Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Frictionless by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda!

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Frictionless by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda
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00:00 Intro
01:33 About the Book and Authors
03:07 Initial Thoughts on Frictionless Part 2
10:11 DevX at Startup vs. Enterprise Scale
25:09 The Seven-Step Process - Steps 6 and 7
30:02 AI, SaaS Disruption, and the Shifting Role of Engineers
42:52 Measuring, Tooling, and Gold Paths
55:23 Final Thoughts

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