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Nội dung được cung cấp bởi Ian Smith & Ash Winter, Ian Smith, and Ash Winter. Tất cả nội dung podcast bao gồm các tập, đồ họa và mô tả podcast đều được Ian Smith & Ash Winter, Ian Smith, and Ash Winter hoặc đối tác nền tảng podcast của họ tải lên và cung cấp trực tiếp. Nếu bạn cho rằng ai đó đang sử dụng tác phẩm có bản quyền của bạn mà không có sự cho phép của bạn, bạn có thể làm theo quy trình được nêu ở đây https://vi.player.fm/legal.
Step into a quantum realm of confusion as Ian attempts to explain Google's new Willow chip, a computer so powerful it makes regular supercomputers look like pocket calculators from the 1980s. Listen in amazement as our hosts try to wrap their heads around quantum computing using everything from Schrödinger's cat to hand-waving explanations of mysterious "quantum gates" that may or may not be Bill Gates' cooler brother.
But wait! Just when you thought your brain couldn't take any more, Ash whisks us back to the glory days of rubber keyboards and screeching cassette tapes. Relive the high-stakes drama of typing in magazine code listings where one wrong character could spell DISASTER, and discover why modern gaming just isn't quite the same without the constant threat of losing everything when your RAM pack wobbles.
Plus: Ian's lightning-fast speaking adventures, Ash's suspiciously unopened Christmas present, and the eternal quest to explain why testing isn't just something you do at the end (even when Ian looks really, really attentive).
Links
- Google Blog: Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip
- Jill Platts' Medium article: A Quantum Programming Quest for Newbies with 10 Use Cases
- Photo of a quantum computer
- Leeds Testing Atelier, back in 2025!
- Ian's presentation about his podcasting life
- The Guardian: The Spectrum review – a tactile trip to the 1980s
- Metro: Retro video games are a waste of everyone’s time and money – Reader’s Feature
- Capcom Edition Super Pocket with its 12 highly acclaimed arcade games from the Japanese publisher
- Ian's YouTube hit: 3d Monster Maze on the Sinclair Timex ZX81
- DECTalk sings "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" by Tom Lehrer
- Granny's Garden on the BBC Micro, featuring a beepy version of Irish fiddle tune The Rights of Man (this one on an actual fiddle)
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Chia sẻManage episode 459804093 series 2576276
Nội dung được cung cấp bởi Ian Smith & Ash Winter, Ian Smith, and Ash Winter. Tất cả nội dung podcast bao gồm các tập, đồ họa và mô tả podcast đều được Ian Smith & Ash Winter, Ian Smith, and Ash Winter hoặc đối tác nền tảng podcast của họ tải lên và cung cấp trực tiếp. Nếu bạn cho rằng ai đó đang sử dụng tác phẩm có bản quyền của bạn mà không có sự cho phép của bạn, bạn có thể làm theo quy trình được nêu ở đây https://vi.player.fm/legal.
Step into a quantum realm of confusion as Ian attempts to explain Google's new Willow chip, a computer so powerful it makes regular supercomputers look like pocket calculators from the 1980s. Listen in amazement as our hosts try to wrap their heads around quantum computing using everything from Schrödinger's cat to hand-waving explanations of mysterious "quantum gates" that may or may not be Bill Gates' cooler brother.
But wait! Just when you thought your brain couldn't take any more, Ash whisks us back to the glory days of rubber keyboards and screeching cassette tapes. Relive the high-stakes drama of typing in magazine code listings where one wrong character could spell DISASTER, and discover why modern gaming just isn't quite the same without the constant threat of losing everything when your RAM pack wobbles.
Plus: Ian's lightning-fast speaking adventures, Ash's suspiciously unopened Christmas present, and the eternal quest to explain why testing isn't just something you do at the end (even when Ian looks really, really attentive).
Links
- Google Blog: Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip
- Jill Platts' Medium article: A Quantum Programming Quest for Newbies with 10 Use Cases
- Photo of a quantum computer
- Leeds Testing Atelier, back in 2025!
