Jas and Rich take part in Advent of Code 2019 and work through their personal solutions. As we're reviewing code, it doesn't really work in Podcast form. So they are all on YouTube - [https://youtu.be/8pHUD8-1EuU](https://youtu.be/8pHUD8-1EuU).

After that, we react to Jonathan Paulson's speedruns of the [same Advent of Code challenges](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgvyy28TehDYTIXtjEXWm_sa9uX7yqX7B).

Links:

* [While True Talk on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFvBYp-A1l0KCqYtMgTXZNg/)

* [Advent of Code 2019](https://adventofcode.com/2019/)

* [Elixir](https://elixir-lang.org/)

* [kdb+](https://kx.com)

Jas and Rich take part in Advent of Code 2019 and work through their personal solutions. As we're reviewing code, it doesn't really work in Podcast form. So they are all on YouTube - [https://youtu.be/8pHUD8-1EuU](https://youtu.be/8pHUD8-1EuU).

After that, we react to Jonathan Paulson's speedruns of the [same Advent of Code challenges](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgvyy28TehDYTIXtjEXWm_sa9uX7yqX7B).

Links:

* [While True Talk on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFvBYp-A1l0KCqYtMgTXZNg/)

* [Advent of Code 2019](https://adventofcode.com/2019/)

* [Elixir](https://elixir-lang.org/)

* [kdb+](https://kx.com)

Jas and Rich discuss being focused at work.

* [E-mail Feedback](mailto:[email protected])

* [Subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/WhileTrueTalk)

* [Twitter](https://twitter.com/WhileTalk)

* [Our Chrome Extension](https://github.com/incrypt/incrypt)

* [Cal Newport - Deep Work](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/dp/0349411905)

* [Flow State](http://positivepsychology.org.uk/living-in-flow/)

* [Cal Newport - Digital Minimalism](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Minimalism-Living-Better-Technology/dp/0241341132)

* [Twist](https://twist.com/?lang=en)

* [Focus](https://heyfocus.com/)

* [Paul Graham writing about threat of someone talking to you](http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html)

* [Private Offices - Joel Spolsky](https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/07/30/private-offices-redux/)

* [TRON: Legacy - Daft Punk Soundtrack](https://open.spotify.com/album/4US3nmuLIKELhVZdBPiKxx)

* [Bose QC35s](https://www.bose.co.uk/en_gb/products/headphones/over_ear_headphones/quietcomfort-35-wireless-ii.html)

* [Sony WH-1000MX3](https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/headband-headphones/wh-1000xm3)

* [Parkinson's Law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law) - Tasks expand to fill the time you have

* [r/nosurf where to start](https://nosurf.org/start-here/)

* [YouTube suggestions removal extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/df-tube-distraction-free/mjdepdfccjgcndkmemponafgioodelna?hl=en)

Jas and Rich discuss managing and being managed in the workplace.

* [E-mail Feedback](mailto:[email protected])

* [Subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/WhileTrueTalk)

* [Twitter](https://twitter.com/WhileTalk)

* [Episode 7](https://whiletruetalk.fm/e/37215163563672/)

* [Happier at work if manager can do your job](https://hbr.org/2016/12/if-your-boss-could-do-your-job-youre-more-likely-to-be-happy-at-work)

* [DHH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Heinemeier_Hansson)

* [Dog Clicker](https://positively.com/dog-training/methods-equipment/training-methods/clicker-training/)

* [Rich’s Work Rules](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u8GiTeZUcqAzWTtkSLCh1w7bIyxAe6Qg/view?usp=sharing)

* [Tech CEO sneakers](https://www.businessinsider.com/sneakers-worn-by-tech-execs-2017-5?r=US&IR=T#satya-nadella-lanvin-suede-and-patent-leather-low-top-sneaker-3)

* [Picture of Jas’ elbow](redacted)

Jas and Rich discuss the pros and cons of perm jobs vs contracting.

