With chaos comes change. Preface: Should this ever fall in front of the eyes of my TPO “N”, and/or my 1 up “M”, you have my genuine gratitude. Whether this works or not, the fact that we’re trying is energizing! Now back to the story. It’s 08:30 on a dull…

Like gloves that plug you into the matrix, the Moonlander has exceeded all expectations! Engineers talk a lot about ergonomic keyboards because, like a builder with a bad back, we all end up with wrist problems. We also like to talk about mechanical keyboards, because they are simply superior and…

Naming things is hard! In software, there are two hard things: naming things, and cache invalidation. Here we see a case of how naming things can go so drastically wrong and use words that people don’t understand. Scrum.org tells us that “In rugby, the team comes together in what they…

The irony of #2 in a JavaScript publication gave me a chuckle. The best technology is the one that does the job and the one that your developers know and find easy to work with. That's how you deliver value.

Those who disappoint me, and those who don’t. Come on people. I’m seeing a distinct lack of appreciation for the classics and I am, to be honest, disappointed. How many headlines to I have to read that fail to use one of the best programming jokes of all time? I always say that a programmer should have a firm grasp of the core principles, and this is just another example. To alleviate the sitation, here is the joke, followed by a couple of proper references to get you going on your educational journey:

How far has your strength and fitness fallen over the years? I wish the title was just click bait, but unfortunately that’s the truth that I discovered when I, a 50 year old bloke, started seeing a personal trainer with my daughter (said 13 year old). In our introductory session…

Are you ready for that? If you’re a programmer, you already know what I mean. If you’re early on in your journey, or thinking about starting out, strap in. Here’s some unvarnished truth. One of the enormous privileges of being a programmer is that there are days when we look…

Yeah nah. Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash Programmers are a funny mob. We like to think we’re so logic driven and so pragmatic, but there’s another side to us that we don’t like to talk about. The truth is that we invest more of ourselves than we care to…

or so they say. After a fun game of shoot ’em up on the old xbone where I placed a creditable second, the winner took time out of his busy schedule to send me a personal message telling me I’m a cheat. I may have been less than gracious on…