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Software World with Candost#28: How to Present Solutions as Software EngineersDifferent groups of people demand various details when listening to your solutions. The details you’ll show to a software engineer differs from the level of detail you will show to your product manager, and it will be completely different when you want to present to a C-level.I've realized many engineers struggle to communicate their work at different levels. Even the most experienced engineers have difficulty presenting their ideas or their achievements. In this episode, I talk about how to present your solutions and create the most profound impact on your audience. I share what I'v...2022-04-2616 minSoftware World with Candost#27: Problem-Solving Skills & A Strategy for Software EngineersIn the first episode of the new season, I talk about Problem-Solving skills and strategies for developers. As we all have a common goal of solving problems with software, improving our skills and using various strategies are crucial.I talk about a clear strategy to solve almost any problem we face. We can solve problems in five steps. Find out the real problem Clarify the problem and expectations Simplify the problem Create potential solutions Merge and evaluate solutionsIn five steps, you can solve many problems—big or small....2022-04-1225 minSoftware World with CandostTrailer: Season #3Software World opens its doors to season number three.After a season break, we're back with new content coming to your ears.As usual, the new episodes will arrive every second week on Tuesdays.If you want to get email notifications for the new episodes, go to candost.blog/podcast and subscribe. You can also find the show's RSS feed to add it to your podcast app.All show notes and transcription will be available on candost.blog/podcast, you can also find the transcription of this trailer there!...2022-03-2904 min
Bi' Tek DünyaAlmanya'da Para Mevzuları—Maaşlar, Bütçe, Kira, Vergi, Emeklilik ve Yatırım | Yeni Akım Gurbetçilik #4Bu bölümde Almanya'daki ekonomik durumu, bütçeyi, vergileri ve daha fazlasını değerlendirip bazı kısımlarını Türkiye ile kıyaslıyoruz.Bi' Tek Dünya'yı Twitter'da (@bitekdunya) takip edin.Bölüm notları için bitekdunya.com/podcastCandost'un Twitter HesabıSabrican'ın Twitter HesabıBizimle iletişime geçmek için ya Twitter üzerinden sorularınızı sorabilir ya da podcast[at]bitekdunya.com adresinden bize mail atabilirsiniz.Yeni bölümlerden haberdar olmak için bültene abone olmayı unutmayın.2022-01-0338 minSoftware World with Candost#26: Machine Learning & Data Science with Jesper DramschOn the season finale of the Software World, I welcome Jesper Dramsch, Scientist for Machine Learning in the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMRWF) and Geophysicist. They have online courses, blog articles, a mini-book about Data Science and Machine Learning.In our conversation, Jesper talks about the differences between Machine Learning and Data Science, how to enter the field, how life scientists shift their focus to Data Science.We talk about how businesses should approach data as the processes and methodologies are completely different from software engineering.Find the show notes and...2021-11-231h 03Software World with Candost#25: Live Pair Programming, Open Source, and Building Communities with Nick TaylorOn this episode of the Software World, I welcome Nick Taylor, Lead Software Engineer at Forem, the software powers dev.to.In our conversation, Nick talks about how he hosts pair programming in a live stream, important aspects of having and building communities, and working on open source.Find the show notes and transcription on https://candost.blog/podcast.Follow Candost on Twitter @candosten.Follow Nick on Twitter @nickytonline.Subscribe to the newsletter (https://candost.blog/newsletter/) to get notifications for every new podcast episode in your inbox.2021-11-0949 minSoftware World with Candost#24: Understanding Distributed Systems with Roberto VitilloOn this episode of the Software World, I welcomed Roberto Vitillo, Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft. We talked about distributed systems, the CAP theorem, writing a book, and growing a career in software engineering. Listen to the episode to learn more.To get a chance to win Understanding