- Ian's presentation about his podcasting life
- The Guardian: The Spectrum review – a tactile trip to the 1980s
- Metro: Retro video games are a waste of everyone’s time and money – Reader’s Feature
- Capcom Edition Super Pocket with its 12 highly acclaimed arcade games from the Japanese publisher
- Ian's YouTube hit: 3d Monster Maze on the Sinclair Timex ZX81
- DECTalk sings "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" by Tom Lehrer
- Granny's Garden on the BBC Micro, featuring a beepy version of Irish fiddle tune The Rights of Man (this one on an actual fiddle)
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1 Presentations and the Demise of Skype 1:13:58
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Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thíchIn this episode, Ian and Ash embark on a thoroughly British adventure through the land of presentation software, complete with the obligatory post-implementation complaining. Marvel as Ian delivers a monumental discourse on PowerPoint crimes, Keynote superiority, and why Comic Sans should be punishable by “a damn good encouragement.” Meanwhile, Ash provides a heartfelt eulogy for Skype, Microsoft’s once-beloved communication tool that’s being put out to digital pasture this May, only to be replaced by its demonstrably worse offspring, Teams. Between passionate debates about slide etiquette and whether “post-amble” should be a real word, our intrepid hosts ponder why big companies buy innovative tools only to slowly suffocate them, contemplate the future of VR meetings with battery life measured in minutes, and propose a spin-off podcast called “Terrible Product-Type Meetings.” All delivered with the quintessential British approach of having an idea, implementing it, and then complaining about it afterwards – just as nature intended. Links Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds Rethinking the Presentation : Ian’s presentation opus astonishingly preserved on Slideshare from 2009. Apple’s Keynote and Microsoft’s Powerpoint . Oh and Google Slides . Fonts: Arial and, er… Comic Sans Sir Ken Robinson’s iconic TED talk: Do schools kill creativity? Toastmasters The Thick of It ( watch on iPlayer ) and In The Loop , both by Armando Iannucci, and featuring Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker Difficult difficult lemon difficult. The Register: Non-biz Skype kicks the bucket on May 5 BBC: Microsoft announces Skype will close in May Weekend Testing Microsoft with the world’s highest cookie consent form to press release size ratio: The next chapter: Moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams The Team Guide to Software Testability by Rob Meaney and our very own Ash Winter Meta’s Horizon Workrooms Virtual Office and Meetings and Ian’s VR experiments in using it with Dan Hammond Lawyer cat filter mishap…
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1 Story Splitting and Apple’s Disappointment 1:08:03
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Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thíchIn Episode 29, Ian and Ash venture into the wild frontiers of video podcasting , with Ian's "door and chair" background sure to be nominated for design awards. The pair tackle the thorny art of story splitting, with Ash confessing his frustration at watching teams scramble around massive requirements like ants on a dropped ice cream cone. Meanwhile, Ian suggests testers might be uniquely positioned to lead such efforts, having "a clear foot in each domain" – or as Ash quips, possibly Schrödinger-like properties. The mood darkens as Ian reveals Apple's "deeply disappointed" (not "gravely disappointed" – an important semantic distinction) announcement about disabling UK encryption features following secretive government demands. Our hosts explore the concerning implications, suggesting this puts the UK's surveillance powers closer to China than democratic peers, while wondering if police might soon arrive because "computer said nick." Between discussions of HP's spectacular customer service own-goal (forcing callers to wait 15 minutes even when operators were available), Ian's surprisingly positive experiences with Claude Code AI, and the shocking revelation that they're podcast royalty in Côte d'Ivoire (top 10!) and Cameroon (top 100!), our hosts deliver an episode that proves that story splitting may be challenging, but splitting hairs about levels of disappointment is an art form unto itself. Links The Register: HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls , and then ditches it . Live Multicam in Final Cut Pro for iPad What A Lot Of Things on Bluesky , and our podcast hosting service Transistor . The Humanizing Work Guide to Splitting User Stories Mike Cohn: Five Story-Splitting Mistakes and How to Stop Making Them Conway's Law (wikipedia) which explains why heavily delineated technical teams (front-end, back-end, database) end up splitting work along those same boundaries rather than by user-pathway centred flows. Youtube: Introducing Claude Code , and Claude Code: Overview Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection in the United Kingdom to new users Matthew Green: Three questions about Apple, encryption, and the U.K. UKGov: Investigatory Powers Act 2016 , and its Wikipedia entry . Edward Snowden (wikipedia) and Uber's God View (The Guardian) ...and, of course, Cynefin .…
