June 2023 – Page 3 – Scott's Blog

Software Shops and Name Recognition

By Scott Sosna 2023-06-09technology

Many engineers envision working for major technology companies: Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Amazon, Atlassian, EBay, JetBrains, Meta (Facebook), Redhat, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce. Sure, you'll be a small fish in a…

Borrow A Booger?

By Scott Sosna 2023-06-06funny

File:Man undergoes a COVID-19 swab test A.jpg" by Navy Medicine is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Last year, my daughter believed her family had COVID - likely from me - and…

Personalized Code Searches using OpenGrok

By Scott Sosna 2023-06-05technology

Many organizations implement a full-feature code search/intelligence tool - e.g., SourceGraph or Atlassian Fisheye - allowing engineers to search the enterprise code base. Other orgs just use the native search of the hosted version…

Random Learnings #1

By Scott Sosna 2023-06-03learnings

In a book I'm currently reading about German broadcasting and its use for propaganda during World War II, I read: The first on-air directive, it seems, was a decree that…

Meandering Thoughts #2

By Scott Sosna 2023-06-03meandering thoughts

Yes, I understand, it's the Beatles...but how does Run For Your Life get any airplay when social movements like Me Too are raising awareness of violence against women? … Well, I'd…

Understanding Dependencies….Visually!

By Scott Sosna 2023-06-02technology

Show of hands: how many of us truly understand how your build automation tool builds its dependency tree? Now lower your hand if you understand because you work on build…