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Pull Requests and Tech Debt

2024-01-10process, professional, technology, work

https://www.flickr.com/photos/17963290@N00/6520777613 I recently created a small DSL that provided state-based object validation, which I required for implementing a new feature. Multiple engineers were impressed with its general usefulness and wanted…

Windows IRL #2

2024-01-06locations, New York, professional, technology, United States

From a Citibank branch near Union Square in New York City. Just another example showing that Windows insisting on being conspicuous....

Non-Functional Testing

2024-01-01professional, technology, work

Functional testing is fairly straight-forward and easy-to-understand: does your software behave as designed, or, perhaps, as your users expect? Examples of functional testing could be: Are the items selected correctly…

Apple Being Apple

2023-12-18professional, technology, work

I recently bought a Mac Mini M2 to replace my 3-year old Mac Mini M1. As to be expected, Apple's packaging is a work-of-art, totally unnecessary yet impressive and subtle.…

Windows IRL #1

2023-10-19Europe, France, locations, professional, technology

As a technologist, I'm always interested in learning about the underlying technologies. Once, I intently watched an airplane's entertainment system go through a Linux reboot. I recently added new use…

Me, A Conference Speaker? Yes, you!

2023-08-19conferences, professional, technology, work

I have been in your shoes: it is very intimidating to get in front of strangers and speak about your passion: technical topics where others are stronger; opinions that are…

Performance Reviews Are A Waste of Time

2023-07-28bureacracy, professional, work

https://flic.kr/p/bFBKLV At least weekly I am asked for feedback or thoughts on a recent commercial interaction. Most obvious for one-time transactions with a company rendering services, e.g. lawn service, gutter…

Probing Questions For Your Interview

2023-07-12professional, technology

I've worked for many organizations of different types during my long, perhaps not-so-illustrious professional career: software and business shops; Fortune 500 and VC-funded startups; in retail, financial, healthcare, hardware; bleeding-edge…

Graph Databases and Baseball

2023-07-05baseball, professional, sports, technology

In my opinion, stating that baseball remains America's Pastime in 2023 is a tough argument to make, as it often is as the third-most popular sport in the United States.…

It’s Elementary Privacy, Watson!

2023-06-26professional, technology

In today's (mostly) digital world, maintaining data privacy and data security should be an ongoing discussion in all businesses, especially those developing applications, both internal business shops and software shops…