Treat Your Code Like Uranium

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Adam Cogan shares a striking story comparing two World War II factories—one ordinary, one handling uranium—and the surprising lesson that the uranium workers lived longer because they followed disciplined, risk-aware practices. He connects that idea to software teams: the best outcomes come from careful habits like automated tests, telemetry, pull requests, retrospectives, shared rules, and good tools. The message is simple: treat software delivery with the same respect as dangerous work, and you’ll reduce stress, avoid chaos, and get better results.

00:00 | Introduction

00:11 | The World War II factory story

00:28 | Why the uranium workers lived longer

00:41 | The real lesson: discipline and risk awareness

00:56 | How this applies to software teams

01:08 | Good practices that reduce chaos

01:22 | Treat code like uranium

01:38 | Better results, less stress

01:48 | Outro

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About the speakers

Adam Cogan blogs at adamcogan.com and interviews for SSW TV frequently. He is the Chief Architect at SSW, a Microsoft Solutions Partner specializing in custom enterprise .NET and Azure solutions mostly using Blazor, Angular, and React. His solutions also involve AI, Office 365, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, and the Power Platform.

Adam is currently working on TinaCMS - the world's best Markdown GitHub editor.

His deep knowledge of SharePoint's many capabilities, combined with the latest technologies (Angular, React, SPFx), let him propose high-quality tailored SharePoint Applications to clients.

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