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Estimating systems with napkin math featuring Simon Eskildsen (Changelog Interviews #412)

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We're joined by Simon Eskildsen, Principal Engineer at Shopify, talking about how he uses a concept called napkin math where you use first-principle thinking to estimate systems without writing any code. By the end of the show we were estimating pretty much everything using napkin math.

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Simon Eskildsen

Personal website and blog of Simon Hørup Eskildsen about napkin math, computers, books, ideas, and whatever else interests me.