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the blind side of seniority
I was raised by a father who loved underdogs. Kelly's Heroes and the stories of the Black Sheep squadron , were some of his favorites to watch and tell. These were stories of outcasts, thrown… [more]
What Makes a Senior Engineer Senior, and How Do You Build a Great Team?
…I can already hear someone saying this is just an elaborate excuse not to measure anything. It isn't. Measure! I'm a rubrics guy, I've written about that before. But know what your… [more]
What Do Future Engineers Look Like?
…Do they enjoy tackling challenging problems? Are they collaborative? This criterion is often fraught, often overemphasized, and often the source of toxic homogeneity within engineering teams. The name… [more]
That’s what heroes do
They say I looked like a rag doll, twisting and spinning through the air, bending in ways no human being should or could. They say the sight of my body in front of the blossom of fire was mortifying… [more]
My Name is Ed
If at first you don’t succeed try, try again. Right. That’s what my father told me over and over again. That’s what my coach told me over and over again. They never had to build a fence though. Or… [more]
lab
Welcome to the lab! This is a list of simple experiments and projects that will be updated as new ones are made. Check them out, use them... whatever! Mazes a simple maze generator I made for my kids.… [more]
Spotify Archivist
So for the last 10 years I've been adding songs to my Spotify liked songs. It's great but every once in a while a song comes on and I think... "do I really still like this song?" I… [more]
the megaphone
…use your megaphone. Footnotes Yet another place where Bell Labs has had an outsize impact on society, through the creation of the transistor. TOA created the first transistorized megaphone… [more]
The Hunt Begins
…how to help engineers, product folks, and UX designers collaborate effectively with each other. If you are looking for someone to help your team on a short term, or permanent basis with any of those… [more]
Book Report - Rilke's Book of Hours
I've been trying to read more poetry this year. Which has honestly been refreshing. I dove into Rilke after re-watching JoJo Rabbit where it his poetry is quoted. I wasn't sure were to start… [more]
Some Thoughts on Engineering Leaderhip
…team as well, and if you have a good relationship then collaboration will be easy. If you create, or allow the creation, of an antagonistic relationship between you and your peers, nothing good will… [more]
Last Lectures
Way back in my year end review for 2021 I wrote, As part of that effort I’ve worked to build a culture in engineering where people coming and going is normal. We’ve started doing “Last Lectures” for… [more]
What Makes a Team Lead Great?
“Well, don’t you think that you as the commander have an obligation to create a vision for your command?” It was more of a statement than a question. “No, I feel that my job as the commander is to tap… [more]
Lessons Learned From a Film Producer About Making Software
This last week, I had my leadership team in town for the first time in a while for some planning meetings, and some team building. I am always looking to learn from different disciplines, so I thought… [more]
Book Review-The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
Review: The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson No one does magical systems better than Brandon Sanderson. That’s a pretty absolute statement but one that I am comfortable with. This novella is an… [more]
Book Review-A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
Review: A million miles in a thousand years This was a fun one. It’s nominally cycling and philosophy and discussions of story so you know it’s going to be one I like. The power of story is one of… [more]
Why weird team names make sense
I've managed teams named, among other things, Python-Brug, and Banpo. Named for bridges in different cities, while we worked on a product named Bridge. A lot of people look at those names and… [more]
2020: A year
…insights. You should listen to it. No Special Duty - Radiolab If this episode does not make you scratch your head then nothing will. Nickel tour: courts have ruled that the police have no special duty… [more]
Tech Things I read in 2018
…Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems by Martin Kleppmann Read this book. It’s incredibly heavy at times. Totally worth it though. If you want to… [more]
So I got Scammed on Amazon
A couple of weeks ago I fell for scam in the amazon marketplace. Yep me. It was a clever one and not one I have seen written about so I am writing about it. The Setup I was in the market for a truing… [more]
monument
…applications Developer Experience Performance and scalability Decoupled Applications When I started working on monument it grew out of the idea of using a pub/sub architecture to break up coupling in… [more]
2015: in review
…JS Conf on arrays, doing a deep dive on all the parts available. There is a site and a recording of that presentation if you want to watch it. Suffice it to say arrays are awesome and they should be… [more]
Design Tools are Broken
…designs, exist outside the main design tools. They are available but they don't integrate. Think how powerful design tools could be with real user data available inside them. 7. ? This is a pretty… [more]
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…Systems. I had two jobs, one working in the computer lab there, and the other at Randall’s, a grocery store owned by Safeway. It started off like any other day, eating breakfast, getting ready… [more]
Setting up Speed: Cherokee, Railo and CouchDB on AWS
…side project (ansble.com) which is going to require scalability, and a layered architecture that I just couldn't reasonably build in a physical environment. So I started toying with Amazon Web… [more]
Setting up Speed: Cherokee, Railo and CouchDB on AWS
…side project (ansble.com) which is going to require scalability, and a layered architecture that I just couldn't reasonably build in a physical environment. So I started toying with Amazon Web… [more]
Now Serving: Obsolescence
…Its roots lie in the fusion of our reactions to the availability of cheap goods, the financial instability of our current post-recession world, and the human desire for connection and permanence. And… [more]