Maxim: Data Products

Andrea and Varshitha introduce me to BMW Labs. Then we completely nerd out about HomeAssistant and its integration to BMW vehicles. Also we are not sorry about that :)For further reading:https://labs.bmw.com](https://labs.bmw.com)

Chris explains how to move from View based UI to Compose in a large-scale Navigation App.

Max and Mladen are here, and we talk about long distance travel with electric cars. For deeper information check these theses: - Globally optimized route calculation: [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8813822](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8813822) - Meta Routing: [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9264845](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9264845) - Time-optimal Strategy: [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9178332](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9178332)Or a more visual explanation: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dLBNudMUAQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dLBNudMUAQ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocNZ3Ni2raw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocNZ3Ni2raw)

David joins me to talk about his experiences evaluating LLMs and building new features from them. We talk about their use as developers, a little bit about customer features and the question if they make us developers obsolete in the future

Nora and Phil join me in my little Podcasting booth. We talk about rebuilding the Navigation User Experience for BMW OS9and MINI.In this episode we introduce our listeners to the thought processes behind the new UI for BMW and also into thereasoning behind certain decisions in the MINI UI.We talk about market requirements and studies that have been taken and how we as team HoneyBee managed all of this

Maxim takes me into the realm of Data Products.We talk about how we generate data products based on a specific example. We go a little into the machine learning background and then walk through the development side to learn how all the knowledge is applied to actual products.

Susanne gives me a glimpse into how our Intelligent Personal Assistant worksWe talk about all the building blocks, team setup and testing. We also go through all layers and functionalities thathave to work seamlessly in twenty languages. Also we hint about the future.

Céline tells me what a software practice is at BMW, how to build it up and how to keep growing.We are talking about myJourney and the Connected Company and about the department structures. Howthe journey began and what steps were taken to set up and grow software development here ad the CoCo.Also, we go through career paths for a developer and what will come up in the near future in terms of software development.

Dimitri tells me his three ground rules on how to set up an agile project in a waterfall-oriented company.We are talking about reducing dependencies, increasing team responsibility and establish a before and after view.

Maria talks me through her journey of becoming an Android developer within Team HoneyBee