#084 - Lessons learned from The Programmer's Brain
This week we talk with AJ Kerrigan (Twitter / LinkedIn) about Felienne Hermans' The Programmer's Brain, an important book we recommend every developer should read (at least once). Structure: After quickly discussing the gist of the book, we dive into some of the concepts it teaches: - Chunkability: for faster reading and comprehension of code. - Germane load: the work required to encode thoughts to long-term memory, and the value of "worked examples". - Semantic wave: needing to oscillate (a...