# James Smith: What if We Measured Software with a Stability Score?

EP-002 | April 22, 2019 | 37:08




Robby sits down with James Smith, Co-Founder and CEO at Bugsnag, to discuss software stability, engineering processes in a startup vs. a stable company, and how the Bugsnag engineering team gets things done as a team with offices on two continents.





## Show Notes

Robby sits down with James Smith, Co-Founder and CEO at Bugsnag, to discuss how to look at technical debt as a business cost, engineering processes in a startup vs. a stable company, and how the Bugsnag engineering team gets things done as a team with offices on two continents.

## Helpful Links:

- [Bugsnag](https://www.bugsnag.com/)
- [James Smith on Twitter](https://twitter.com/loopj)
- [Pre-Suasion by Robert Cialdini](https://www.amazon.com/Pre-Suasion-Revolutionary-Way-Influence-Persuade-ebook/dp/B01C36E2YS/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Robert+Cialdini+Persuasion&qid=1553892724&s=digital-text&sr=1-4)

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