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Carter and Nathan discuss the book 'Frictionless' by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda, exploring themes of Developer Experience and AI in software development.

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Frictionless by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda!Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Frictionless by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Nodahttps://amzn.to/40l1Pfw---------------- 00:00 Intro 04:57 About the Book and Authors 08:24 Initial Thoughts on Frictionless 13:02 What is Developer Experience \20:33 AI Agents and Code Safety 35:07 The DevX Framework 40:47 Making the Business Case for DevX 51:35 The RICE Framework 1:01:51 Final Thoughts Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book…

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Hosts: Carter Morgan, Nathan Toups

Topics covered

• Developer Experience
• AI Agents
• DevX Framework
• Business Case for DevX
• RICE Framework

Keywords

• Developer Experience
• AI
• Frictionless
• DevX Framework
• RICE Framework

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Books & works: Frictionless

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