.   (15.59) Phil moves on to asking about career successes, and Dan replies that he actually has a hard time thinking of what’s been the highlight of his career because he’s still learning and growing and that he has not had a very straightforward career path. Dan continues that rather he’s always just gone after opportunities as they appeared or based on what interested him and that even things he’s proud of, such as the first time he was a keynote speaker at a conference, happened essentially by accident. He emphasizes not getting too hung up on having a rigid career plan, as it can lead to you missing out on interesting experiences and opportunities.   (19.04) When Phil asks what excites Dan most about the future of IT, he reiterates that what excites him the most is that he has no idea what the future of IT will look like. Apart from that, he says that the strong shift towards more diversity in the field of IT excites him very much because it means opening up a much larger talent pool of different viewpoints, life experiences, and ways of thinking.   (22.41) On the topic of the best career advice that he’d ever received, Dan responds that it was actually advice from a friend in the context of relationship problems he was having and that it was to “never settle for second best.” Dan adds that it has translated into every part of his life, such as looking at jobs and asking himself if he’s just taking a job because it’s there and settling.   (24.35) On that note, Phil asks Dan about his current career objectives, to which Dan says that mostly he’s just trying to find interesting people and interesting challenges before adding that he’s tinkering with an idea for finding a better way to locate people for jobs that are good at working on teams in a way that gets people excited and motivated and can grow a team. Phil notes that people with these qualities are hard to find but easy to spot.   (28.16) Upon being asked about the non-technical skill that he has found the most useful, Dan mentions listening as a “powerful non-technical skill,” before adding that he also thinks that sharing information and empathy are both incredibly important as well.    (31.04) Lastly, Phil asks Dan if he has any final words of advice for someone starting a career in IT. Dan advises that someone should always do the best they can at whatever job they happen to be doing. He says that even if it feels like a pointless task if you always do your best someone is going to recognize that.   Best Moments:   (6.51) Dan: “So my big unique career tip would be to just be aware that we’re making this up. This isn’t just Imposter Syndrome...it’s literally, the things we’re doing, no one knew about earlier.”   (8.09) Dan: “Don’t institutionalize yourself, we are making this up.”   (8.12) Phil: “I think any new career or technology is gonna go through those learning pains as well. If nobody’s been there and done it before, it’s all new, by definition.”   (18.03) Dan: “I’d say the only deliberate career move I’ve made was going independent just five and a half years ago...and I had no idea what I was gonna do or where it was gonna go...and I’m still not entirely sure what I want to be when I grow up. But I’m having some adventures, and I’m working with some really interesting organizations.”   (30.32) Dan: “As a developer, understanding who you’re building software for is massive. As a manager, understanding that if you have a struggling team, you don’t have a struggling team you have a system of work that presents as a struggling team, so you need to go fix the system of work. It’s understanding the interconnectedness of things.”   (31.04) Dan: “Whatever you’re doing, do it the best that you can, even if it’s a thing that you think sucks, even if you don’t see the point of it.”    Contact Dan North LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannorth/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tastapod @tastapod Website: https://dannorth.net/ Contributor to Book: https://www.amazon.com/Things-Every-Programmer-Should-Know/dp/0596809484    

A conversation with Agile coach Dan North about his pioneering work with Behaviour Driven Development, the Agile certification racket and how Agile breaks everything.For more on Dan North's work, head to www.dannorth.net.Being Human is a FirstHuman production. For more on FirstHuman's coaching and leadership programmes, head to http://www.firsthuman.com.

A conversation with Agile coach Dan North about his pioneering work with Behaviour Driven Development, the Agile certification racket and how Agile breaks everything.For more on Dan North's work, head to www.dannorth.net.Being Human is a FirstHuman production. For more on FirstHuman's coaching and leadership programmes, head to http://www.firsthuman.com.

A conversation with Agile coach Dan North about his pioneering work with Behaviour Driven Development, the Agile certification racket and how Agile breaks everything.For more on Dan North's work, head to www.dannorth.net.Being Human is a FirstHuman production. For more on FirstHuman's coaching and leadership programmes, head to http://www.firsthuman.com.

