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109: Debugging Your Brain with Casey Watts

We often use real-life metaphors to make software development concepts more approachable and understandable, especially for the people just entering the field.


Sometimes, however, the reverse approach could help a seasoned coder to cope with the real world. 

Today we talk with Casey Watts, the author of Debugging Your Brain, a clear applied psychology, and a concise self-help book. The human brain is buggy, just as any legacy code is. Casey tells us about techniques that can help us refactor our thinking, speed up our thought processes and ultimately debug our brains. 

When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Casey on LinkedIn and Twitter, visit his website at https://www.caseywatts.com and https://www.debuggingyourbrain.com, and check out his book Debugging Your Brain

Mentioned in this episode:

Casey on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseywatts/

Casey on Twitter at https://twitter.com/heycaseywattsup

Debugging Your Brain at https://www.amazon.com/Debugging-Your-Brain-Casey-Watts/dp/0578755033?

Debugging Your Brain Website at https://www.debuggingyourbrain.com

Casey’s Website at https://www.caseywatts.com

Cognitive distortions at https://www.debuggingyourbrain.com/distortions/

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In this show, hosts M. Scott Ford and Ray Myers are out to change the way you think about legacy code.

If you're like a lot of people, when you hear the words "legacy code" it conjures up images of big mainframes and archaic punch card machines. While that's true — it only tells a small part of the story. The code you leave behind is your legacy, so let's make it a good one.

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