I have a relatively uncomplicated thought for this Wednesday and, as such, it should be a reasonably sized post. I’d like to address what I consider to be perhaps the most relatable and understandable anti-pattern that I’ve encountered in this field, and I call it the “Synthesize the Experts” anti-pattern. I’m able to empathize so…
We humans are creatures of routine, and there’s some kind of emergent property of groups of humans that makes us, collectively, creatures of rut. This is the reason that corporations tend to have a life trajectory sort of similar to stars, albeit on a much shorter timeline. At various paces, they form up and then…
The hardest thing about being a software developer, for me, is coming up with names for things. I’ve worked out a system with which I’m sort of comfortable where, when coding, I pay attention to every namespace, type, method and variable name that I create, but in a time-box (subject to later revisiting, of course)….
There are a few things that I think have done subtle but massive damage to the software development industry. The “software is like a building” metaphor comes to mind. Another is modeling the software workforce after the Industrial Age factory model, where the end goal seems to be turning knowledge work into 15 minute parcels…
I have two or three drafts now that start with the meta of me apologizing for being sparse in my posting of late. TL;DR is that I’ve started a new, out of town engagement and between ramp-up, travel and transitioning off of prior commitments, I’ve been pretty bad at being a regular blogger lately. Also,…
