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	Podcast:		Developer On Fire
	Episode:		Episode 022 \| Aslak Hellesøy - Testing Your Understanding
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:46:11
	Publish Date:		2015-08-14 19:00:00
	Description:		Guest: Aslak Hellesøy @aslak_hellesoy Aslak Hellesøy talks with Dave Rael about open source software, tools and frameworks, and testing understanding with communications protocols as an example Aslak Hellesøy is the creator of Cucumber (10M downloads) and the author of the Cucumber Book (20k copies sold). He has 18 years of development experience and has been active in the open source and agile communities for 15 years. Chapters: 0:28 - Dave introduces the show and Aslak Hellesøy 3:29 - The genesis and intent of the Cucumber project 8:32 - The success and growth of Cucumber 10:58 - The origin of the name of Cucumber 12:23 - Aslak's definition of value 14:27 - The things that "light Aslak up" 15:27 - What Aslak doesn't like - big tools, frameworks, etc. trying to do everything 20:44 - Aslak's story of failure, the importance of honest disclosure and communication 24:42 - Aslak's greatest success story, the liberty of running a business, learning new and uncomfortable things 28:57 - How Aslak stays current with what he needs to know 31:28 - Aslak's book recommendation 33:30 - The things that have Aslak most excited about his present and future 35:18 - Aslak's shower epiphany: "It's important to test your software. It's even more important to test your understanding of what you are gong to build." 37:06 - The greatest sources of pain in Aslak's life and work 40:14 - The things about which Aslak like to geek out apart from software 41:24 - Aslak's top 3 tips for delivering more value 45:41 - Farewell Resources: Cucumber Aslak's (inactive) blog (he blogs now on the Cucumber blog) Cucumber Blog Dan North's seminal Behaviour Driven Development blog post Frederick Brooks - No Silver Bullet (reference) Frederick Brooks - No Silver Bullet (the paper) Book: The Mythical Man Month - Frederick Brooks Udi Dahan on Microservices Book: Bridging the Communication Gap: Specification by Example and Agile Acceptance Testing - Gojko Adzic Aslak's book recommendation: The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development - Donald G. Reinertsen Building Microservices - Sam Newman Aslak's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Understand the kind of value you are trying to deliver. Make sure to get some concrete examples of the value you are trying to deliver. Get frequent feedback from the people to whom you are delivering value.
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