* [Fixed Cost Contract](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-price_contract)

* [Jason Fried](https://medium.com/@jasonfried)

* [Basecamp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basecamp_(company))

* [Cognitive Dissonance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance)

* [Linus Hamster Thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/linusrants/comments/97r19k/15th_august_2018_linus_torvalds_in_fact_if_the/e4a96zk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x)

* [Sole Trader](https://www.gov.uk/set-up-sole-trader)

* [IR35](https://www.contractorcalculator.co.uk/what_is_ir35.aspx)

* [PAYE](https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/tax/how-to-pay-income-tax/the-pay-as-you-earn-paye-system/)

* [360 review](https://www.thebalancecareers.com/what-is-a-360-review-1917541)

* [Microsoft SharePoint](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SharePoint)

* [Chartered Accountant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_accountant)

* [Xero](https://www.xero.com/uk/)

* [VAT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_tax_in_the_United_Kingdom)

Jas and Rich discuss software requirements and apologise to people with disabilities.

Follow up discussion:

* [Presidental mental health in 1972](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/an3ykg/til_that_1972_democratic_vice_presidential/)

* [Norwegian Prime Minister that took time off to deal with depression](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjell_Magne_Bondevik)

* [Roosevelt illness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralytic_illness_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt)

* [Ethnicity in Computer Science, Stanford](https://medium.com/@jcueto/race-and-gender-among-computer-science-majors-at-stanford-3824c4062e3a)

* [US programmgers by ethnicity](https://datausa.io/profile/soc/151131/#demographics)

* [Why are there so few black programmers? - Quora](https://www.quora.com/Why-are-there-so-few-black-programmers)

* [US Race & Ethnicity stats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States)

* [Women get more Pull Requests merged if they hide gender](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/12/women-considered-better-coders-hide-gender-github)

* [Hacker news article about woman whose pull requests were not merged](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3827542)

* [GitHub PR for her documentation update in jQuery](https://github.com/jquery/learn.jquery.com/pull/54)

* [Modem Sound](http://soundbible.com/136-Dial-Up-Modem.html)

* [Modem noise annotated](https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Q3lKIr1.jpg)

* [Phone Phreaking](http://www.historyofphonephreaking.org/faq.php)

* [Guy whistling to make a phone call](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1M6QW-ydOk)

* [BBC Radio 4 about Joy Bubbles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK5pdCRsetY)

* [Cereal whistles used for phone hacking](https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/02/phone-phreaks-the-toy-whistles-early-hackers-used-to-break-into-the-phone-network.html?via=gdpr-consent)

* [Amateur Radio Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio)

* [Morse Code at 140 Words per Minute](http://www.arrl.org/news/morse-code-at-140-wpm)

* [Apple as a natural laxative](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/20-natural-laxatives)

Main topic:

* [Business Analyst wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_analyst)

* [User Experience (UX) definition](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/definition-user-experience/)

* [No code is the best code](https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-best-code-is-no-code-at-all/)

* [Fixed Price Contract Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-price_contract)

* [Iron Triangle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management_triangle)

* [Good fast and cheap software](https://medium.com/@drandreasmaier/good-fast-cheap-software-delivery-and-drawbacks-in-a-snap-caa69ec87707)

* [GPS vs Image recognition](https://xkcd.com/1425/)

* [C#'s LINQ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_Integrated_Query)

* [Domain Knowledge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_knowledge)

* [CGP Grey's I have died many times blog post](http://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/i-have-died-many-times)

* [Jira](https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira)

* [Agile / Scrum Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(software_development))

Jas and Rich discuss software requirements and apologise to people with disabilities.