01:41 – Dan’s Superpower: Optimization 03:26 – Are “Improve” and “Optimize” the same thing? Kaizen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen) Kaikaku (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaikaku) Cost Accounting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_accounting) 17:20 – How is cost accounting affected by demographics and privilege? 33:34 – Team Alignment, Collectiveness, and Camaraderie 37:42 – Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior-driven_development) vs Test-Driven Development (TDD) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development) Write the executable specifications to guide development. Then, delete most of them to optimize for documentation. Don’t pretend that the code is tested; that’s quite different. from @tastapod (https://twitter.com/tastapod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on @greaterthancode (https://twitter.com/greaterthancode?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) — Jessica Kerr (@jessitron) March 14, 2018 (https://twitter.com/jessitron/status/973987032094728192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 58:00 – Customer Empathy Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321503627/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0321503627&linkId=4a035427b40d7639d3ce1d4431eb7c49) Reflections: Jessica: Meeting a customer need = congressive. Dan: Collaboration is how you get work done. Jamey: Replacing “responsibility” with “duty of care”. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode). To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Dan North.

This month on the Cucumber Podcast, we speak about The Screenplay Pattern. As John Ferguson describes it on his [site](http://serenity-bdd.info/docs/articles/screenplay-tutorial.html), "the Screenplay Pattern is a powerful and elegant approach to designing and implementing automated tests, providing a number of improvements over more traditional approaches such as the Page Objects model." The conversation covers why you should consider following the Screenplay Pattern and its potential drawbacks. The conversation closes with our guests providing a single tip for folks looking to try out the Screenplay Pattern on their own. Joining your host Aslak Hellesøy are John Smart, Jan Molak, Angie Jones, Nat Pryce, Matt Wynne and Steve Tooke. ### Shownotes: CukenFest London, April 19th-20th - Join us for our annual conference focused on helping you build stronger ties between business and IT. Keynotes from Dan North and Ulrika Malmgren. More details on our [event page](http://cukenfest.cucumber.io/) [Page Objects Refactored](https://ideas.riverglide.com/page-objects-refactored-12ec3541990) [Screenplay tutorial](http://serenity-bdd.info/docs/articles/screenplay-tutorial.html)

Tom Stewart, Executive Director of the National Center for the Middle Market, and Doug Farren, Managing Director of the Center, sit down with Dan North of Euler Hermes, a leading economist. They discuss current economic trends and outlooks and how those might affect the market. 

Kevin Cirilli, Bloomberg News Chief Washington Correspondent, interviews U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on the possibility of trade tariffs starting Thursday. Dan North, Chief Economist at Euler Hermes, discusses Fed policy and the possibility of 3 rates hikes this year. Susan Keating, CEO of Women Corporate Directors, explains the initiative to get more women on corporate boards. Margaret Talev, Bloomberg News Senior White House Correspondent, and Matthew Philips of Bloomberg Businessweek talk about where the Trump administration is headed following the resignation of economic adviser Gary Cohn. 

Kevin Cirilli, Bloomberg News Chief Washington Correspondent, interviews U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on the possibility of trade tariffs starting Thursday. Dan North, Chief Economist at Euler Hermes, discusses Fed policy and the possibility of 3 rates hikes this year. Susan Keating, CEO of Women Corporate Directors, explains the initiative to get more women on corporate boards. Margaret Talev, Bloomberg News Senior White House Correspondent, and Matthew Philips of Bloomberg Businessweek talk about where the Trump administration is headed following the resignation of economic adviser Gary Cohn.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

The history of testers and developers working together is a bumpy road. Throughout the evolution of software development, testers have struggled to be treated as equals and developers have lacked the understanding of why they should care. Yet some teams do it well - both roles have a good experience and the resulting software benefits from the different perspectives. In this podcast, Franziska and Maaret speak to Matt Wynne to share some tips on how to improve this in your team. Show notes: CukenFest London, April 19th-20th. Join us for our annual conference focused on building stronger ties between business and IT. Keynotes from Dan North and Ulrika Malmgren. More details on our event page - http://cukenfest.cucumber.io/. Book recommendation - Thanks for the feedback, Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen. Buy on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Thanks-Feedback-Science-Receiving-Well/dp/0670014664 Mob programming podcast w/ Woody Zuill. Listen - https://cucumber.io/blog/2016/04/19/mob-programming

In this episode we talk about…Amazon Go, SWARMing to agile transformation, learning Scala, alt-right robots, Slugs of metal, Podium and a tiny penis! Coffee and pastry from Starbucks, Chancery Lane. Where bytes and bites collide.

