With the right language, everything is a toy. […] Two conversations I've had in the past week dovetailed perfectly. One focused on the perils of one-shot development, the other on the challenge …

I've been thinking it's time for me to revisit Seven Languages in Seven Weeks. It was one of those books that sunk its claws into me. While I didn't end up deploying those languages in a professional …

Keeping current is hard. It's even harder remembering what you were current on last month. A recent post that flitted by reminded me about Obsidian Vaults, Claude, and the fervor of second brains - …

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 …

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 …