yegor256 podcast
Yegor Bugayenko
Software developer at Huawei, founder of Zerocracy, author of Elegant Objects, creator of Zold
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Apr 4, 2022 • 5min
M190: Make sure the bugs you report explain the simplest possible scenarios
When you report a bug, try to make it as simple as it's possible. When you accept a bug, ask the reporter to make it as simple as possible. Somebody has to do this work of minimization of a bug. I suggest this work is done by reporters.
Video is here: https://youtu.be/jiEJnLBowHc

Mar 21, 2022 • 8min
M189: How would you decide who deserves to be authors of a published paper?
When you write an academic paper or a patent together with your co-workers, who of them becomes your co-authors? All of them? Some of them? Who decides? In this video I'm asking for your help in defining the formula.
The video is here: https://youtu.be/TF8MKOfo3gI

Mar 11, 2022 • 52min
N13: Украина, Санкции, Железный Занавес, Иммиграция
Video is here: https://youtu.be/6RYinocrR0E

Feb 21, 2022 • 13min
M188: I don't think ML will ever be able to write code
AlphaCode recently announced that its ML model can write code as good as an average programmer. I don't think it's writing and I don't believe in this approach we will ever be able to get anything meaningful aside from pure marketing speculations.

Feb 11, 2022 • 57min
Shift-M/53: Adam Tornhill on auto-detecting technical debt hotspots
Adam is a creator of CodeScene.com, a cloud service where you can check the quality of your code and spot places where your technical debt is the largest. He's also the author of "Your Code as a Crime Scene" book.
Adam's personal website: https://www.adamtornhill.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamtornhill?lang=en
The book: https://amzn.to/3AXCPxz

Feb 10, 2022 • 13min
M187: Why did I return a new MacBook Pro 2021 worth $5500 back to Apple?
Two months ago I bought a new MacBook Pro. After a month of waiting, I received it. My frustration was huge. I returned it to Apple and got the money back. Here is why.
The video is here: https://youtu.be/JYW25iNTqUE

Jan 28, 2022 • 56min
Shift-M/52: Aino Corry about meetings and retrospectives
Aino Corry is an expert in Agile and specifically in retrospectives: these are special type of meetings a team must conduct by the end of a sprint, a phase, or the entire project.
Aino's twitter is here: https://twitter.com/apaipi?lang=en
Aino's website: https://metadeveloper.com
And the book is here: https://amzn.to/3fREDOQ
The video is here: https://youtu.be/ByatpkT2-tI

Jan 22, 2022 • 1h 14min
N12: Анонимизация, Выгорание, Циан и славяне, Сколково и стартапы
Video is here: https://youtu.be/AqfH1ABgx9o

Jan 18, 2022 • 1h 7min
Shift-M/51: Michael Kay about XSLT
Michael Kay is the editor of the W3C XSLT 2.0 and 3.0 language specifications for performing XML transformations and the developer of the Saxon XSLT and XQuery processing software.
The video is here: https://youtu.be/2Zt9oJtFKGw

Dec 27, 2021 • 7min
M186: Make sure your CV has something nobody else has and you'll be fine
"How do I become a software architect with a six-figure salary?" is the question I'm being asked very often. I can't say I know the answer but here is the strategy I would recommend to pursue: make sure your profile differs from all others somehow.
The video is here: https://youtu.be/mJb-H-8npFk


