I gained THIRTY pounds eating and drinking my feelings during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns and the long hangover. And I’ve had enough. Today I’m going to share how I’m retaking control of my health. And it’s something you can do too. Defeating this enemy requires the right strategy. Most people assume you need a full-scale ground assault to win this war. They join…

I will tell you the five things I wish I had known when I began my career. I’ve had a very successful career. But that success was determined by inches, not yards. You need every competitive advantage you can muster to make it to the next level consistently. Now, let’s…

In 2001, Lamont Adams of TechRepublic chiseled in stone what would become ten commandments of Gerald M. Weinberg’s timeless wisdom: Egoless Programming. Well, they weren’t really written in stone. But they have stood the test of time. Wise is the software engineer who learns them and puts them into practice. 1. Understand and accept that you will make mistakes. …

My X doesn’t work. Please help me. I empathize. I really do. But I can’t help you. Because even though I know what X is, it’s a complex piece of software, and at this point, there’s an unfathomably long list of things that could possibly be going wrong, along with…

I’m going to tell you the five things I wish I had known when I began my career. I’ve had a very successful career. But that success was determined by inches not yards. …

I’m going to explain to you the concept of a paved path to software delivery. A paved path will make your engineering job as easy as possible. It will complete every task that wastes your time and effort. It will keep you focused on delivering business value through technology solutions. …

In 2008, I was handed the keys to the software I’d be working on my entire professional career, and I decided to rewrite it from scratch. Not only was I the new tech lead, but I was also the team’s new manager. There was nothing standing in my way anymore…

Today I’ll teach you the best way to learn a new programming language, framework, or technique. Learning new tech is one of the easiest ways that you can advance your career. You’ll have one additional tool that you can use to write software for your customers. …

Shipping 30 atomic essays in 30 days was so hard I decided to do it again. If you’ve followed my writing journey since August 2021, you’ll remember that I fell overboard 21 days into my first cohort. I bought a new house and moved into it that day. As the movers pulled away, I collapsed onto my couch and let my brain melt into mush. There…