In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss The Twelve-Factor App, a free-to-read manifesto on the fundamentals of building a modern web application. Join them as they discuss scalability, statelessness, and the proper way to handle logs! -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. ---------------------------------------------------------- The Twelve-Factor App https://12factor.net/ Web Scalability for...

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Brian Kernighan once again joins Carter and Nathan, this time to discuss his book Unix: A History and a Memoir. Join them as Brian recounts what it was like working at Bell Labs, how it feels to have contributed so much to the world of computing, and whether or not he thinks creating a big idea like Unix is still possible! -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying...

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Tidy First? by Kent Beck. Join them as they discuss when you should prioritize tidying your code over feature improvements, what tidying means, and the Beck's thoughts on software and the time value of money! -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. ---------------------------------------------------------- Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design by...

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Pramod Sadalage joins Carter and Nathan to discuss his book Building Evolutionary Architectures. Join them as Pramod shares his thoughts on how he became a database expert, the differences between refactoring code and databases, and how AI is affecting how we work with databases! -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying...

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Unix: A History and a Memoir by Brian Kernighan. Brian Kernighan, one of the inventors of Unix, discusses in detail how the idea came to be, who the key contributors were, and what about Unix made it so revolutionary. -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. ---------------------------------------------------------- Unix: A History and a Memoir by Brian...

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan finish their discussion of The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim. Written in the style of a novel, join them as they discuss how businesses bet big on new ideas, dealing with layoffs, and executive politicking! -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. ---------------------------------------------------------- The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim https://amzn.to/3XJFg2u (paid...

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Rebecca Parsons joins Carter and Nathan to discuss her book Building Evolutionary Architectures. Join them as Rebecca shares her thoughts on the benefits of abstractions, how the computer science industry has changed during her tenure, and how her academic work on genetic algorithms influenced the book! -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying...

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Part Two of The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim. Written in the style of a novel, join them as they discuss the protagonist Maxine's journey of transforming the failing Phoenix Project from a big ball of mud into an agile, efficient architecture! -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. ---------------------------------------------------------- The Unicorn Project by...

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Martin Fowler joins Carter and Nathan to discuss his book Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code. Join them as Martin shares why he wrote Refactoring, how the art of refactoring has changed, and how he views the book's legacy!https://martinfowler.com/-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Refactoring: Improving the Design...

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss the part one of The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim. Written in the style of a novel, join them as they discuss the protagonist Maxine's journey of being assigned to a failing project, working within a maddening bureaucracy, fighting for easy local development! -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. ---------------------------------------------------------- The...

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss the second half of Slow Productivty by MIT-educated computer scientist and productivity expert Cal Newport. Join them as they discuss what it means to work at a natural pace, how to obsess over quality, and the useful tactics Cal Newport recommends to do both! -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. ---------------------------------------------------------- Slow...

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups are joined by Neal Ford as he reflects on his book Building Evolutionary Architectures. Join them as they discuss the inspiration for the book, the process of writing it with three other co-authors, and how Neal envisions the future of software architecture! ---------------- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5L Apple Podcasts:...

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Slow Productivty by MIT-educated computer scientist and productivity expert Cal Newport. Join them as they discuss how to avoid burnout, how to balance ambition with stamina, and useful productivity hacks Cal Newport recommends! -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- To see a full list of books mentioned in the episode, check the YouTube video description at https://youtu.be/MMzbez42oPg ---------------- Spotify:...

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Adrienne Braganza joins Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups to reflect on her book, "Looks Good To Me." Join them as they discuss what motivated her to learn so much about code reviews, the process of becoming an author, and what motivated her to become a software engineer in the first place! -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying...

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

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

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan toups discuss "Looks Good To Me" by Adrienne Braganza. Join them as they discuss everything about code reviews, including automation, team procedures, and more! Carter on For Your Amusement: https://youtu.be/rhdyrTXbvlg?si=9csVUrBEWonG40VY To get links to the books mentioned in this episode, check the YouTube episode description at https://youtu.be/8B4_hl2dcow 00:00 Intro 04:30 About the Book 07:04 General Thoughts on the...

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carl Brown (of the YouTube channel Internet of Bugs) joins Carter and Nathan to share some of his favorite books! Carl is incredibly well read and shares which books have influenced him over his very impressive 35 year career. To get links to the books mentioned in this episode, check the YouTube episode description at https://youtu.be/GL0EE_cv9T0 00:00 Intro 02:17 How did Internet of Bugs come to be? 06:03 Why still read tech books? 08:32...

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

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups sit down with Scott Tolinski, the host of the web development podcast Syntax. Join the three of them as they discuss Scott's favorite books, his career as a developer, and what you can learn by being a voracious reader! Links to all the books discussed in the episode can be found in the YouTube episode description: https://youtu.be/kJs9pVy94jM

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

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

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups discuss "Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better" by Jennifer Pahlka. This book was personally recommended by Brian Kernighan and is about what processes and cultures make government technology so woefully inadequate. Join Carter and Nathan as they discuss agile vs. waterfall, the importance of a good business culture, and possible infringements on civil liberties!

In this very special episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups are joined by the prolific Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin to discuss his book "Clean Coder." Join them as Uncle Bob talks about his thoughts on the "flow zone," humility, and what coding has to do with flying an airplane! Links to all the books mentioned in the episode can be found in the YouTube episode description: https://youtu.be/wf68VDObVX0 00:00 Intro 03:29 Motivation for writing Clean Coder 06:00 Learning...