With COVID-19 causing people to work from home, and now schools closing, I wanted to share some tips on making it work well. My wife and I homeschool our kids. And I have worked from home regularly for the past 3 years. This is more of a “brain dump” so please overlook the lack of […]

A note to young developers Okay, so databases didn’t teach me everything, but close enough. So much so I thought I would share my journey from fledgling developer to a data architect. What should I be? I’m getting older. No, I didn’t say old. I said “older.” As in maturing: Age-wise and experience-wise. Something that […]

I’ve been in the technology realm for over 15 years now. In every place I’ve worked, from brand new developer to architect, there is a common problem. The technology team tends to be very separated from the people who use what they create and support. There are support representatives who take calls, emails or chats […]

Learn From My Mistakes. Or don’t. After one has developed a few large applications, lessons tend to be learned. The kind of things seasoned pros shake their heads at and retort “welcome to the club.” Things a lot of us learn the hard way, even though we’ve been warned. I thought I would share some nuggets of developer […]

Programming – Fantastically Frustrating

dI Thought I Wanted To Program… When I was a kid, I wanted to be a programmer. My dad bought a Tandy Color Computer II and I couldn’t tear myself away from it. I would program it in Tandy Basic every chance I had. I was 5. The original Nintendo Entertainment System was released to the […]