The Leanpub Podcast 🎙️ feat. Jonathan Crossland, Author of The Software Developer's Handbook: Volume 1

Episode Details

In this Leanpub Podcast episode, Len Epp interviews Jonathan Crossland, author of The Software Developer’s Handbook: Volume 1.

Jonathan shares his unconventional path from performing arts into software development, and the inspiration behind his values-based engineering framework, AMMERSE.

They dive into how personal values, like creativity and autonomy, influence great software development, and how developers can grow by embracing uncertainty and learning from mistakes. Jonathan also discusses the importance of writing, and how Leanpub empowers authors without gatekeepers.

This episode blends practical advice, philosophical insight, and reflections on both career decisions and becoming a professional programmer, making it essential listening for anyone passionate about software craftsmanship and lifelong learning.

This interview was recorded on May 28, 2025.

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About the Book

The book is filled with advice for beginner programmers, while it meanders through roles and life to thinking about certain aspects of code. It's not a coding book, it's a how-to survive and get better at coding, but it has code in it too, demonstrating cohesion, coupling and other aspects.

About the Author

Hi, I am Jonathan, an author, software developer and creator of the AMMERSE Value System.

I am on a mission to identify and call to witness, strange, misleading or delusions embedded within our systems. Whether it's the nonsense with virtue signalling organisational values, to estimations, there will always be a lot to unpack and point out.

Ultimately I am working on the value system model, a model which attempts to bring cognition, human psychology, behaviour and culture into a value system so that we can broaden our understanding of what it means to be human.

I am also working on my first novel.

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