I’ve never met anyone who loves pulling weeds. I’ve met plenty of people who love to garden. Some people enjoy the design, the selection of what to grow. Others enjoy watching the transformation as …

In one of the evolutions of Nike's core principles, Be a Sponge had a good run. On its surface being a sponge seems like a simple callout to know your environment before you act. It's a reminder to be …

Visual InterDev 6.0's HTML editor. Screenshot via irt.org, used for historical commentary; Visual InterDev is a trademark of Microsoft. […] Further mutterings on finding joy in development. …

I've droned on about this in a few formats, but I keep stubbing my toe on it. This paper covers an approach to accelerate model capabilities by expanding the data available for re-training through the …

I haven't done this for a while, so it's probably time to see where it goes. I love telling stories. I'm well past the point where I want to sit on a porch, jibbering away about "In my …

"Book display highlighting neurodiverse authors and books about neurodiversity, at University of Otago Central Library" by DrThneed, licensed under CC BY 4.0. […] A real benefit to …

One of the things about the job hunt that makes it more daunting is the number of scams. Like a lot of phishing these days, the quality is definitely high. Enough so that my juvenile instinct to put …

I’ve always leaned into a build flow that emphasizes working software. I like iterating on an experience and shaping the architecture at the same time. This is core to Agile: it reduces wasted time on …

I was fortunate enough to take two sabbaticals at my last company. Five weeks each, the first at the ten year mark, and the second at fifteen. […] When I joined the company, sabbaticals were …

This LinkedIn Post poking fun at the #GreatAIReplacement reminded me of this now ancient paper (2022) Redeeming Intrinsic Rewards via Constrained Optimization on mathematical approaches to governing …