Quest 70 - Why are software estimates so difficult?

Quest 70 - Why are software estimates so difficult?
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Technology is complex, humans are stupid, and nothing is ever as easy as it should be!

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 04:30 - So, why are software estimates never accurate?
  • 11:30 - Which problem are you trying to solve?
  • 18:10 - What is it like to join an engineering team?
  • 26:30 - How do you break down stories and tasks?
  • 40:00 - Do data driven decisions matter?
  • 45:20 - What happens when you get an estimate wrong?
  • 54:30 - Tom likes time boxing, but hates research spikes? (He is dumb!)
  • 66:50 - Is dogmatic agile an oxymoron?
  • 74:30 - Wrap up!

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Quest 69 - What were the best April Fools jokes of 2017?

Quest 69 - What were the best April Fools jokes of 2017?
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April fools was a bit of a let down, but we did get a new Rick and Morty episode!

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 04:00 - Have you been to a brick and mortar Think Geek store?
  • 11:50 - Do you want a Gnome costume for your Google Home?
  • 19:50 - Should Harold and Kumar sue Battle Sits for plagiarism?
  • 30:20 - Would Zach drink coffee flavored coffee mate straight?
  • 38:15 - Garlic sauce by the gallon; good party food, or best party food?
  • 43:00 - Wrap up!

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Quest 68 - What movies are we looking forward to in 2017?

Quest 68 - What movies are we looking forward to in 2017?
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Did you know that there are actually a whole bunch of good movies coming out in 2017? The time is meow!

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 02:30 - Should Shyamalan still be allowed to direct movies?
  • 08:00 - How much money is Netflix offering independent films?
  • 18:00 - What order should you watch Fast and Furious movies in?
  • 29:00 - Can you excited about yet another Spiderman movie?
  • 40:00 - How should the new Kingsman movie start?
  • 49:30 - What TV shows are we looking forward to in 2017?
  • 54:45 - Wrap up!

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Quest 67 - What happens when Amazon goes down?

Quest 67 - What happens when Amazon goes down?
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Amazon goes down, the QQ Cast geeks out, and by the end you will wish that you had amnesia!

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 02:45 - What happened to Amazon S3 today?
  • 06:40 - How many servers are really designed to be cloud friendly?
  • 15:00 - In light of Cloud Bleed, should you stop using shared services?
  • 26:00 - Are you using Heroku?
  • 34:00 - Why are message queues so important?
  • 46:20 - Can dependency injection make debugging easier?
  • 59:45 - Has the tech community aligned around cloud technology?
  • 67:10 - Wrap up!

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Quest 66 - What's in your Steam library?

Quest 66 - What's in your Steam library?
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In search of happy topics, the QQ Cast reminisce about the games in their Steam library...wait, when did I buy THAT???

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 02:45 - Where do you see your stats on Steam?
  • 09:30 - Who doesn't have Age of Empires installed?
  • 14:00 - Is Cities Skylines the new SimCity?
  • 25:00 - When did development stop for Fistful of Frags?
  • 32:30 - Has anyone heard of Hoard?
  • 37:30 - How many hours have we put into Left 4 Dead?
  • 48:15 - Did Pillars of Eternity revive CRPGs?
  • 55:45 - Get out of here, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.?
  • 65:30 - Why did Tom buy so many Warhammer games?
  • 73:00 - What do we want to go back and play?
  • 74:00 - Wrap up!

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Quest 65 - Why didn't we talk about the N64?

Quest 65 - Why didn't we talk about the N64?
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The QQ Cast corrects their mistake of not talking about the N64 during quest 64...the podcast number, not the game!

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 02:55 - How hyped was the N64 launch?
  • 12:30 - What were our favorite N64 games?
  • 22:45 - How many friendships did Mario Party destroy?
  • 33:15 - Was Mario 64 the first "let's play" game?
  • 48:30 - Which N64 Zelda game was the best?
  • 59:15 - Did Smash Brothers create a new genre?
  • 65:50 - Wrap up!

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