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In this episode, Conor and Ben chat about the philosophy of good software design, learning languages and more! Link to Episode 247 on WebsiteDiscuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub)Socials ADSP: The Podcast: TwitterConor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | MastodonBen Deane: Twitter | BlueSkyShow Notes Date Recorded: 2025-08-05 Date Released: 2025-08-15 非诚勿扰 (Fei Chang Wu Rao) TV ShowSTLab Videos (Adobe Training)Sean Parent TalksA9 VideosSoftware Engineering Languages - Titus Winters - CppNorth 2022C++: Engineers Wanted, Programmers not so Much - David Sankel - C++Now 2019Intro Song Info Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-you Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8

Today, software engineers need to know not only how to program effectively but also how to develop proper engineering practices to make their codebase sustainable and healthy. This book emphasizes this difference between programming and software engineering. How can software engineers manage a living codebase that evolves and responds to changing requirements and demands over the length of its life? Based on their experience at Google, software engineers Titus Winters and Hyrum Wright, along with technical writer Tom Manshreck, present a candid and insightful look at how some of the world's leading practitioners construct and maintain software. This book covers Google's unique engineering culture, processes, and tools and how these aspects contribute to the effectiveness of an engineering organization. You'll explore three fundamental principles that software organizations should keep in mind when designing, architecting, writing, and maintaining code: How time affects the sustainability of software and how to make your code resilient over time How scale affects the viability of software practices within an engineering organization What trade-offs a typical engineer needs to make when evaluating design and development decisions