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The Hunt Begins
Today my hunt for a new role begins in earnest. So I am dropping some thoughts and links here.
Why am I looking for a new role?
The company that I was at (Lumio) has ended in bankru… [more]
Meet with me!
Come meet with me about software engineering things, career things, business things, or bike things.
If the calendar below doesn't work, it doesn't seem to love mobile devices, more]
Some Thoughts on Engineering Leaderhip
So this article started as a thread of tweets. I want to expand on it, so I am going to quote all the tweets here and the… [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 engineerin… [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 com… [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 buildingmore]
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 t… [more]
Software Engineer vs. Software Developer
What is the difference between a Software Engineer and a Software Developer? Or is there a difference?
So I've been building websites and web apps since we used to be called Web Masters.… [more]
Lumio UtahJS Conf 2022
Welcome!
I've been at Lumio for a few months now (ok fine 8 months) and I am looking for more people to join our rapidly expanding team. Check out the jobs, and more information about … [more]
2021: Year in Review
It has been quite the year!
As the pandemic has been dragging on, ramping up, slowing down, generally continuing to drag on.
Thoughts
I am excited for 2022.
2022! How did … [more]
Encourage teams to take risks
In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.
— Abraham Maslow
This last Sunday we went on a light hik… [more]
2020: A year
This has been a crazy year, but honestly an exciting one for me and my family. We've lived through multiple natural disasters, moved, changed jobs, survived a pandemic, had a new baby join us, and … [more]
Quote: Simple. Correct. fast.
When you are faced with these problems, you must seek out the simplest way they can be solved. This may be difficult to do: perhaps the problem is too large, or perhaps you were act… [more]
you’re a journeyman
"The secret is never forgetting that you’re a journeyman actor and that nothing is your final thing, nothing is your greatest thing, nothing is your worst thing. I still consider … [more]
Let's talk about Boot camps
So the giant article I’ve been planning to write from what I learned prepping for that talk I gave on being senior<… [more]
Language Drift and finding code beautiful
I hate javascript Class. I like semicolons. This puts me in a specific group of developers who write js. It puts me at odds with many in the Eternal War of the Semicolon.
As I was driving int… [more]
Setting up Speed: Cherokee, Railo and CouchDB on AWS
I am working on a little 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 to… [more]
Setting up Speed: Cherokee, Railo and CouchDB on AWS
I am working on a little 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 to… [more]