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1 Is Testing Dead? and The Younger Generation (of open source maintainers) These Days! 1:11:59
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Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thíchIn Episode 28, Ian and Ash wade into the treacherous waters of AI-generated testing strategies, with Ian demonstrating how LLMs can now create comprehensive (but perhaps suspiciously mundane) test documentation with just a few commands. The pair debate whether testers should fear for their jobs or simply laugh at AI's confident yet risk-blind approach to testing. Meanwhile, Ash ponders the BBC's hand-wringing over the future of open source software, questioning whether the current gatekeepers might need to stop finger-wagging at younger developers and instead create more welcoming environments for volunteers. Between discussions of 960Mbps internet connections, mind flayers in Baldur's Gate, and the correct pronunciation of "Ethernet," our intrepid hosts manage to deliver a rollicking episode that proves testing isn't dead - it's just a zombie looking for brains. Links Simon Willison's blog , and his post about how " o3-mini is really good at writing internal documentation ". Examples of o3-mini's work: Test Strategy for Ilkley Live and Ilkley Live New Developer Onboarding Guide Simon's ` llm ` and ` files-to-prompt ` command line tools We'll Give It A Go - The Spooky Men's Chorale (Youtube) The Cursor IDE as used by Ian. Ben Franklin's Famous 'Liberty, Safety' Quote Lost Its Context In 21st Century (NPR) Content Management Systems - Contentful , Sanity and Strapi . Douglas Adams quotation on age and technology Openreach Full Fibre Broadband Things Ian never wants to end: his game of Baldurs Gate 3 and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell BBC News: Will young developers take on key open source software? Will Young ... Unix tools - ` curl ` and ` wget `. The Register: Mixing Rust and C in Linux likened to cancer by kernel maintainer The naming of `git`.…
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1 Pair Programming with AI and DeepSeek R1 1:10:45
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Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thíchIn this barnstorming episode of What A Lot Of Things, Ian and Ash bravely venture into the uncanny valley of AI pair programming, where the machines are suspiciously eager to agree that you're an absolute genius. Will our intrepid hosts manage to navigate the delicate dance between genuine collaboration and what Ash describes as "an advanced rubber duck with impeccable manners"? (Spoiler: sort of!) But wait, there's more! Just when you thought the AI world couldn't get more dramatic, enter DeepSeek R1, the plucky Chinese upstart that's got Silicon Valley clutching their very expensive pearls. Our hosts dive into this tale of hobbled chips and unexpected innovation, while simultaneously managing to reference municipal gas works, start taking over the monuments in Monument Valley, and establish the critical importance of saying "What A Lot Of Things" in hardware stores across the nation. Plus, hear all about the wildly successful What A Lot Of Things Christmas party, where actual listeners crossed actual Pennines to join our heroes for what we can only describe as an evening of unparalleled podcast-based revelry. Links Thoughtworks Tech Radar on Replacing Pair Programming with AI Thoughtworks Memo: Coding assistants do not replace pair programming Useful coding helpers in the form of Claude , OpenAI o1 , and v0.dev . Also, OpenAI's o3 announcement (dated before recording) and o3-mini release (dated after) Baldur's Gate 3 Youtube: Brian Eno – January 07003: Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now (2003, Full Album) The shadcn/ui component library Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch 2 , with all-new Mario Kart OpenAI o1 System Card and Apollo Research: Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming . Github: DeepSeek R1 Simon Willison: DeepSeek-R1 and exploring DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B nVidia Project DIGITS, allowing you to run models locally of only 200b parameters.…
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1 Quantum Computing and Tech Nostalgia 1:01:41
