Technology articles
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Good soldiers find wars - Career Advice for those Worried about AI
There are a lot of people still processing how LLMs are going to affect the future of work and generally the sentiment I am getting is somewhat negative. People are worried about their jobs - which I totally get
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Everyone has a boss
I had always expected to be an Entrepreneur. As an American, we are born into a world where your safety and health depends on having deep pockets when (*not if*) an emergency occurs.
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Best Practices are Dead. Long Live Best Practices.
Went down a rabbithole on the old web and I learned that 'Bloodletting' was a common medical procedure for the better part of 3000 years. I'm kind of spellbound by the duration- it was one hell of a lindy effect. Our first evidence of its use appeared in Egypt...
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Some thoughts about tech debt...
When I see people complaining about tech debt, I'm always curious to understand if they are actually talking about "tech debt" as described by Ward Cunningham or just normal corporate disfunction.
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Some Funny Interviews I Have Done
I never interview anymore, but the handful of times I have miraculously produced some funny stories. (cont.) I transitioned to development/engineering from a successful telecom sales career. The process was a little rocky, but after I had my feet under me (but before I knew what I was doing) I got offered an interview
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10 Technologies You Need to be Aware of (2020)
A couple of useful predictions narrowly focused on technologies and tools used by software professionals. Since these tools preceed and influence future software that will be built it maybe useful to help predict the future state of technology...
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Why aren't developers paid more?
It is possible that Software developers just might be underpaid.
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Code Review Template
My thoughts on how to do a better code review, basically in template form... hoping to find some enlightenment with a tough part of the job"