2023 WK22
Developer productivity, Scaling Spotify, Bloom Taxonomy, Frameworks, Advice, Team Topologies
A new way to measure developer productivity – from the creators of DORA and SPACE
An exclusive interview with the four researchers behind a new developer productivity framework: The three dimensions of DevEx (15 min read)
Lessons from scaling Spotify: The science of product, taking risky bets, and how AI is already impacting the future of music
Gustav Söderström is the CTO at Spotify. In this podcast, dig into what Gustav has learned about taking big bets and what to do when they don’t work out, how Spotify moved away from squads and how they structure their teams now, how AI is already impacting their product, and also the future of music generated by AI. Also, why all great products need to pull some magic trick, how accurately succession represents Swedish business culture, and his hilarious analogy of peeing in your pants. (84 min listen)
Bloom's Taxonomy
All learning transitions between two modes (Bloom’s Taxonomy): High-Order thinking & Low-Order thinking. (10 min read)
Frameworks for product differentiation, team building, and thinking from first principles
In today's episode, we dig into lessons from building and scaling the Cash Card and the Cash App, the importance of differentiation when you're building a consumer product or any sort of product. (52 min listen)
Kevin Kelly: Advice for Living
In The Knowledge Project Ep. #166, Kevin Kelly goes in-depth on some of the book’s most essential lessons. Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier, was released in May 2023. (73 min listen)
Monoliths vs Microservices is Missing the Point—Start with Team Cognitive Load
The “monoliths vs microservices” debate often focuses on technological aspects, ignoring strategy and team dynamics. Instead of technology, smart-thinking organizations are beginning with team cognitive load as the guiding principle for modern software. In this talk, authors of “Team Topologies” explain how and why, illustrated by real case studies. (32 min listen)