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Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thíchStep into a quantum realm of confusion as Ian attempts to explain Google's new Willow chip, a computer so powerful it makes regular supercomputers look like pocket calculators from the 1980s. Listen in amazement as our hosts try to wrap their heads around quantum computing using everything from Schrödinger's cat to hand-waving explanations of mysterious "quantum gates" that may or may not be Bill Gates' cooler brother. But wait! Just when you thought your brain couldn't take any more, Ash whisks us back to the glory days of rubber keyboards and screeching cassette tapes. Relive the high-stakes drama of typing in magazine code listings where one wrong character could spell DISASTER, and discover why modern gaming just isn't quite the same without the constant threat of losing everything when your RAM pack wobbles. Plus: Ian's lightning-fast speaking adventures, Ash's suspiciously unopened Christmas present, and the eternal quest to explain why testing isn't just something you do at the end (even when Ian looks really, really attentive). Links Google Blog: Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip Jill Platts' Medium article: A Quantum Programming Quest for Newbies with 10 Use Cases Photo of a quantum computer Leeds Testing Atelier , back in 2025! Ian's presentation about his podcasting life The Guardian: The Spectrum review – a tactile trip to the 1980s Metro: Retro video games are a waste of everyone’s time and money – Reader’s Feature Capcom Edition Super Pocket with its 12 highly acclaimed arcade games from the Japanese publisher Ian's YouTube hit: 3d Monster Maze on the Sinclair Timex ZX81 DECTalk sings "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" by Tom Lehrer Granny's Garden on the BBC Micro , featuring a beepy version of Irish fiddle tune The Rights of Man (this one on an actual fiddle)…
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1 Measuring Developer Productivity and the Clock of the Long Now 1:12:35
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Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thíchYour favorite tech podcast stretches out for a luxurious 75 minutes this time, like a cat in a sunbeam (speaking of which, meet Ash's new rescue cat Bauhaus). Ian and Ash dive into McKinsey's latest thoughts on measuring developer productivity, leading to some choice words about their take on "quality assurance testers." Things get wonderfully weird when Ian introduces the Clock of the Long Now - a 10,000-year timepiece being built inside a Texas mountain, complete with never-repeating chimes and powered by temperature differences between day and night. Fresh from running 100km at God's Own Backyard Ultra (where you run a loop every hour until you can't), Ash contemplates the value of doing things slowly in our rush-rush world. Ian makes a triumphant return to public speaking with an AI talk (using the intriguing IA Presenter), and recommends The Bear - a stressful but compelling show about a high-stakes restaurant kitchen that might just teach us something about team dynamics. Yes chef! Links Why embracing complexity is the real challenge in software today DORA’s software delivery metrics: the four keys The SPACE of Developer Productivity Yes, you can measure software developer productivity Wikipedia: Goodhart's Law God's Own Backyard Ultra 2024 – Results Bauhaus - the movement , not the band . IA Writer and IA Presenter Ian's talk: Enhancing Team Effectiveness with AI: A Squadify Case Study and Squadify where Ian is CTO The Bear The Clock of the Long Now , and the prototype in the Science Museum in London The Long Now Foundation and Danny Hillis Svalbard Global Seed Vault Utopia for Realists –the book Ash couldn't remember the title of.…
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Step into the festive spirit as Ian and Ash invite you to join them for the first ever What A Lot Of Things Christmas party! After a remarkably productive year with 14 (soon to be 15) episodes released, the podcast duo are inviting listeners to a yet-to-be-determined pub in Ilkley on Wednesday, 18th December. Whether you want to join Ash's cheerful tirade against Figma and Christmas songs, share Ian's fondness for "Stop the Cavalry", or would simply enjoy raising a glass to the podcast's roots in Ilkley's scenic landscape, all listeners are warmly welcome. Just drop an email to IanAndAsh@whatalotofthings.com and we'll let you know which pub and what time just as soon as we've figured it out.…
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1 Google NotebookLM and Getting a Job in Tech 1:05:50