In this episode we talk about…Amazon Go, SWARMing to agile transformation, learning Scala, alt-right robots, Slugs of metal, Podium and a tiny penis! Coffee and pastry from Starbucks, Chancery Lane. Where bytes and bites collide.

Rohit Kumar, Leader of PwC's Washington National Tax Service, says 80% of U.S. taxpayers will be getting tax relief with the GOP tax plan. Dan North, Chief Economist at Euler Hermes, sees the U.S. economy getting a bump from tax overhaul. Laura Keller, Bloomberg News Financial Reporter, reports that some Wall Street traders are grousing over the Trump tax plan. We Drive to the Close with Jamie Cox, Managing Partner at Harris Financial. Joe Perry, National Tax Leader at Marcum, looks at the impact of tax overhaul on real estate. And Carol and Cory hit today’s Movers and Shakers on Wall Street. 

Rohit Kumar, Leader of PwC's Washington National Tax Service, says 80% of U.S. taxpayers will be getting tax relief with the GOP tax plan. Dan North, Chief Economist at Euler Hermes, sees the U.S. economy getting a bump from tax overhaul. Laura Keller, Bloomberg News Financial Reporter, reports that some Wall Street traders are grousing over the Trump tax plan. We Drive to the Close with Jamie Cox, Managing Partner at Harris Financial. Joe Perry, National Tax Leader at Marcum, looks at the impact of tax overhaul on real estate. And Carol and Cory hit today's Movers and Shakers on Wall Street.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

In this episode we talk about… Grad schemes, AI and Kratt Law, Azure services, privacy and social snooping! Coffee and pastry from Starbucks, Chancery Lane. Where bytes and bites collide.

In this episode we talk about… Grad schemes, AI and Kratt Law, Azure services, privacy and social snooping! Coffee and pastry from Starbucks, Chancery Lane. Where bytes and bites collide.

(Bloomberg)--Bloomberg Markets with Carol Massar and Cory Johnson.u0010u0010Guest: Dan North u0010Chief Economist at Euler Hermes

(Bloomberg)--Bloomberg Markets with Carol Massar and Cory Johnson.u0010u0010Guest: Dan North u0010Chief Economist at Euler Hermes Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

With apologies to Jane Austen, Carl and Richard talk to Dan North about the modern operations environment as one of the first NDC London shows of 2017. Dan digs into the challenges of operating modern applications and how a constant demand for new features can be destabilizing to software. The conversation explores getting to the root of concerns in systems so that everyone understands what is hard and what is easy. When people are misunderstood, fear and resistance almost always follow. Take the time to listen and get everyone working together well!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

With apologies to Jane Austen, Carl and Richard talk to Dan North about the modern operations environment as one of the first NDC London shows of 2017. Dan digs into the challenges of operating modern applications and how a constant demand for new features can be destabilizing to software. The conversation explores getting to the root of concerns in systems so that everyone understands what is hard and what is easy. When people are misunderstood, fear and resistance almost always follow. Take the time to listen and get everyone working together well!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

After many failed attempts to get him on the podcast, Craig finally catches up with Dan North at YOW! Conference on his way out the door to the airport and in a quick chat they cover: BDD – developing an application by looking at its behaviour from the perspective of its stakeholders (people who’s live … Continue reading →

03:45 What makes the Gun database engine special 07:00 Defining a database 12:58 The CAP Theorem 22:56 What Graphs are and how they function (circular references) 30:32 Gun and rotational disk systems 32:08 Gun’s optimizations for performance in ensuing versions 39:55 The prevalence of open source companies 42:45 Further discussing the CAP Theorem and its nuances 50:33 Gun’s purpose and design 52:13 What a Firebase is 54:22 How to get started with Gun - Visit Gun Tutorial,  Gun's Github Page, and Gun Node Module QUOTES: “I think the database should bend to your application’s demands, rather than you having to bend to the database’s demands.” –Mark Nadal “…The protocol that GUN defines is something that can be implemented in any language. Because GUN is in the language, you don’t have the context which latency of having to make an HTTP call or socket request…” –AJ O’Neill “Let’s demystify the black magic of CAP.” –Mark Nadal PICKS: Dan North’s Deliberate Learning Video 8Tracks Internet Radio Pokemon Indigo League on Netflix Daplie Personal Cloud Young Frankenstein Movie Mystic Vale Card Game JS Remote Conference React Remote Conference Farm Heroes Super Saga Game App

