I made some invalid assumptions early on, and now they’re coming back to bite me. — In 2017, I launched a mobile app to help singers learn their music. I thought it was important to continually check to see if they had access to the music they were trying to view, so I authenticate them each time they load the app. This worked great for a…

What they can teach you about your software and about yourself As a software developer, bugs in your software are the best thing that can happen to you. “What?!?”, I hear you saying. “I hate bugs in my software”. Me too. I get it. Each bug is an opportunity to stop, correct a problem, correct a process, or learn something new. …

This book caught my eye at the local library. Who wouldn’t want success if it came in a simple formula?! Albert-László Barabási is a physicist turned network scientist who decided to study success scientifically — by tracking thousands of academics , pilots, athletes, and musicians to see what made them…