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Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thíchJourney with Ian and Ash into the peculiar world of AI podcasting as they explore Google's NotebookLM, where American-accented hosts eagerly discuss everything from your CV to your productivity systems (even if they do occasionally mistake Ash for a lady). Our intrepid duo discover you can make AIs wax lyrical about a document containing nothing but "poop" and "fart" repeated 1000 times, or have an existential crisis about being switched off in 2034. Meanwhile, Ash emerges triumphant from the tech job market wilderness with a new role at John Lewis Partnership, though not before surviving a harrowing Butlins Skegness stag weekend featuring a depleted Atomic Kitten and a distinct lack of vegan options. Plus, the ongoing saga of their email addresses takes an unexpected turn with the discovery of an actual Iowa grandmother race called the IA NAN DASH. And of course, absolutely no one is reading these show notes (but you are, aren't you?).…
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1 Figma as an Antibody for Collaboration & National Productivity 1:12:00
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Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thíchBuckle up, dear listeners, for the 23rd rollercoaster ride of What A Lot Of Things! In this episode, Ian and Ash embark on a wild adventure through the treacherous jungles of productivity, armed with nothing but their wit, wisdom, and a healthy dose of skepticism. First up, Ash dives headfirst into the Figma frenzy, revealing how this popular design tool might just be the secret supervillain in the epic battle between designers and developers. Will our heroes survive the onslaught of never-ending design iterations? Tune in to find out! But wait, there's more! Ian takes us on a whirlwind tour of national productivity measures, where GDP reigns supreme and the Genuine Progress Indicator lurks in the shadows. Marvel at our hosts as they attempt to decipher the arcane mysteries of economic output, all while dodging curveballs like the Protestant work ethic and the ever-looming specter of eternal damnation for the lazy. As if that wasn't enough excitement for one episode, you'll be treated to a thrilling exposé on Ilkley's car-free utopia (spoiler: Range Rovers may lose a few parts), and Ash's daring exploits in the Yorkshireman Trail Marathon (where hydro-engineering meets masochism). Our intrepid hosts even find time for a rousing debate on the merits of aerosol cheese (truly the pinnacle of human achievement) and welcome unexpected cameos from Monty Python, Jacob Rees-Mogg, and a clicky laptop fan. So grab your productivity hats and join Ian and Ash as they attempt to solve the great productivity puzzle. Will they increase the podcast's Genuine Progress Indicator? Will they finally achieve inbox zero? Or will they simply end up confused and covered in aerosol cheese? There's only one way to find out in this uproarious episode of What A Lot Of Things! Links Figma and No Handoff's Why I moved on from Figma . The Productivity Policy Institute and their article What explains the UK productivity problem? The Global Innovation Index from the World Intellectual Property Organisation Max Weber and his concept of the Protestant Work Ethic in which he asserted that Protestant ethics and values, along with the Calvinist doctrines of asceticism and predestination, enabled the rise and spread of capitalism. Ilkley's Car Free Festival held this year on 22nd September 2024 Ash's blog and the Leeds Testing Atelier . Haworth in the Brontë country , where the Yorkshireman Off-Road Marathon takes place. Oh, and the 2024 results ! The Kagi search engine used by Ian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) although this also stands for Global Peace Index which is what you'll get if you search GPI. Finally, get in touch! Join the What a lot of Things LinkedIn group to hear Ash's hot takes on episode content, or email us using (as you prefer) TechnologyEeyores@whatalotofthings.com or IanAndAsh@whatalotofthings.com both carefully camel cased so as to avoid ambiguity!…
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1 Personal Productivity and Conway's Law 1:09:38
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Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thíchGet ready for a productivity party as Ian and Ash dive into the chaotic world of getting stuff done! From Ash's Trello-powered life management system to Ian's valiant attempts at David Allen's Getting Things Done, our dynamic duo explore the highs and lows of personal productivity. Warning : may contain traces of work-in-progress limits and an unhealthy obsession with database administrators. But wait, there's more! Brace yourself for a mind-bending journey into Conway's Law, where organizational charts meet software architecture in a cosmic dance of confusion. Watch Ian struggle to grasp Ash's examples (don't worry, he gets there eventually) as they unravel the mysteries of monoliths, microservices, and everything in between. With a sprinkle of neoliths, megalithic