03:45 What makes the Gun database engine special 07:00 Defining a database 12:58 The CAP Theorem 22:56 What Graphs are and how they function (circular references) 30:32 Gun and rotational disk systems 32:08 Gun’s optimizations for performance in ensuing versions 39:55 The prevalence of open source companies 42:45 Further discussing the CAP Theorem and its nuances 50:33 Gun’s purpose and design 52:13 What a Firebase is 54:22 How to get started with Gun - Visit Gun Tutorial,  Gun's Github Page, and Gun Node Module QUOTES: “I think the database should bend to your application’s demands, rather than you having to bend to the database’s demands.” –Mark Nadal “…The protocol that GUN defines is something that can be implemented in any language. Because GUN is in the language, you don’t have the context which latency of having to make an HTTP call or socket request…” –AJ O’Neill “Let’s demystify the black magic of CAP.” –Mark Nadal PICKS: Dan North’s Deliberate Learning Video 8Tracks Internet Radio Pokemon Indigo League on Netflix Daplie Personal Cloud Young Frankenstein Movie Mystic Vale Card Game JS Remote Conference React Remote Conference Farm Heroes Super Saga Game App

03:45 What makes the Gun database engine special 07:00 Defining a database 12:58 The CAP Theorem 22:56 What Graphs are and how they function (circular references) 30:32 Gun and rotational disk systems 32:08 Gun’s optimizations for performance in ensuing versions 39:55 The prevalence of open source companies 42:45 Further discussing the CAP Theorem and its nuances 50:33 Gun’s purpose and design 52:13 What a Firebase is 54:22 How to get started with Gun - Visit Gun Tutorial,  Gun's Github Page, and Gun Node Module QUOTES: “I think the database should bend to your application’s demands, rather than you having to bend to the database’s demands.” –Mark Nadal “…The protocol that GUN defines is something that can be implemented in any language. Because GUN is in the language, you don’t have the context which latency of having to make an HTTP call or socket request…” –AJ O’Neill “Let’s demystify the black magic of CAP.” –Mark Nadal PICKS: Dan North’s Deliberate Learning Video 8Tracks Internet Radio Pokemon Indigo League on Netflix Daplie Personal Cloud Young Frankenstein Movie Mystic Vale Card Game JS Remote Conference React Remote Conference Farm Heroes Super Saga Game App

