Brain Patterns for Software Development
summary
Claims six reproducible mental patterns that affect requirements, architecture and meetings, named meaning matcher stiff switch and piggyback system among others, with concrete data (working memory ~40 bits/sec vs ~11 million unconscious bits, brain uses ~25% glucose and ~30% oxygen). Offers practical tactics: force a why-or-how mode switch, use check‑in rituals or post‑lunch meetings to shift the social/abstract seesaw, try randomized task assignment and pair programming tradeoffs, and use simple checklists for long‑lived architectural choices.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:38The Brain
- 3:05Your Brain
- 6:15Question
- 11:44Meaning Mature
- 15:24Meaning Stiffs
- 19:14Meaning piggyback system
- 22:34Interaction
- 27:44Social Seesaw
- 30:44Self Lover
- 35:29Now Magnet
- 40:59Cheatsheet
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