Estimating systems with napkin math (Interview)
Episode Date: September 11, 2020We're joined by Simon Eskildsen, Principal Engineer at Shopify, talking about how he uses a concept called napkin math where you use first-principle t...
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879 episodes transcribedWe're joined by Simon Eskildsen, Principal Engineer at Shopify, talking about how he uses a concept called napkin math where you use first-principle t...
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