Devnology Podcast

Michael Nygard, also known as 'the most paranoid man in software', has been a developer and architect for over 20 years. He worked in different domains, like the military, government and finance, and got in to operations in 2001. Michael is well-known for his book 'Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software'. You can follow him on Twitter: @mtnygard. In this episode we talk with Michael about high-reliability teams and stressful situations, architectural patterns and what it means for systems to be production-ready. This interview was recorded at the beautiful rehearsal theater of Hettoneelspeelt. Interview by @freekl en @pjvdsAudio post-production by @mendelt Links for this podcast: His book: 'Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software' 'Sources of power', by Gary Klein - a book about how people make decisions in high-reliability teams under stressful environments, not particular in Information Technology but fire-fighters and trauma teams. QuickCheck, a random testing library f