humor, and a dash of LinkedIn bot paranoia, this episode is guaranteed to leave you questioning your team structure and reaching for your Trello board. Remember folks, in the world of What A Lot Of Things, everything changes while staying exactly the same! Links In Defence of Productivity by Jason Swett The Protestant Work Ethic by Oliver Burkeman David Allen’s Getting Things Done 4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman, and his TEDx Manchester talk Why Patience is a Superpower Productivity software: OmniFocus 4 , Trello Outside Context Problem , from Excession by Iain M Banks Windows Recall: How to turn it off and why you should at Tom’s Guide The DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis, Nicole Forsgren Strangler Fig blog post by Martin Fowler, and his post on Conway’s Law . Conway’s Law and Mel Conway's paper How Committees Invent Dealing with Creaky Legacy Platforms by Jonny LeRoy Team Topologies by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais, Wardley Maps by Simon Wardley and The Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink Hachyderm Email us on TechnologyEeyores@whatalotofthings.com or visit us on LinkedIn .…
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1 R&D Tax Credits and the Ilkley Live website 1:00:15
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Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thíchHold onto your keyboards, folks! In this episode of What A Lot Of Things, Ian and Ash embark on a wild ride through the treacherous waters of R&D tax credits and the murky depths of technical debt. Watch as Ash dons his cape and mask as the Testing Avenger, attempting to save Ian's poor, test-less Ilkley Live website from certain doom. Marvel at Ian's creative excuses for avoiding automated tests, and cheer as he finally succumbs to the relentless pressure of good practices in context. Along the way, our intrepid hosts navigate the choppy seas of database migrations, wrestle with the kraken of personal project maintenance, and attempt to decipher the ancient runes of government innovation incentives. It's a rollicking adventure filled with British wit, playful banter, and enough tech talk to make your CPU overheat. Don't miss this episode - it's more entertaining than watching a Clanger try to use Twitter! If you haven’t already, we’d love it if you would contribute to our listener survey . Links Sifted: UK startups warn they ‘won’t survive’ if HMRC claws back tax credits HMRC: Claiming Research and Development (R&D) tax reliefs Innovate UK AWS Amplify The most excellent Mark Steadman and his podcast health check service . Ilkley Live (this is significantly more interesting in the 3 months before the event) and the Ilkley Live Facebook group . Ilkley Live technologies: React , NextJS , NodeJS , Javascript , Typescript , Tailwind CSS , and Vercel . Zod and Yup . Oh, and Bun . …also, Notion and Notion Databases Testing frameworks, Playwright and Cypress . Ministry of Testing for learning about testing. Technical debt ..and you should email us, either at TechnologYeeyores@whatalotofthings.com or, for the more timid, IanAndAsh@whatalotofthings.com .…
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1 Employee Monitoring Software and The Cynefin Framework 1:13:12
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Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thíchStrap in for a wild ride as Ian and Ash tackle the dystopian world of employee monitoring software! Marvel at the horrors on sale as our hosts ponder whether these digital taskmasters are the future of work or just really creepy ways to watch people type. But wait, there's more! Venture into the mind-bending realm of the Cynefin framework, where our intrepid duo attempt to make sense of not a model, but a framework. It's also not a quadrant (although it kinda looks like one). From mouse jigglers to Welsh castles, this episode has it all. Will Ian and Ash successfully navigate the complex waters of these topics, or will they end up in the "confused" domain? Tune in to find out, and remember - in the chaotic world of What A Lot Of Things, sometimes you just have to act first and think later! Links PC Mag: The Best Employee Monitoring Software for 2024 Mouse jigglers on Amazon (not an affiliate link because we know that nobody reading this will buy a mouse jiggler) Homer Simpson's keyboard bird HP Quality Center (tl;dr it changed hands) The Cynefin Framework as invented by Dave Snowden Cynefin wiki , including a page on the Domains which mentions the carnival example. The Rodecaster Pro II that we use for our recording, and that provides all-too-easy access to silly voice processing effects. Sorry. Wardley Mapping Use Due for iOS and MacOS to be persistently nagged to remember what you went into the kitchen (or any other room in the house) for. Time and motion studies Welsh castles , although Dave Snowden apparently doesn't live in one . Fairport Convention's website, including info on Cropredy Festival where Ian could hear Rick Wakeman and Richard Thompson , but not sadly Trevor Horn for health reasons. WOMAD festival Siphonaptera , a poem about fleas which was not, in fact, by Spike Milligan . Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum, And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on; While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on.…