Follow up discussion:

* [Presidental mental health in 1972](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/an3ykg/til_that_1972_democratic_vice_presidential/)

* [Norwegian Prime Minister that took time off to deal with depression](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjell_Magne_Bondevik)

* [Roosevelt illness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralytic_illness_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt)

* [Ethnicity in Computer Science, Stanford](https://medium.com/@jcueto/race-and-gender-among-computer-science-majors-at-stanford-3824c4062e3a)

* [US programmgers by ethnicity](https://datausa.io/profile/soc/151131/#demographics)

* [Why are there so few black programmers? - Quora](https://www.quora.com/Why-are-there-so-few-black-programmers)

* [US Race & Ethnicity stats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States)

* [Women get more Pull Requests merged if they hide gender](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/12/women-considered-better-coders-hide-gender-github)

* [Hacker news article about woman whose pull requests were not merged](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3827542)

* [GitHub PR for her documentation update in jQuery](https://github.com/jquery/learn.jquery.com/pull/54)

* [Modem Sound](http://soundbible.com/136-Dial-Up-Modem.html)

* [Modem noise annotated](https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Q3lKIr1.jpg)

* [Phone Phreaking](http://www.historyofphonephreaking.org/faq.php)

* [Guy whistling to make a phone call](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1M6QW-ydOk)

* [BBC Radio 4 about Joy Bubbles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK5pdCRsetY)

* [Cereal whistles used for phone hacking](https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/02/phone-phreaks-the-toy-whistles-early-hackers-used-to-break-into-the-phone-network.html?via=gdpr-consent)

* [Amateur Radio Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio)

* [Morse Code at 140 Words per Minute](http://www.arrl.org/news/morse-code-at-140-wpm)

* [Apple as a natural laxative](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/20-natural-laxatives)

Main topic:

* [Business Analyst wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_analyst)

* [User Experience (UX) definition](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/definition-user-experience/)

* [No code is the best code](https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-best-code-is-no-code-at-all/)

* [Fixed Price Contract Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-price_contract)

* [Iron Triangle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management_triangle)

* [Good fast and cheap software](https://medium.com/@drandreasmaier/good-fast-cheap-software-delivery-and-drawbacks-in-a-snap-caa69ec87707)

* [GPS vs Image recognition](https://xkcd.com/1425/)

* [C#'s LINQ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_Integrated_Query)

* [Domain Knowledge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_knowledge)

* [CGP Grey's I have died many times blog post](http://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/i-have-died-many-times)

* [Jira](https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira)

* [Agile / Scrum Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(software_development))

Jas and Rich discuss Office Culture and whether they are brogrammers.

Follow up discussion:

* [Microsoft catching Amazon in cloud](https://www.skyhighnetworks.com/cloud-security-blog/microsoft-azure-closes-iaas-adoption-gap-with-amazon-aws/)

* [Google's Speech-To-Text API](https://cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/) which Rich used for subtitles

* [Amazon S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/)

* [Jira](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jira_(software))

* [Unix Exit Codes](https://shapeshed.com/unix-exit-codes/)

* [Marjorie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie)

* [Marjoram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjoram)

Main discussion:

* [Positive Discrimination](https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/5-200-3419)

* [Silicon Valley (tv show)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series))

* Article about recruiters only supplying female CVs when they asked only for them (couldn't find - sorry!)

* [STEM definition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science,_technology,_engineering,_and_mathematics)

* [STEM by ethnicity](http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2018/01/09/blacks-in-stem-jobs-are-especially-concerned-about-diversity-and-discrimination-in-the-workplace/)

* [Bro Culture why it's bad for startups article](https://www.breathehr.com/blog/bro-culture-and-why-its-an-issue-for-startups)

* [Brogrammer definition](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brogrammer)

* [Blog post about Uber's problems](https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber)

* [Bro definition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bro_(subculture))

* [Business Analyst (BI) definition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_analyst)

* [Explained on Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/80216752)

* [LGBT Definition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT)

* [10x programmer](http://antirez.com/news/112)

* [Necker Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necker_Island_(British_Virgin_Islands))

* [Facts about Mental Health](https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/statistics-and-facts-about-mental-health/how-common-are-mental-health-problems/)

* [Handmaid's Tale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale_(TV_series))

* [Gender bias in open source](https://code.likeagirl.io/gender-bias-in-open-source-d1deda7dec28)

* [Lady who had PR's rejected](http://rachelnabors.com/2012/04/of-github-and-pull-requests-and-comics/)

* [Study about women in open source](https://peerj.com/articles/cs-111/)

* [Linus Torvald takes a break and apologizes](http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linus-Torvalds-Takes-a-Break-Apologizes)

* [Linus' email to mailing list](https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/16/167)

* [Linux code of conduct](https://itsfoss.com/linux-code-of-conduct/)

* [Linus Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds)

* [Linux governance structure](https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Linux_-_Governance#Linux_Organization)

* [Linus rants subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/linusrants/new/)

* [Quant wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_analyst)

* [Code problems at Tesla](https://futurism.com/three-problems-tesla-company-future)

* [Root cause analysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_cause_analysis)

Jas and Rich discuss 'The Cloud'.