Distributed Systems, listen to the episode and learn how you can get a chance.All show notes, transcription, and links mentioned in the episode are available on https://candost.blog/podcast/.Subscribe to the newsletter (https://mektup.candost.blog/) to get notifications for every new...2021-10-2637 minSoftware World with Candost#23: Accessibility and Inclusive Design with Eric BaileyOn this episode of the Software World, I welcomed Eric Bailey, an inclusive design and accessibility advocate. We talked about accessibility, the importance of inclusive design. In the episode, Eric gives suggestions to software engineers and software engineering leaders about approaching accessibility. Listen to the episode to learn more.All show notes and links mentioned in the episode are available on https://candost.blog/podcast/Subscribe to the newsletter (https://mektup.candost.blog/) to get notifications for every new podcast episode in your inbox.Please share the episode on your favorite social platform...2021-10-1240 min
Bi' Tek DünyaUstalık Gerektiren Kafaya Takmama Sanatı - 3 | Kitap İncelemeleri #2Bu bölümde Mark Manson'un yazdığı Ustalık Gerektiren Kafaya Takmama Sanatı kitabının son kısmını konuşuyoruz.Kitap çekilişine katılmak için bu bölümü Twitter üzerinden @bitekdunya etiketi ile paylaşıp tweet'i bize gönderebilirsiniz veya bize podcast[at]bitekdunya.com mail adresi üzerinden mail atıp geri bildirimlerinizi yollayabilirsiniz.Bi' Tek Dünya'yı Twitter'da (@bitekdunya) takip edin. Bölüm notları için bitekdunya.com/podcast Candost'un Twitter Hesabı Sabrican'ın Twitter HesabıBizimle iletişime geçmek için ya Twitter üzerinden sorularınızı sora...2021-10-0440 minSoftware World with Candost#22: Effective 1:1 Meetings for Software EngineersI talked about the importance of 1:1 meetings for software engineers and how they should change their perspectives. I mentioned a couple of strategies about having practical and high-quality 1:1 sessions with managers and how software engineers should approach these meetings.You can find all the show notes and the mind map on https://candost.blog/podcast/.If you want to learn more about my thoughts, take a look at my previous post. If you are looking for my 1:1 template, you can find it here.Subscribe to the newsletter to get notifications for every new...2021-09-2818 min
Bi' Tek DünyaUstalık Gerektiren Kafaya Takmama Sanatı - 2 | Kitap İncelemeleri #2Bu bölümde Mark Manson'un yazdığı Ustalık Gerektiren Kafaya Takmama Sanatı kitabını konuşmaya devam ediyoruz.Bi' Tek Dünya'yı Twitter'da (@bitekdunya) takip edin. Bölüm notları için bitekdunya.com/podcast Candost'un Twitter Hesabı Sabrican'ın Twitter HesabıBizimle iletişime geçmek için ya Twitter üzerinden sorularınızı sorabilir ya da podcast[at]bitekdunya.com adresinden bize mail atabilirsiniz.Yeni bölümlerden haberdar olmak için bültene abone olmayı unutmayın. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this w...2021-09-2046 minSoftware World with Candost#21: Intent-Based Leadership with L. David MarquetIn this episode of the Software World, I welcomed L. David Marquet retired nuclear submarine Captain in the USS Navy. We talked about his book Turn The Ship Around!, the power of intent-based leadership, the importance of language, and how leaders can build the organization with the bottom-up decision-making approach.You can find all the show notes and the mind map on https://candost.blog/podcast/.Subscribe to the newsletter to get notifications for every new podcast episode in your inbox.Share the show on your favorite social platform!2021-08-3129 minSoftware World with Candost#20: Software Architecture Design | Systems and Architectural Thinking - 2In this episode, I talked about how should an architect approach designing software architecture. The topics are architecture characteristics (system quality attributes), design thinking, and system design (modularity, conceptual integrity, etc.).You can find all the show notes and the mind map on https://candost.blog/podcast/.Subscribe to the newsletter to get notifications for every new podcast episode.Share the show on your favorite social platform!Don't forget to mention @candosten on Twitter.2021-08-1714 min
