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Mentioned in 14 episodes
The Unicorn Project
Book • 2019
The Unicorn Project is a fictionalized story about a DevOps transformation taking place at Parts Unlimited, the same company featured in 'The Phoenix Project'.
The book follows Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, who is exiled to the Phoenix Project after contributing to a payroll outage.
She joins a group of corporate rebels aiming to overthrow the existing bureaucratic order, liberate developers, bring joy back to technology work, and enable the business to win in a time of digital disruption.
The novel introduces the five ideals of Locality and Simplicity; Focus, Flow and Joy; Improvement of Daily Work; Psychological Safety; and Customer Focus, which are crucial for creating an environment that fosters business innovation and productivity.
The book follows Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, who is exiled to the Phoenix Project after contributing to a payroll outage.
She joins a group of corporate rebels aiming to overthrow the existing bureaucratic order, liberate developers, bring joy back to technology work, and enable the business to win in a time of digital disruption.
The novel introduces the five ideals of Locality and Simplicity; Focus, Flow and Joy; Improvement of Daily Work; Psychological Safety; and Customer Focus, which are crucial for creating an environment that fosters business innovation and productivity.
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Mentioned in 14 episodes
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as a book that contains the five ideals of locality and simplicity, focus, flow and joy.


Dave Farley

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Understanding The Value of AI Coding | Gene Kim In The Engineering Room Ep. 42
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Gene Kim

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Gene Kim: How Vibe Coding Solved What I Couldn't in 13 YEARS
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as an engaging novel about IT.

Randy Shoup

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A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup
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, referring to how it outlines distinguished engineers.


Nathan Toups

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Staff-Level Impact - Staff Engineer by Will Larson
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als einer der Autoren, der technische Themen unterhaltsam erklärt.

Jan-Gregor Getriebel

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Deep Dive 200 – Coding Agents mit Julia Kordick
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as having a big impact and being discussed in a previous episode.


Mik Kersten

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Episode 57: Gene Kim on "Wiring the Winning Organization," Unlocking High-Performance Organizations
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in the context of software development challenges and solutions.


Carter Morgan

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Agile, Good or Bad? - The Agile Manifesto
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as a three-part series finale discussing software development and organizational change.


Carter Morgan


Nathan Toups

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New Horizons & Executive Politicking - The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim
Mentioned by Nathan as a reference point and a companion to the DevOps Handbook.

Shifting Left on Security - The DevOps Handbook


Manuel Pais

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