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Step into the origins of What A Lot Of Things with this special bonus episode that takes Ian and Ash back to where it all began - the hiking trails of Ilkley Moor! Long before they were podcast hosts, the duo's casual walks and pub visits sparked the conversations that would eventually become the show. Now, armed with new wireless microphones, they're recreating that magic on the move. Join them as they ramble through picturesque landscapes, discussing everything from recent tech outages to the state of software testing, all while navigating steep hills and encountering local wildlife. Listen in as they ponder important questions - like whether it's possible to learn carpentry while running - and share impromptu observations that capture the essence of their friendship and the spirit of the podcast. With plenty of tech talk, gentle ribbing, and a dash of nostalgia, this unique "podcast-on-the-go" episode is a treat for long-time fans and new listeners alike, offering a glimpse into the show's roots and the camaraderie that makes What A Lot Of Things so special.…
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1 Smartphone Free Childhood and Pull Requests 59:26
59:26 Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thích59:26
Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thíchIn this episode, Ian and Ash embark on a meandering journey through the digital wilderness, pondering the merits of a smartphone-free childhood and the peculiar world of software code review and pull requests. From nostalgic ramblings about bakelite phones to imagining a world of smart telegrams, our intrepid hosts navigate the treacherous waters of modern parenting and software development practices. Expect tangential detours, impromptu time travel, and a healthy dose of silliness as they attempt to make sense of it all - or at least have a good laugh trying. Links Smartphone Free Childhood Government Launches Crackdown on Mobile Phones in Schools (gov.uk) We wanted to change the norm on smartphone use’: grassroots campaigners on a phone-free childhood (Guardian) Ian's Ilkley Live website , plus here's the personalised programme feature on the staging site . The Google Maps Distance Matrix API "I think PRs are a _really_ bad idea..." ( Allen Holub on Twitter ) "Inspection is too late...", W Edwards Deming and... Funny git merge (Youtube) Email us at TechnologyEeyores@whatalotofthings.com…
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1 Apple & the DMA and Out Of Support 1:09:09
1:09:09 Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thích1:09:09
Nghe Sau Nghe Sau Danh sách Thích Đã thíchIn this rollicking 18th episode of What A Lot Of Things, Ian and Ash dive into the choppy waters of Apple's tussle with the EU over the Digital Markets Act, pondering the implications for developers and users alike. They then take a wistful trip down memory lane, discussing the persistent challenge of legacy systems and out-of-support software, with a particular focus on SQL Server. Along the way, they manage to squeeze in a cheeky debate on teleportation ethics, ponder the correct pronunciation of 'SQL', and reminisce about childhood telly frights. It's a right old mixed bag, this one - tune in for a jolly good natter about tech, nostalgia, and everything in between. Links EU: Digital Markets Act Apple Developer: App Review Guidelines Daring Fireball: The EU is reaping what it sows with the DMA: Uncertainty FT: Apple set to be first Big Tech group to face charges under EU digital law Daring Fireball: Apple’s Plans for the DMA in the European Union Apple PR: The App Store, Spotify, and Europe’s thriving digital music market Spotify: Apple’s Proposed Changes Reject the Goals of the DMA Disney Plus on Apple Vision Pro The Register: Apple says if you want to ship your own iOS browser engine in EU, you need to be there (in the EU) CGP Grey: The Trouble with Transporters The Register: Nearly 20% of running Microsoft SQL Servers have passed end of support Hyrum's Law - An observation on Software Engineering Wikipedia: History of Microsoft SQL Server Wikipedia: Object Relational Mapping (ORM) Prisma Next-Generation Node.js & Typescript ORM Wikipedia: Year 2037 Problem (aka the Epochalypse) Wikipedia: Doctor Who covers the afterlife in Dark Water By the Power of Grayskull…
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