Bi' Tek DünyaUstalık Gerektiren Kafaya Takmama Sanatı - 1 | Kitap İncelemeleri #2Bu bölümde Mark Manson'un yazdığı Ustalık Gerektiren Kafaya Takmama Sanatı kitabını konuşmaya başlıyoruz. Bi' Tek Dünya'yı Twitter'da (@bitekdunya) takip edin.Bölüm notları için bitekdunya.com/podcastCandost'un Twitter HesabıSabrican'ın Twitter HesabıBizimle iletişime geçmek için ya Twitter üzerinden sorularınızı sorabilir ya da podcast[at]bitekdunya.com adresinden bize mail atabilirsiniz.Yeni bölümlerden haberdar olmak için bültene abone olmayı unutmayın. This is a public episode. If yo...2021-08-1637 minSoftware World with Candost#19: The Software Architect Role | Systems and Architectural Thinking - 1In this episode of the Software World, I tried something new and spoke without a guest.I had mentioned The Role of Software Architect in the previous issue of my newsletter. The podcast idea came out from that issue to have a couple of sessions about what I learned about systems and architectural thinking over the last months. This is the first episode about the topic.Here are the links I mention in the episode: On Thinking Architecturally by Peter Cripps The Evolutionary Architect from Building Microservices book by Sam Newman Fundamentals of Software...2021-07-2018 min
Bi' Tek DünyaAlmanya'da İş Hayatı | Yeni Akım Gurbetçilik #3Bu bölümde Almanya'daki iş yaşamını değerlendirip bazı kısımlarını Türkiye ile kıyaslıyoruz.Bi' Tek Dünya'yı Twitter'da (@bitekdunya) takip edin.Bölüm notları için bitekdunya.com/podcastCandost'un Twitter HesabıSabrican'ın Twitter HesabıBizimle iletişime geçmek için ya Twitter üzerinden sorularınızı sorabilir ya da podcast[at]bitekdunya.com adresinden bize mail atabilirsiniz.Yeni bölümlerden haberdar olmak için bültene abone olmayı unutmayın. This is a public episode...2021-07-1934 minSoftware World with Candost#18: Managing Organizational Changes with Jim AllenOn this episode of the Software World, I welcomed Jim Allen, Head of Engineering at Jimdo. We talked about managing changes in the organizations, the reasons for changes, and how to navigate difficult situations caused by the changes.You can find the show notes on candost.blog/podcast and subscribe to the newsletter to get notifications for every new podcast episode.If you want to reach out to Jim, you can find him on Twitter @jimallen.Jim and Dennis's podcast Yet Another Management Podcast (YAMP) is also available on your favorite podcast platform.2021-06-2237 min
Bi' Tek DünyaAlmanya'ya Entegrasyon ve Aidiyet Duygusu | Yeni Akım Gurbetçilik #2Bu bölümde Almanya'da yaşadığımız son beş yılda bizde oluşan (ya da oluşmakta olan) aidiyet duygusundan ve Almanya'ya yerleştikten sonra ülkeye nasıl entegre olduğumudan bahsettik. Bi' Tek Dünya'yı Twitter'da (@bitekdunya) takip edin. Bölüm notları için bitekdunya.com/podcast Candost'un Twitter Hesabı Sabrican'ın Twitter HesabıBizimle iletişime geçmek için ya Twitter üzerinden sorularınızı sorabilir ya da podcast[at]bitekdunya.com adresinden bize mail atabilirsiniz.Yeni...2021-06-2140 min
Bi' Tek DünyaAlmanya'da Günlük Yaşam | Yeni Akım Gurbetçilik #1Bu seriyle birlikte yeni akım (new wave) denilen gurbetçilerin, yani bizlerin, gözünden yurt dışında yaşamı değerlendirmeye başlıyoruz.İlk adımımız elbette günlük yaşam. Bu bölümde Almanya'da yaşamanın nasıl bir his olduğunu, zamanımızı nasıl geçirdiğimizi, bisikletin, spor ve kültür faaliyetlerinin hayatımızda nasıl yer edindiğini ve Almanya'da nasıl imkânların olduğunu konuştuk.Yayında bahsedilen linkler: Bi' Tek Dünya'yı Twitter'da (@bitekdunya) takip...2021-06-0741 min
Software World with Candost#17: Banish Your Inner Critic with Denise JacobsOn this episode of the Software World, I welcomed Denise Jacobs, speaker, author, and creativity evangelist. We talked about the inner critic that we all have and how it impacts our creativity. Denise gave answers to my questions regarding how to understand our inner critic and approach it in a better way.Join thousands of others and enroll in Denise's Linkedin Learning Courses from Linkedin LearningDenise's website where you can find links to buy her book and all the information to invite her as a speaker or for a workshop: denisejacobs...2021-06-0145 min
