Eric JohnsonI Don’t Have Enough TimeI don’t have enough time to read for pleasure. That reading would expand my horizons, and provide new perspectives on the world.Jul 15, 2019Jul 15, 2019
Eric JohnsonHow I felt on election nightI was cleaning out my drafts on Medium, and stumbled upon this. Last edited on Nov. 8, 2018, before I added this header. Most of it still…Jul 5, 2019Jul 5, 2019
Eric JohnsonAbortion As Murder Is Simplistic, Not LogicalTwo(!) opinion pieces in the Washington Post this weekend about how believing that prosecuting abortions as murder is a logical conclusion…Apr 8, 2018Apr 8, 2018
Eric JohnsonJava 9 — Jigsaw TroublesI was surprised to read a letter by Mark Reinhold. The letter defends the status of project Jigsaw, the current implementation of a means…May 10, 2017May 10, 2017
Eric JohnsonWe Want and Need Private and Public PoliciesThis week, news organizations are highlighting statements from leaked speeches by Hillary Clinton. In those speeches to Wall Street…Oct 13, 20161Oct 13, 20161
Eric JohnsonSupporting Multiple Builds With Go Dependency ManagementOne of the community leaders for Go, Andrew Gerrand, put out a call for problem descriptions for what packaging tools need to do. I…Jul 11, 2016Jul 11, 2016
Eric JohnsonWhy Use Go Instead of Java?A coworker stopped by my office the other day. During our conversation, I mentioned that for most of the code that I currently write, I use…Jul 11, 20161Jul 11, 20161
Eric JohnsonGuard Rails DownDavid Frum, speechwriter for President Reagan, opining about Donald Trump, chimed in with his view of the “guard rails” of our political…Jun 9, 2016Jun 9, 2016
Eric JohnsonStructural Racism: An ExampleThe wonderful podcast and radio show Radio Lab recently published an episode called “Debatable”. The episode explores structural racism in…Mar 29, 2016Mar 29, 2016
Eric JohnsonWhen President Obama spoke at SXSW, he said “there has to be some concession” for decrypting the…Until recently, most of our communications systems ran on dedicated hardware — mostly different phone systems. With those systems, law…Mar 14, 2016Mar 14, 2016