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Intro topic: Lego event space & retail store: https://www.instagram.com/bambeecave ( https://www.instagram.com/bambeecave ) News/Links: * StackOverflow Question Count Going Down * https://gist.github.com/hopeseekr/f522e380e35745bd5bdc3269a9f0b132 ( https://gist.github.com/hopeseekr/f522e380e35745bd5bdc3269a9f0b132 ) * DeepSeek claims its ‘reasoning’ model beats OpenAI’s o1 on certain benchmarks * https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/20/deepseek-claims-its-reasoning-model-beats-openais-o1-on-certain-benchmarks/ ( https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/20/deepseek-claims-its-reasoning-model-beats-openais-o1-on-certain-benchmarks/ ) * Computer Science Papers Every Developer Should Read * https://newsletter.techworld-with-milan.com/p/computer-science-papers-every-developer ( https://newsletter.techworld-with-milan.com/p/computer-science-papers-every-developer ) * Nvidia Cosmos - an AI platform to change the future of robots and cars - wins Best of CES 2025 * https://www.zdnet.com/article/nvidia-signs-largest-car-maker-toyota-to-use-its-self-driving-tech/ ( https://www.zdnet.com/article/nvidia-signs-largest-car-maker-toyota-to-use-its-self-driving-tech/ ) Book of the Show * Patrick: Alice’s Adventures in a differentiable wonderland * https://www.sscardapane.it/alice-book/ ( https://www.sscardapane.it/alice-book/ ) * Jason: * A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Hulu/Netflix/etc) Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h ( https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h ) Tool of the Show * Patrick: * Digseum * https://store.steampowered.com/app/3361470/Digseum/ ( https://store.steampowered.com/app/3361470/Digseum/ ) * Jason: * Sqlitedict - Python dictionaries saved to disk Topic: Project Planning and Management * Why? * Gathering feedback * Identifying risks * Deciding future headcount * Documenting / discovering dependencies * Critical path * Schedule * Reduce the bullwhip effect * How it works * SMART goals * specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound * MT is most important * Gantt Charts * Scrum * Agile * Kanban * Tools * Whiteboard (the generic IRL one) * Post it notes * JIRA * Asana * OpenProject * Dealing with uncertainty * Buffering * Issues with recursive padding * Project planning Post-Mortems Programming Throwdown Episode 179 February 3, 2025 ★ Episode details: https://share.transistor.fm/s/699249ac ★ Additional episodes: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/