Bi' Tek DünyaAtomik Alışkanlıklar - 4 | Kitap İncelemeleri #1Bu bölümde Atomik Alışkanlıklar kitabının son kısmını konuşuyoruz. İleri seviye taktikleri hayatımıza nasıl uyarlayabiliriz, ne tür zorluklarla karşılaşabiliriz bunlardan bahsettik. Çekilişten kitap hediyesi kazanmak için son tarih 31 Mayıs 2020. Twitter'da @bitekdunya'yı takip edit, bir tweet ile bölümü paylaşanlar arasından bir kişiye Atomik Alışkanlıklar kitabını (İngilizce veya Türkçe, istenilen dilde) hediye ediyoruz.Yayında bahsedilen linkler: 16personalities.com Malcolm Gladwell - Outliers Coursera-learning how to learn kursu Tim Ferris Show Podcas...2021-05-2437 min
Software World with Candost#16: Being an Indie Hacker and Part-time Creator with Benedicte RaaeIn this episode, my guest is Benedicte Raae, the software developer behind POW! App. On this episode of the Software World, we talked about her indie hacker journey and how she navigates the indie hacker life, overcomes challenges, and stays motivated.Here are the links that are mentioned in the show: POW! - the privacy-first menstrual cycle journal LillyLabs - the business behind POW! and contractual work Benedicte's YouTube Channel Benedicte's Twitter @raae Benedicte's Instagram @raae.codes Wall Street Journal Article Michael Lynch and Hiring an Editor Benedicte's Personal Website Benedicte's GitHub Blogging for Devs Community...2021-05-1858 min
Bi' Tek DünyaAtomik Alışkanlıklar - 3 | Kitap İncelemeleri #1Bu bölümde Atomik Alışkanlıklar kitabının üçüncü ve dördüncü kısmını konuşuyoruz.Yeni bölümlerden ve blog yazılarımızdan anında haberdar olmak için bitekdunya.com üzerinden e-mail listemize kaydolabilirsiniz.Yayında bahsedilen linkler: Ship 30 for 30 One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way (Türkçe'ye henüz çevrilmemiş.) Seinfeld'in Zinciri Kırma Methodu Barış Özcan...2021-05-1344 minSoftware World with Candost#15: Prioritization for Senior and Staff Software Engineers with Dennis BenkertOn this episode of the Software World, Candost is talking with Dennis Benkert about how the job requirements change for senior and staff level software engineers, and how they can prioritize their work.How do you prioritize your work when you grow into senior and staff roles?Which tasks do you choose to have a better impact on the company?What are your strategies to decide which task is better?Dennis Benkert is an Engineering Manager at Jimdo. You can find him with @denderello handle on Twitter (https...2021-05-0458 min
Bi' Tek DünyaKüçük bir şirket bütün yazılım sektörünü salladı: Basecamp Faciası | Yorum #1Basecamp adlı 60'dan az çalışanı olan bir şirket yaptığı bir yönetim duyurusuyla yazılım dünyasının gündemine oturdu. Biz de bu duyuruyu değerlendirdik.Yeni bölümlerden ve blog yazılarımızdan anında haberdar olmak için bitekdunya.com üzerinden e-mail listemize kaydolabilirsiniz.---Yayında bahsedilen yazılar:Jason Fried'in yaptığı duyuru: https://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5David Heinemeier Hansson'ın (dhh) yazısı: https://world.hey.com/dhh/basecamp-s-new-etiquette-regarding-societal-politics-at-work-b44bef69Casey Newton'ın yazısı...2021-05-0251 min
Bi' Tek DünyaAtomik Alışkanlıklar - 2 | Kitap İncelemeleri #1Bu bölümde Atomik Alışkanlıklar kitabının ikinci kısmını konuşuyoruz.Yeni bölümlerden ve blog yazılarımızdan anında haberdar olmak için bitekdunya.com üzerinden e-mail listemize kaydolabilirsiniz.---Yayında bahsedilen yazılar:Daniel Kahneman - Hızlı ve Yavaş Düşünme---Candost'un Twitter'ı (@candosten): https://twitter.com/candostenSabrican'ın Twitter'ı (@sabrican_ozan): https://twitter.com/sabrican_ozan This is a public episode. If you would l...2021-04-2050 minSoftware World with Candost#14: Protective Leadership & Finding Your Leadership Style - Suzan BondWe talked about two articles from Suzan Bond "When leaders protect the team" (https://observationsandannotations.substack.com/p/when-leaders-protect-the-team) and "Your fantasy leadership self" (https://observationsandannotations.substack.com/p/your-fantasy-leadership-self). Follow Suzan on Twitter @suzanbond (https://twitter.com/suzanbond). I really enjoyed our talk with Suzan, I hope you do too.Follow me on Twitter @candosten (https://twitter.com/candosten/)Become a better software engineer one step at a time. Get regular and actionable emails that make software engineering and leadership more delightful than ever. Give my newsletter a try! (https://candost.blog/newsletter/)2021-04-0740 min
