The Leanpub Podcast

Alberto Brandolini is the author of the Leanpub book Introducing EventStorming: An act of Deliberate Collective Learning. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Alberto about his background, how he got into programming and eventually consulting, what the EventStorming process is and its relation to domain-driven design, the "dungeon masters" of company software, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on April 23, 2019.

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This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Rafael Irizarry is the author of the Leanpub book Introduction to Data Science: Data Analysis and Prediction Algorithms with R. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Rafael about his background and how he got into statistics, the fascinating story of his participation in preparing a Harvard study on establishing a mortality rate for Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria that went viral, the current debate about statistical significance in the scientific community, how statistics are changing sports, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on March 27, 2019.

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This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Michael Plöd is the author of the Leanpub book Hands-on Domain-driven Design - by example: Domain-driven Design practically explained with a massive case study. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Michael about his background and how he got interested in technology, the German hardcore punk scene in the 90s and the fanzine website Michael co-founded at the time, domain-driven design in the enterprise, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on March 26, 2019.

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This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Jaime González García is the author of the Leanpub book Boost Your Coding Fu With VSCode and Vim: Unleash the power of Vim in Visual Studio Code, boost your productivity and become an even more awesome developer. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jaime about his background, growing up in a small village in Spain, studying in Sweden and his remarkable career journey, his programming book projects and how he drew inspiration for them from fantasy and science fiction, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author, with a bonus segment on Jaime's experience becoming a father and taking paternity leave.

This interview was recorded on March 13, 2019.

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Andriy Burkov is the author of the Leanpub book The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book: Everything you really need to know in Machine Learning in a hundred pages. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Andriy about his background, what it was like studying computer science in a city with no electricity for three years, a little bit about the recent history and politics of Crimea, what it's like moving from a post-Soviet republic to a country to a country like Canada, game theory, machine learning, AI, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on February 27, 2019.

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Derrick Mwiti is the author of the Leanpub book Introductory Tutorials For Machine Learning: Kickstart your Career in Machine Learning. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Derrick about his background, the startup scene in Nairobi and elsewhere in Kenya, whether you need a Computer Science degree to start a career in machine learning, how he got into blogging and writing, machine learning in general and how it can be used to do things like fight everything from spam to insurance fraud and even help with writing software, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on February 19, 2019.

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Luc P. Beaudoin is the author of the Leanpub book Cognitive Productivity with macOS®: 7 Principles for Getting Smarter with Knowledge. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Luc about meta-effectiveness, postmodernism and the philosophy of science, cognitive productivity, his book, and the launch of his innovative new productivity app Hook.

This interview was recorded on February 12, 2019.

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Jonathan Boccara is the author of the Leanpub book The Legacy Code Programmer's Toolbox: Practical skills for software professionals working with legacy code. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jonathan about his background, the gruelling examination process for getting into the French Grandes écoles, how to make presentations with great visualizations, the psychological and practical challenges of dealing with legacy code in software, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on February 12, 2019.

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Sarah K. Peck is the author of the Leanpub book Pregnancy Affirmations: Words of Wisdom for Pregnancy, Birth, New Motherhood and the Postpartum Period. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Sarah about her background, her diverse career, her love of writing, the inspiration behind Startup Pregnant, some pretty serious politics, her book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about her experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on February 6, 2019.

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Leonardo Giordani is the author of the Leanpub book Clean Architectures in Python: A practical approach to better software design. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Leonardo about his background, studying telecommunications in Milan, the Amiga computer and its issues running DOOM, the importance of test-driven development in programming, clean software architecture, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on January 29, 2018.

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This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.