On 19.03.2025 I held my talk „Thoughts on (Modern?) Software Development – Observations From a 20-Year Journey” at the ScrumTisch Darmstadt (online and in German).
The talk’s sources can be found here, the related Meetup post is located at:
https://www.meetup.com/scrumtisch-darmstadt/events/305493743
The talk was recorded and uploaded to YouTube. You can watch it here:
In the ensuing discussion some additional sources were mentioned:
- Tom DeMarco’s & Timothy Lister’s „The High-Tech Illusion“ from „Peopleware“: https://mstdn.social/@alexthurow/109711257008472448
- Gunter Dueck about „estimations (aka: guessing)“: https://mstdn.social/@alexthurow/109596189172698793
- E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops
- Neil Postman: Technopoly
- Dan McKinley „Choose Boring Technology“: https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology
- Talk by „Richard Sheridan“ about „Joy, Inc.“ + thread related to the book
- Thread related to Nicole Perlroth’s (NYT) cyber weapon’s arms race book: https://mstdn.social/@alexthurow/111359073002581152
- Richard Clarke’s „Cyberwar“ book (2010)