Follow up discussion:

* [Majorie’s Law (again)](https://www.dropbox.com/s/s36ak9ozrefgv6w/WhileTrueTalk-E04-MarjoriesLaw.pdf?dl=0)

* [Mocha](https://mochajs.org/)

* [Chai](https://www.chaijs.com/)

* [Parameterized Tests](https://github.com/junit-team/junit4/wiki/parameterized-tests)

* [Hamcrest](http://hamcrest.org/JavaHamcrest/tutorial)

* [Hamcrest Examples](https://github.com/BuaBook/buabook-common/blob/master/src/test/java/com/buabook/common/test/*StringSplitterTest.java)

Main discussion:

* [Infrastructure as a service wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure_as_a_service)

* [Platform as a service wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_as_a_service)

* [Software as a service wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_service)

* [AWS Spinoff speculation](https://www.businessinsider.com/scott-galloway-amazon-will-spin-off-amazon-web-services-ignition-2018-12?r=US&IR=T)

* [AWS RDS](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/)

* [Heroku](https://www.heroku.com/)

* [Cheatsheets](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18475518)

* [AWS Cheatsheet](https://www.expeditedssl.com/aws-in-plain-english)

* [Azure Cheatsheet](https://www.expeditedssl.com/azure-in-plain-english)

* [AWS Lambda](https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/)

* [Zeit Now](https://zeit.co/now)

* [What is a CDN](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/what-is-a-cdn/)

* [Greenfield Project Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenfield_project)

* [Brownfield Project Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownfield_(software_development))

* [Stripe](https://stripe.com/)

* [Stripe Docs](https://stripe.com/docs/development#ruby)

* [Airtable](https://airtable.com/)

* [Zapier](https://zapier.com/)

* [Paul Grapham's Do things which don't scale essay](http://paulgraham.com/ds.html)

* [Firebase](https://firebase.google.com/)

* [New Slack Logo](https://slackhq.com/say-hello-new-logo)

Jas and Rich discuss testing, and whether you should write tests.

Main discussion:

[Marjorie's Law](https://www.dropbox.com/s/s36ak9ozrefgv6w/WhileTrueTalk-E04-MarjoriesLaw.pdf?dl=0)

* [PUBG](https://www.pubg.com/)

* [Pond5](https://www.pond5.com/)

* [Test Driven Development - TDD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development)

* Rich can't find that Kent Beck video from 8 years ago - surprise!

* [Jas' open source tests](https://github.com/BuaBook/spring-common/blob/master/src/test/java/com/buabook/spring/properties/test/PropertyLoaderTest.java)

* [Real Logic - Simple Binary Encoding Jas mentioned](https://github.com/real-logic/simple-binary-encoding)

* [Netflix's Chaos Monkey](https://github.com/Netflix/chaosmonkey)

* [JUnit](https://junit.org/junit5/)

* [Hamcrest](http://hamcrest.org/JavaHamcrest)

* [Uber rewriting code](https://eng.uber.com/rewrite-uber-carbon-app/)

* [Tesla bad software update system](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17835760)

* [Hero Anti Pattern](https://medium.com/@lucas.hendrich/we-dont-need-another-hero-or-the-hero-anti-pattern-771d42b1b99c)

* [Marjorie's Law](https://gist.github.com/richardgill/436600718b542373d4cfb9585005f560#file-marjorieslaw-md)

* [Marjorie's Law v2](https://www.dropbox.com/s/s36ak9ozrefgv6w/WhileTrueTalk-E04-MarjoriesLaw.pdf?dl=0)