Can Agile scale to thousands of people? While at NDC London, Carl and Richard sat down with Dan North (and a bottle of scotch) and had a deep conversation about the limits of agile and how we can get beyond that limit. Agile naturally lends itself to feature teams - 5-10 people who have a variety of skills that can get a feature out the door. But to build more substantial software, you need more people, typically broken into more teams... and that generates the scrum-of-scrums, etc. Dan talks about organizing teams differently to keep productivity high and the quality where it needs to be - scale agile!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Can Agile scale to thousands of people? While at NDC London, Carl and Richard sat down with Dan North (and a bottle of scotch) and had a deep conversation about the limits of agile and how we can get beyond that limit. Agile naturally lends itself to feature teams - 5-10 people who have a variety of skills that can get a feature out the door. But to build more substantial software, you need more people, typically broken into more teams... and that generates the scrum-of-scrums, etc. Dan talks about organizing teams differently to keep productivity high and the quality where it needs to be - scale agile!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Episode 64 Test MonkeyAll right we're live!Derick 3:43 - Derick makes a pitch to 3 people! Mastermind Bundle of RabbitMQ for Developers goes on sale May 12th for $1200 (per person) John7:28 – John returns from a strange QA/Tester conference. John is persuaded that there are good Testers/QA people, but the majority is pretty lazy. John is concerned that there is not enough innovation. Josh14:36 – John has come full circle with automated testing and writing iOS code using a Xamarim. Derick talks about unit testing and building tools. Josh talks about a certain magazine for DEVs that focus on testing in production. John22:03 - John mentions that he believed in the continuous deployment, until Chrome! Broken flash…  Derick talks about how he uses Privacy Badger and Ad Blocker apps, and how they refuse to service Flash. John talks about the keynote of QA, and how QAs are passionate about testing. In short, the Doctor probably can do what the nurse does – and maybe better - but the nurses may to be able to do the doc’s job. John28:35 - John runs into Michael Bolton the famous tester, and turns the sour relationship to a friendly connection.  Also, John meets Dan North that the conference and made some respectable connections. Derick 30:49 – Derick shares how the interviews for RabbitMQ will have far more value for him, as well as his customers. Josh suggests that Derick’s own testimonial would be a great marketing strategy. In other news, Derick is also 22lbs down on the one meal a day.     Chuck 39:20 - Derick mentions the 10 seats for the consulting packing will go live, but the rest of the package will be for sale later on. Josh41:38 – Josh is running on 4 hours of sleep, he had two clients and diving into the projects. He has plenty of excitement that he cannot sleep.  Josh is working websites and backend marketing/data stuff.  Josh says thank you to Brian Harris for the referrals. The EntreProgrammers talk about ways to support Josh’s project, things to do and ways to approach the project, especially with the given circumstances. John talks about changing the work relationship between Josh and his client, which is to use him a referral channel. In turn this will make Josh more money and take the load off his client. John 1:05:35 – John mentions how Josh is one degree away from Tim Ferris. Because of that, Derick is now thinking about not befriending Josh any longer.  John wants software built to make automatic contacts with people in LinkedIn. The rest of the team doesn’t think it is worth the time to do so.  This is John’s vision for another marketing strategy, he mentions how some small businesses use LinkedIn for a small portion of their marketing.  1:17:35 – Johns has over 20,000 followers on Twitter. Here is some talk about Twitter and following rules and limits. 1:21:39 - John is finally going to record an audio version of his book! John is also doing consulting, a test automation gig for Verizon. The EntreProgrammers talk about hourly rates, values base pricing, weekly, or daily rates for doing a consulting job like this particular one. John now decides to update his hourly rate after consulting with the Mastermind.  1:33:32 – John mentions a highlight of the QA conference, the 70-20-10 model, a productively model for where your focus should be. Chuck 1:35:00 – Chuck is trying to decide or figure the value of Dev Chat TV. Chuck is trying to refine the efforts of his podcast, content and platform of Dev Chat. Chuck has also hired a VA to support his YouTube channel, email, and some podcast content. Johns gives some feedback on how to divide the work, and how provide access to sensitive information to VAs. 1:43:00 - The EntreProgrammers share information about how and why assistants are to document their task list or work. 1:51:25 - John shares information about LastPass, a folder you could share with your assistants.  John talks about how divide weekly and quarterly time sensitive work. 1:59:21 – The EntreProgrammers Retreat Info: June 1st there will be a page for payment to reserve you spot with the EntreProgrammers.  Link is below for the email list. 2:01:52 - Thoughts for the DayJohn – Make sure that you have the poker into more than one fire.Josh – Rise to the challenge, and define the work.Chuck - You can’t improve things unless you continually measure it. People and things mentioned in this episode!Master Mind Bundle of RabbitMQ for Developershttp://derickbailey.com/2015/05/07/update-on-rmq-for-developers-consulting-to-be-available/Xamarimhttp://xamarin.com/platformc Michael Boltonhttp://www.developsense.com/courses.htmlDan North http://dannorth.net70 20 10http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/70-20-10-formula-for-successful-networking.htmlLastPasshttps://lastpass.comThe EntreProgrammers Retreat http://entreprogrammer.com/retreat2015Book : Anti Fagile  by Nassim Nicoleas Taleb http://www.amazon.com/Antifragile-Things-That-Disorder-Incerto/dp/0812979680Book: Traction by Gino Wickmanhttp://www.amazon.com/Traction-Get-Grip-Your-Business/dp/1936661837/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1431300621&sr=1-1&keywords=traction+by+gino+wickman

