Episode 263 | Ody Mbegbu - Shipping Value

Guest: Ody Mbegbu @odytrice Ody Mbegbu talks with Dave Rael about functional programming, experiencing software development in Nigeria, user experience, and delivering Ody is a software developer based in Lagos, Nigeria. He's been coding for 14 years with a Primary Focus on Web Development, .NET and Android. Ody is also an F# Enthusiast with a deep love for the language and the community. You can find him blogging about it on Medium at "Real-World-Fsharp" or his youtube channel called "Let's Code .NET". Ody is also a member of the Lambda Cartel, a group of functional programmer building real-world software. Chapters: 1:33 - Dave introduces the show and Ody Mbegbu4:39 - Ody's path through programming langues, tools, and platforms10:07 - Acquiring a mentor and progressing in Ody's career12:37 - Losing the joy of programming and rekindling it with functional programming17:07 - Ody's long job tenures19:39 - Ody's experience with diving into Android23:18 - The Lambda Cartel31:37 - Ody's story of failure - underestimating the scope of a problem, dealing with scale increasing by orders of magnitude37:59 - Ody's success story - delivering on working platforms handling real problems38:48 - How Ody stays current with what he needs to know39:36 - Ody's book recommendation42:31 - Ody's emphasis on design and user experience44:28 - The things that have Ody most excited47:11 - Ody's causes of pain and suffering51:28 - Ody's top 3 tips for delivering more value55:03 - Keeping up with Ody Resources: Real World F# Let's Code .NET on YouTube Ody on Medium Prosper Otemuyiwa on Developer On Fire Microsoft Open Door C# 6.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference - Joseph Albahari C# 7.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference - Joseph Albahari Dave Thomas on Developer On Fire Scott Wlaschin on Developer On Fire Scott Hanselman on Developer On Fire Kotlin and Android Hadi Hariri on Developer On Fire The Lambda Cartel YouTube Channel The Lambda Cartel on Twitter Scott Nimrod on Developer On Fire Akka.NET .NET Rocks! Bryan Hunter on Developer On Fire NDC Conferences 2 unit tests. 0 integration tests Ody's book recommendation: Expert F# 4.0 - Don Syme Ody's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Deploy often Test, especially integration tets Continuously improve and just ship projects