Failing Faster

Every big computing disaster has come from taking too many ideas and putting them in one place.

Jun 6

20

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2

Castles In The Air

It’s Still Just as Rewarding

Jun 2

14

3

2

May 2026

It Still Takes a Programmer

AI Changes Nothing

May 30

19

October 2025

Premature Optimization

…or why I should practice what I preach

Oct 14, 2025

6

September 2025

The Kindness of Strangers

Open source may not be open forever…

Sep 23, 2025

5

On Being a Developer

A small rant

Sep 16, 2025

13

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August 2025

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

or "Don't Invoke a Spell You Can't Control"

Aug 12, 2025

11

2

An Employer's Guide To Hiring Developers

hint: programming challenges are a dumb idea

Aug 3, 2025

7

2

July 2025

Should People Learning to Code Use AI?

tldr; yes and no

Jul 17, 2025

6

2

2

Job Titles Are Lazy Labels

It's time to stop using simplistic labels for complex individuals

Jul 6, 2025

3

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June 2025

Simplicity, Agility, and Agency

Development doesn't have to be this complicated

Jun 25, 2025

6

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1

Error Monads The Hard Way

I can't decide how to best express the equivalent of Haskell's Error monad and DO block in Ruby...

Jun 3, 2025

14

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