Reflections on the Capitaine Train Adventure
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Covers the Capitaine Train/Trainline story from its 2010 start through acquisition in 2016 and how its Android app was built to sell millions of train tickets across Europe. Describes concrete practices used to ship features and maintain quality: team organization and hiring, development and release processes, product approach and design for the Android app.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:18High-performing team
- 12:38Autonomy and trust
- 19:52Simple design and UX
- 24:22Iterating like a train schedule
- 27:09Code review best practices
- 36:08Android startup architecture
- 41:50Choosing libraries
- 46:47Conclusion
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