Bi' Tek DünyaAtomik Alışkanlıklar - 1 | Kitap İncelemeleri #1Bu bölümde Atomik Alışkanlıklar kitabının ilk kısmını konuşuyoruz. Yeni bölümlerden ve blog yazılarımızdan anında haberdar olmak için bitekdunya.com üzerinden e-mail listemize kaydolabilirsiniz.---Yayında bahsedilen yazılar:Growth with Systematic Bliss - Candost'un yazısı---Candost'un Twitter'ı (@candosten): https://twitter.com/candostenSabrican'ın Twitter'ı (@sabrican_ozan): https://twitter.com/sabrican_ozan This is a public episode. If you would like...2021-03-2250 min
Software World with Candost#13: DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering as a Career - Rene HernandezThe popularity and growth of DevOps are very attractive to many people. Site Reliability Engineering shares the same foundational principles with DevOps. Since both topics are very popular since the beginning of the 2010s, engineers can create a good career in both.This week, we focused on how people can grow in DevOps and SRE. My guest was Rene Hernandez. He is a Senior DevOps Engineer at Fullscript.If you are looking for becoming a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineer or would like to grow your career in one...2021-03-1151 minSoftware World with Candost#12: The Life of a Generalist Software Engineer - Ricardo SmaniaHave you ever asked yourself about you should learn something different than your expertise? In every engineer's career, there comes the point which they have to decide if they want to learn something new. Sometimes it means changing the career goals, but sometimes it's expanding the horizon.Changing the career might look like a step back. If an engineer is on the senior level, they might go back to mid-level. This week we talked about the life of a generalist (or all-rounder) software engineer.My guest was Ricardo Smania. He is a software engineer at...2021-03-0352 minSoftware World with Candost#11: Learning and Growing in Front-end Development - Ali SpittelLearning frontend development is exciting as discovering something new. And getting better at it has different challenges. Although the frontend ecosystem changes all the time, it doesn't have to be hard. We can apply specific strategies to our learning path to make learning easier and improve our knowledge quickly.This week, we talked about learning and getting better at frontend development. My guest was Ali Spittel. She is a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS Amplify, co-host at Ladybug Podcast, and Blogger at welearncode.com.Whether you're learning or want...2021-02-2457 minSoftware World with Candost#10: Building Healthy On-call Culture - Serhat CanBeing in the on-call rotation requires a different set of skills. Some people think that they build resilient systems so that they don't need on-call. The purpose of on-call is not to blame someone but to find the root cause.This week, we talked about building healthy on-call culture and how engineers should approach on-call. My guest was Serhat Can. Serhat is a Tech Evangelist at Atlassian, AWS Community Hero, and Global Core Organizer of devopsdays. We talked about Which engineers should be on-call? What are the must-have things in on-call? How Dev...2021-02-1755 minSoftware World with Candost#9: Engineering Career Path - Tobias BalesHi, welcome to another show!Have you ever thought of being a manager or team lead after spending some time in engineering? Most of the time, people believe that it's a one-way road. This week, we talked about career changes in software engineering. My guest was Tobias Bales. He is a Software Engineer at Jimdo. He worked as an Engineering Manager for two years and decided to go back to engineering.We talked about🔶 How should the career of an engineer look like?🔶 Does th...2021-02-0953 minSoftware World with Candost#8: Cross-Cultural Communication in Engineering Teams - Felipe Furlan da SilvaHi friend! Have you ever thought a person doesn't understand what you say? Did you ever get feedback that you disagreed with what they are talking about? Working with a team is a big challenge. Cultural differences affect relationships and team performance. Even people coming from similar cultures struggle a lot. This week, we talked about how we can approach people coming from different cultures and have a healthy relationship. We answered questions such as: ◦ How do miscommunications happen? ◦ How to give negative feedback? ◦ Why are some people always late for th...2021-02-0259 minSoftware World with Candost#7: Mobile Apps at Scale - Fırat KarataşHi, welcome to another show!My guest was Fırat Karataş. Fırat works as an iOS Engineer at SoundCloud. We talked about mobile apps at scale and the challenges they face.We talked about🔶 How is mobile software development different at scale?