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I'm passionate about software, software testing, and writing. The intersection of metacognition, organization, and technology.
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Flow
00:00 Intro 01:15 What is Flow 04:40 The Autotelic Personality 07:00 Developer Productivity for Humans 13:30 Summary Engineering Enablement - Measuring Flow and Focus Developer Productivity for Humans, Part 6: Measuring Flow, Focus, and Fri
AI / LLM Testing
(00:00) Introduction (01:12) How are we using AI. (03:40) AI Products and Testing. (06:26) AI Testing. (10:09) Summary Article: Testing LLM-Based Applications: Strategy and Challenges (https://blog.scottlogic.com/2023/11/14/testing-LLM-base
Announcement: Rebooting my podcast
Topics I'll cover in 2024. ⁃ AI / LLM / Machine Learning ⁃ Book Summaries ⁃ Domain Driven Design ⁃ Flow ⁃ Metacognition / System Thinking ⁃ Software Engineering, Testing Links: - Website - https://www.alanmbarr.com/ - X - https://twitter.co
Alan's Updates May 15th 2022
The Start of The Journey Recovery, The Journey so far Figuring Out the Next Level of my Learning https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/health/info-2019/dementia-warning-signs.html If you like the podcast, please subscribe and share it with others
Creating a Podcast
Act 1 - Your Elevator Pitch Act 2 - Prepare and Edit, liberally and ruthlessly Act 3 - Three Act Narratives, but mix it up Resources • Start a Podcast - Kristen Meinzer • Make Noise - Eric Nuzum • NPR's Podcast Start Up Guide - Glen Weldon
Vision, Buddha and the Badass Book Summary
Today’s Topic is a Book Summary by Vishen Lakhiani from the book The Buddha and the Badass. Act 1 - Make a big vision and great people will find you Act 2 - Massive Transformation Purpose and Make a Stand Act 3 - Craft Your Identity
Ephemerality
Chainguard -The Principle of Ephemerality (https://blog.chainguard.dev/the-principle-of-ephemerality/) via Carlos Santana (https://news.santana.dev/issues/newsletter-of-carlos-santana-issue-34-1120434?utm_campaign=Issue&utm_content=view_in_
Alan's Updates April 10th 2022
Every week, I'll be posting one episode. I stopped in the past because I didn't have enough content to create a podcast with what I wanted to talk about. The podcast will help me improve my writing and voice. Hopefully, the content will be
Mindfulness and Awareness
Today's topic is Mindfulness and Awareness. Mayo Clinic says, "Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment." Act 1 - Aw
50 Days After My Stroke
What Didn't Work? • Phonics • Elysian Disco (https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/) • John Maxwell Books • Teen Books Tools • Grammarly (https://www.grammarly.com/) and Word Tune (https://www.wordtune.com/)
Repeat - The Importance of Persuasion and Techniques to Try
I am out so this week. Please enjoy the techniques of Negotiation such as Never Split the Different Act 1 - What is persuasion and why should we be persuasive? Act 2 - Low Stakes Persuasive Techniques Act 3 - Higher Stakes Persuasion
Repeat - Lessons Learned Building Dev.Lab Internal Developer Platform
2021 dev.lab internal developer. I'll be back.
Software Design, Empathy, Personas and Career
Alan Barr Podcast Interview with Tyler Lemke Don't make me think (https://www.sensible.com/dont-make-me-think/) Empathy Mapping (https://www.nngroup.com/articles/empathy-mapping/) Mentors in tech (https://mentorsintech.com/) MIX08 Microsoft
Systems Thinking
The Five Disciplines - Systems Thinking - Personal Mastery - Mental Models - Building Shared Vision - Team Learning Leverage Points in Systems (https://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/)
Junior Developers
Gergely Orosz Hiring juniors (https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1478748725522489347) Dark matter developers (https://www.hanselman.com/blog/dark-matter-developers-the-unseen-99) "The average tenure of software engineers in small compa
Ultralearning
Act 1 - Your First Ultralearning Project Act 2 - Nine Principles of Ultralearning Act 3 - Alan’s Version of an Ultralearning Project/Habit Summary You will be more successful if you start by researching your learning plan. You can ask exper
API Design
In this episode, I review a few books on API Design. The Design of Web APIs by Arnaud Lauret the API Handyman, Irresistible APIs by Kirsten Hunter, and API Design Patterns by JJ Geewax. I also brainfart may refer to Kirsten Hunter as Kirste
Log4Shell
What do you do when the majority of software in the world is vulnerable to a remote code execution exploit via the logger? The one type of system the majority of programs run. How can we get better as an industry to benefit from sharing our
Influence, Sales, Negotiation
Act 1 - Influence • Automatic Triggers - We use mental shortcuts to reduce thinking such as adding because to justify something which most people will simply accept. • Reciprocity - Return favors and gifts. • Commitment and Consistency - Hu
API-First Design
What is design Mike Montiero https://monteiro.medium.com/what-is-a-designer-94ac32ff92d0ays, "A designer solves problems within a set of constraints". What is API Design? The goal of API design is to try and get the defined API interface as
Wardley Maps
Wardley Maps are a technique to visualize business strategy on a dual-axis of value from invisible to visible and another axis to illustrate the evolution. From genesis to commodity. • Sun Tzu's Five Factors of Strategy • Team Roles • Make
Digital Gardens
A digital garden is a website featuring personal notes you share. The purpose is to curate, grow, and prune the thoughts you are developing. The benefit is that you can share your ideas with a wide community without the overhead of a full b
Credibility
Credibility is core. Never sacrifice it. You might win deals because of your credibility and reputation where others wouldn't.
KubeCon North America 2021 Recap
Presentations - Some in person, Some recorded with presenter on hand in slack or the platform. Some given virtually. Wide spectrum of quality and content. • Upstream Kubernetes Focus • Downstream Kubernetes Focus • Vendor related • Individu
Public Speaking
Practice and find opportunities to give talks Use pauses for effect Connect with your audience Tell stories Use your tone Be you and tell your stories Prepare for uncertainty and let hiccups wash past you Use words like imagine and call out
