Something that every #CowboyDeveloper needs to internalize, but, by definition, none ever will… (This article also appears on my blog)

Things I’ve learned — sometimes the hard way — in my sojourns in Italy: Dining Most menus are in Italian and in English. But, but, if there is anything that looks like a “tourist menu”, or if the host is standing outside trying to get you in the restaurant, then run…

Rolling Your Own Consensus is clearly the blockchain version of Rolling Your Own Crypto. Reasons for doing so that I have seen include, I have a Better Way To Do Things (No. You don’t.) It shouldn’t be hard, therefore it isn’t (Why? also, Yes, it is.) What could possibly go…

I know this is straight from The Department of Belaboring The Obvious, but yes, the Big Picture matters. It matters regardless of where you are in the organization, it matters regardless of what your job is, and it matters regardless of what your responsibility is. Think of this from the…

Let’s set the scene. You’re at work, and there’s one of those things happening, where Alice (or Bob) have come to a decision that is self-evidently dumb as far as you’re concerned. You know you’re right, and you know they’re wrong. Or, it could be a bigger thing. This could…

Funny cartoon, but the whole "Don’t refactor craetionDtae”, thing is a bit far-fetched, right You’d probably fix that typo without thinking twice about it, right? Wellllll, maybe not. After all, this might actually be something that is exposed to users (it’s in the API. …

Say you’re building something completely new and different, which can leave users feeling anxious and/or confused. How do you introduce it to the user, and get the user actually, well, using it? It’s a good question, and particularly relevant in our current world, where we are constantly being bombarded with…

So yeah, do you know what your company’s goals are? Yes, of course, “Increase shareholder value”, but do you know how your company plans on doing that? …

It was my first day on the job. This was a wee bit back, and the company I had just joined was having … issues … getting stuff out the door. …