How do you do agile faster? Carl and Richard talk to Dan North about accelerating agile - but Dan has changed the name to Software, Faster. And even that is controversial, as Dan talks about focusing on delivering business needs, which may or may not involve code. The conversation also calls back to the Agile Manifesto and its abuse - it's not code with no documentation, its code over documentation! There's a great digression about the BBC giving away a million tiny computers to children to help create a new generation of makers... it's a fun time to be in computing! And as Dan says, the only code that has no bugs at all is no code at all.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

How do you do agile faster? Carl and Richard talk to Dan North about accelerating agile - but Dan has changed the name to Software, Faster. And even that is controversial, as Dan talks about focusing on delivering business needs, which may or may not involve code. The conversation also calls back to the Agile Manifesto and its abuse - it's not code with no documentation, its code over documentation! There's a great digression about the BBC giving away a million tiny computers to children to help create a new generation of makers... it's a fun time to be in computing! And as Dan says, the only code that has no bugs at all is no code at all.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Check out RailsClips on Kickstarter!!   01:56 - Testing and Test-Driven Development (TDD) The iPhreaks Show Episode #92: Unit Testing with NatashaTheRobot 03:23 - Panel Experiences with TDD Unit Testing The Difference Between Faking, Mocking, and Stubbing 08:10 - Value Objects 09:08 - How To Do TDD “Red, Green, Refactor” BDD (Behavior-Driven Development) The Cucumber Book: Behaviour-Driven Development for Testers and Developers  by Matt Wynne and Aslak Hellesøy The RSpec Book: Behaviour-Driven Development with RSpec, Cucumber, and Friends  by David Chelimsky, Dave Astels, Zach Dennis, Aslak Hellesøy, Bryan Helmkamp, Dan North 11:28 - Jaim’s TDD Process 13:44 - Value and Getting Started with Testing Ruby Rogues Episode #178: Refactoring Ruby with Martin Fowler 21:58 - Writing Tests First “If Code is Easy to Test, It’s Easy to Change.” 27:18 - Testing on a Team Automation guard (Ruby) clang Continuous Integration (CI) 32:47 - Higher Level Testing 36:54 - KIF 38:00 - Other Ways of Testing UIs 39:44 - Who Writes the Tests? 44:06 - Test Data and Environments Test Time => Feedback 46:50 - Lower-level to Higher-level Tests Transition Value ROI (Return on Investment) 51:51 - Recording User Interactions Picks John Reid: UIViewController TDD [Screencast] (Jaim) Test-Driven iOS Development (Developer's Library) by Graham Lee (Jaim) WatchKit FAQ (Alondo) This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress (Edge Question Series) by John Brockman (Alondo) Martin Fowler: The Test Pyramid (Pete) Working Effectively with Unit Tests by Jay Fields (Pete) Avery Brewing IPA (Pete) A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Chuck) 80/20 Sales and Marketing: The Definitive Guide to Working Less and Making More by Perry Marshall (Chuck) Miracles and Massacres: True and Untold Stories of the Making of America by Glenn Beck (Chuck)

Check out RailsClips on Kickstarter!!   01:56 - Testing and Test-Driven Development (TDD) The iPhreaks Show Episode #92: Unit Testing with NatashaTheRobot 03:23 - Panel Experiences with TDD Unit Testing The Difference Between Faking, Mocking, and Stubbing 08:10 - Value Objects 09:08 - How To Do TDD “Red, Green, Refactor” BDD (Behavior-Driven Development) The Cucumber Book: Behaviour-Driven Development for Testers and Developers  by Matt Wynne and Aslak Hellesøy The RSpec Book: Behaviour-Driven Development with RSpec, Cucumber, and Friends  by David Chelimsky, Dave Astels, Zach Dennis, Aslak Hellesøy, Bryan Helmkamp, Dan North 11:28 - Jaim’s TDD Process 13:44 - Value and Getting Started with Testing Ruby Rogues Episode #178: Refactoring Ruby with Martin Fowler 21:58 - Writing Tests First “If Code is Easy to Test, It’s Easy to Change.” 27:18 - Testing on a Team Automation guard (Ruby) clang Continuous Integration (CI) 32:47 - Higher Level Testing 36:54 - KIF 38:00 - Other Ways of Testing UIs 39:44 - Who Writes the Tests? 44:06 - Test Data and Environments Test Time => Feedback 46:50 - Lower-level to Higher-level Tests Transition Value ROI (Return on Investment) 51:51 - Recording User Interactions Picks John Reid: UIViewController TDD [Screencast] (Jaim) Test-Driven iOS Development (Developer's Library) by Graham Lee (Jaim) WatchKit FAQ (Alondo) This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress (Edge Question Series) by John Brockman (Alondo) Martin Fowler: The Test Pyramid (Pete) Working Effectively with Unit Tests by Jay Fields (Pete) Avery Brewing IPA (Pete) A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Chuck) 80/20 Sales and Marketing: The Definitive Guide to Working Less and Making More by Perry Marshall (Chuck) Miracles and Massacres: True and Untold Stories of the Making of America by Glenn Beck (Chuck)