🔶 How are the processes?🔶 How can you grow in your career as a mobile engineer?🔶 What kind of challenges do big mobile apps have?and many more!Fırat's Twitter Candost's Twitt...2021-01-2657 minSoftware World with Candost#6: Software Development in Startups - Fatih AcetIn this episode, we talked about What kind of engineering problems often occur in startups? How to choose the right tool and tech stack? How are the software development processes in startups? and many more! My guest was Fatih Acet. Fatih is the Co-Founder & CTO of Superpeer, Co-Founder of Kodilan.com. He is Google Developer Expert (GDE) on Web Technologies. He was the second front-end engineer of GitLab. We talked about software development challenges in startups. We focused on how to overcome engineering challenges and his experiences with Superpeer and GitLab. Fati...2021-01-201h 09Software World with Candost#5: Startup Marketing with PeriIn this episode, we talked about- How do startups grow with help from marketing?- How to choose the right marketing strategy?- How to approach stagnating user growth?- Marketing strategies for going from local to global.- How can engineers and marketers work together?and many more!My guest was Peri. Peri is the President of Sipsetter Co.. She has an extensive background in marketing. After graduating from Duke University and getting an MBA from Harvard Business School, she was the consultant and the director of marketing, strategy, and communications in different companies (including McKinsey, Pozitron/Monitise, CoffeeTable...2021-01-1254 minSoftware World with Candost#4: How to Be A Working Student - Oksana ShcherbanMy guest was Oksana Shcherban. She works as a Working Student iOS Developer at Bonial.com and studies International Media and Computing in HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences. We talked about being a working student in the Tech Industry. We focused on the challenges and how companies treat students. We dove into Oksana's journey about dropping university in Ukraine, moving to Germany, and starting university with a different major. We talked about 🔸 How to move to Germany from a non-EU country while studying? 🔸 How to find a job as a software developer...2021-01-1252 minSoftware World with Candost#3: Diversity, Gender Discrimination, Women in Tech - Yasemin AlpayMy guest was Yasemin Alpay. She works as a Senior Backend Engineer at Bonial.com. We discussed one of the essential topics - diversity and gender discrimination in Tech. We focused on the diversity problems in the software world. Why women (and non-men genders) struggle to receive the credit? What makes a woman's work-life hard?We talked about 🔸 What is discrimination? 🔸 Why are we bad at diversity in tech? 🔸 Is the entry barrier high? 🔸 What is the glass-ceiling effect? 🔸 What is harassment at work? 🔸 Does discrimin...2021-01-051h 01Software World with Candost#2: How Engineering Teams Work with Product Teams - Göksel KöksalThis time my guest was Göksel Köksal. He works as a Principal iOS Engineer at Drop Kitchen. We talked about how we approach designing the technical side of the projects. We started with how to apply requests from product owners to code. Later on, we dived into how to maintain and evolve a good technical design. We answered questions such as 🔸 How do we work together with a product owner? 🔸 What are the phases in development and delivery? 🔸 What are the essential topics to consider in the technical design...2020-12-2955 min
Software World with Candost#1: Tech Interviews - Sabrican OzanMy guest is Sabrican Ozan. Sabrican works as a Lead Software Developer at takeaway.com. We talked about how takeaway.com holds technical interviews. We started with the evaluation of the applications and went through the whole interview process. We answered many questions such as 🔶 What are the key points that they take a look at Takeaway? 🔶 How much time does it take from start to finish? 🔶 How do software developers feel about their interviews? 🔶 What kind of questions do they ask in the interviews? and many more. 2020-12-191h 01