John Ousterhout and Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin Discuss Their Software Philosophies

Following up on their recent discussion on software design (inspired by Book Overflow!), John Ousterhout and Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin join Carter and Nathan for their first ever joint interview! Join them as they discuss what it was like working together, how the discussion came to be, and what they both learned from the process!

Ousterhout/Martin Discussion: https://github.com/johnousterhout/aposd-vs-clean-code

-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --

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A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhouthttps://amzn.to/3XCPliz (Paid Link)Clean Code by Robert Martinhttps://amzn.to/4iJ4Ttq (Paid Link)

Clean Coder, The: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers by Robert C. Martin 

https://amzn.to/3E9zf9l (Paid Link)

We, Programmers: A Chronicle of Coders from Ada to AI by Robert Martin

https://amzn.to/42aW194 (Paid Link)

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

https://amzn.to/4hRbYa3 (Paid Link)

Structured Analysis and System Specification by Tom DeMarco, P. J. Plauger

https://amzn.to/3E0Y7QD (Paid Link)

Practical Guide to Structured Systems Design by Meilir Page-Jones

https://amzn.to/4hNd8mV (Paid Link)

Design by Contract: By Example First Edition by Richard Mitchell, Jim McKim, Bertrand Meyer

https://amzn.to/4i4X6VW (Paid Link)

Structured Programming by Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, C. A. R. Hoare, Ole-Johan Dahl

https://amzn.to/42fXfzX (Paid Link)

On the Criteria To Be Used in Decomposing Systems into Modules by D.L. Parnas

https://wstomv.win.tue.nl/edu/2ip30/references/criteria_for_modularization.pdf

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00:00 Intro

03:11 Origin of the debate

06:52 Motivation for the debate

11:35 How did you settle on the terms of the debate?

14:30 Overcoming Self-Doubt and Engaging with others

20:06 Influences in Developing Design Aesthetics

28:45 Taking time for Deep Thinking vs Shallow thinking

33:58 Writing Code and Reducing Cognative Load

39:05 Encouraging healthy debate

42:38 Coding Style, Retirement, and what’s next

49:40 Final Thoughts

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