While on the .NET Rocks NDC UK Tour, Carl and Richard stopped in London to talk to the one and only Dan North. Dan discussed his latest projects, changing the way large organizations (like Bank of America!) do development, making work more fun, more creative and more efficient at the same time. Disruptive change? You bet! Disruptive change for the better!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

While on the .NET Rocks NDC UK Tour, Carl and Richard stopped in London to talk to the one and only Dan North. Dan discussed his latest projects, changing the way large organizations (like Bank of America!) do development, making work more fun, more creative and more efficient at the same time. Disruptive change? You bet! Disruptive change for the better!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

While at the Better Software show in Orlando during the Road Trip, Carl and Richard talked to Dan North about how development teams can manage uncertainty. Dan talks about how software planning can change to being more discovery based, knowing what is unknown. That process gets people talking and learning from each other and ultimately creates excellent plans.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Nat Pryce is an early adaptor of eXtreme Programming and a contributor to several open source libraries and tools supporting Test-Driven Development, like jMock. In this episode we discuss several topics from the book 'Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests' that he wrote together with Steve Freeman. We talk about the 'Londen-style' of Test-Driven Development, using mock objects to drive your design, listening to your tests and dependency injection. Nat's personal blog 'Mistaeks I Hav Made' is on http://www.natpryce.com/ and you can follow him on twitter via @natpryce. This interview is recorded on June 14th at the Software Practice Advancement conference (spa2011) in London. Interview by @freekl and @arnetim. Audio post-production by @Mendelt. Links for this podcast: The roots of the 'Londen-style' of Test-Driven Development can be traced back to the eXtreme Tuesday Club (XTC). A weekly London (pub) meeting that started more than 10 years ago. On his blog Nat visualizes different kinds of tests that drive the design of a software system. In the podcast we discuss the blogpost 'Whose domain is it anyway?' of Dan North. Nat completed his PhD thesis in 2000: 'Component Interaction in Distributed Systems'. A lot of his thoughts on object-orientation and messaging between objects and peers that is described in the book, can be traced back to his early research. In order to improve the testability of your software, Steve and Nat propose to apply the Ports and adapter architecture from Alistair Cockburn. You can read more on this subject on the wiki of Alistair. Use Hamcrest Matchers to improve the readability of your tests: learn more from this tutorial. While the use of Dependency Injection is widely spread in the software engineering community, Nat considers applying this style harmful. On his blog you can read more of his thoughts on this subject. In 2004 Steven and Nat published the article 'Mock Roles, not Objects' in which they introduces jMock. MultithreadedTC: a framework that can be used to test concurrent Java applications.

Another set of stories from Oredev, this time around development practices. The first interview is with Dan North, where he discusses how development teams can move beyond just being able to ship software into something he calls hyper-productivity. He talks about teams that ship software twenty times a day! Next up, Jean Tabaka talks about how RallyDev uses Agile practices to make the entire company Agile. At RallyDev every person is involved in planning out the vision of the company quarter to quarter, from developer to executive. Finally, Gary Short digs into the challenges of technical debt - the idea that shortcuts in code increase the cost of development in the long term. Sometimes debt make sense, getting more features shipped in less time. But eventually the debt has to be repaid or the project goes bankrupt, unable to ship new features and ultimately cancelled.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

While at the Better Software show in Orlando during the Road Trip, Carl and Richard talked to Dan North about how development teams can manage uncertainty. Dan talks about how software planning can change to being more discovery based, knowing what is unknown. That process gets people talking and learning from each other and ultimately creates excellent plans.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations