Well, that took a while
When I wrapped up 2018 just ahead of my move, I had a notion that it might be a while before I posted again. I...
Wrapping up 2018, a year of big changes
On January 16th I will depart for Seattle, where I will be working for Amazon Web Services starting on the 21st....
Lightning talks, and not…
Lightning talks seem scary, but are in fact one of the best ways to introduce yourself to public speaking in general. Once you can do...
Why do I have a BA in Computer Science?
The fact that I had a BA in computer science rather than a BS seemed to be a real stickler for the hiring manager....
AWS, AWS, and More AWS
It's been a summer of AWS for me....
To Optimize, or Not?
You should be forced to write efficient code and know how to do it in situations where it matters. You should also be able to...
Here’s some more bad dataviz
So, each of those numbers is approximatly 1/3 of the total, or so the slices of the pie would suggest?...
Job Search 101
...now please copy and paste the information about every job, every school you've ever gone to, every project you've ever done, and every technology you've...
Low-level understanding matters
If you haven't figured out how to get the most out of what you already have, don't ask me for more RAM/disk/CPU or anything else....
The horrors of open source!
It's possible to simplify the "normal" things for normal users while still providing source code and repositories that allow us strange creatures to continue experimenting,...