Software Engineering Grief
Human beings resist change. This is not personal opinion, it's our defense mechanism against uncertainty. If you narrow your target to software engineers and technologists - whom, in almost all…
Luddite Technologist
Saw this sticker on someone's computer at my local coffee shop and laughed. My life as a confirmed technology nerd is countered by my love of physical books. Unlike my…
Windows IRL #3
from Craig Hettich/The New York Times video Today, the largest IT outage in history hit the Windows operating system when a Crowdstrike patch caused reboots to fail. Catastrophic. While this…
Duct Tape
Today I was called out as my team's duct tape. Intended as a compliment, it's anything but. Culturally, duct tape is vernacular for a fix-anything solution, which is completely justified.…
Candidates Cold-Calling You!
For years, recruiters have cold-contacted me for roles that don't match my background no matter how hard you try to spin it, sometimes so disconnected with reality that a hiring…
Nonsensical
So if I can't use a web browser to login interactively, use my web browser to provide the login code? Huh?
Artistic Security Problems
I was at the National Theater of Costa Rica website, which is in Spanish. I thought I would try the trick of adding en to the URL and this is…
Security Through Stupidity
© 2024 Scott C Sosna This card was part of our check-in for the Gran Hotel Costa Rica. Don't tell anyone the Wi-Fi password, it's a secret? Be environmentally conscious,…
Daft
Jim Ratcliffe, new minority owner of Manchester United, is making news for expectations for a corporate workplace. First he said the office untidiness a disgrace, especially calling out IT. I've…
Meandering Thoughts #24
My employer recently opened an near-shore office in San Jose, Costa Rica, rapidly growing and not approaching 200 hires. Some had doubts about how well near-shoring works, but to date…