Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Part Two of The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim. Written in the style of a novel, join them as they discuss the protagonist Maxine's journey of transforming the failing Phoenix Project from a big ball of mud into an agile, efficient architecture!
-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --
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The Unicorn Project: A Novel About Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data by Gene Kim
amzn.to/3XJFg2u (paid link)
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport
amzn.to/3Bz9NbS (paid link)
Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better by Jennifer Pahlka
amzn.to/4exblBO (paid link)
Building Evolutionary Architectures: Automated Software Governance
by Neal Ford, Rebecca Parsons, Patrick Kua, Pramod Sadalage
amzn.to/4eDlsVS (paid link)
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00:00 Intro
02:16 About the Book
03:54 Thoughts on the Book
10:36 Taking Risks, Psychological Safety, and Overcoming Organizational Roadblocks (Chapters 8-10)
34:42 Ownership, Business outcomes, Stability Theatre, Postmortems, and Relentless optimism (Chapters 11-13)
01:04:15 Closing Thoughts
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In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Part Two of The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim. Written in the style of a novel, join them as they discuss the protagonist Maxine's journey of transforming the failing Phoenix Project from a big ball of mud into an agile, efficient architecture!
-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --
Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
----------------------------------------------------------
The Unicorn Project: A Novel About Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data by Gene Kim
amzn.to/3XJFg2u (paid link)
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport
amzn.to/3Bz9NbS (paid link)
Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better by Jennifer Pahlka
amzn.to/4exblBO (paid link)
Building Evolutionary Architectures: Automated Software Governance
by Neal Ford, Rebecca Parsons, Patrick Kua, Pramod Sadalage
amzn.to/4eDlsVS (paid link)
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00:00 Intro
02:16 About the Book
03:54 Thoughts on the Book
10:36 Taking Risks, Psychological Safety, and Overcoming Organizational Roadblocks (Chapters 8-10)
34:42 Ownership, Business outcomes, Stability Theatre, Postmortems, and Relentless optimism (Chapters 11-13)
01:04:15 Closing Thoughts
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Join our Discord Server: discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5L
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325
X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpod
Carter on X: https://x.com/cartermorgan
Nathan's newsletter rojoroboto.com/newletter
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Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!
The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at bookoverflow.io
