Usual end of year episode where we reflect on 2024, and look forward to 2025.

Once again, we ramble on topics we didn't plan on talking about.

Welp - Alan asked Brent how it was going, he said it was review season, and then 40 minutes of babbling commenced

We're lazy, so we let chatgpt kick us off with a mailbag question. Tangents followed.

It's hard to tell what we talked about in this episode. But it involved a sleep-deprived Alan, and Brent, the Cat-Lady.

The wonderful Dagna Bieda joins us to talk about her new book, Brain Refactor.

Buy the book at https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Refactor-Engineering-Fulfillment-Opportunities/dp/B0DB69G798/ and learn more about Dagna at https://www.themindfuldev.com/

We talk about this article - https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/06/10/generative-ai-is-not-going-to-build-your-engineering-team-for-you/ - which is good, but hyperbolic at times.

Just like millions of others, we feel the need to talk about crowdstrike - just a bit. Then we talk about leadership, engagement, and potential new podcasting ventures.