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Episode 007 | Jimmy Bogard - The Primacy of Simplicity

Jimmy Bogard talks with Dave Rael about building systems at scale, simplicity, and focusing on the problem before concocting a solution.

Jimmy Bogard is the chief architect at HeadSpring, a member of the ASPInsiders group, the C# Insiders group, as well as being the "Microsoft Most Valuable Professional" (MVP) for ASP.NET since 2009. He is also the creator and lead developer of the popular Open Source library AutoMapper.

Jimmy's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
1. Favor simplicity over complexity
2. Focus on the problem before thinking about a solution
3. Focus on a context - understand constraints, interactions, and things going on behind the scenes

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