I write about software development, tools, and people.
And how marketing makes it all better.
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There are almost no logical places to put a 60-inch tv in a craftsman foursquare house. The house is built for light and air and an era where the home entertainment center was a piano and a victrola. Where meals…
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Building codes and the price of progress
Safety codes are a pain in the butt. Here is my reflection on our electrical code.
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Refactoring, a reflection on unpacking
I wanted toast this morning. To get it, I unpacked 3 boxes and grouped a bunch of other things together, and it took me about 30 minutes. #refactoring We just moved house, after 9 years in one place. And we…
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Write the Docs: No Pitch Hot
I love impromptu speaking when I get to do it, and Write the Docs had open signups for lightning talks. I wanted to explain the thing I keep teaching founders and all the awesome people I keep coaching: No one…
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Consultant Offerings
What could I do for your organization as your consultant? Here’s a partial list!
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Are you my next job?
You should contract me to help with your developer experience
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What are you afraid of?
If you ask me what I’m scared of in life, I’ll tell you things like financial insecurity, poisonous snakes, and losing loved ones. Pretty typical. However, if you look at my behavior, the thing I work hardest to avoid is…
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Leaving LaunchDarkly
Startup years are a little like dog years – 5 years at a startup is a lot of experience. When I started, I was employee 21, our office elevator was a bit dodgy, and we could all eat lunch together.…
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Value-Stream Baader-Meinhof Mapping
More than once yesterday, I ended up explaining value-stream mapping. Wikipedia says: Value-stream mapping, also known as “material- and information-flow mapping”,[1] is a lean-management method for analyzing the current state and designing a future state for the series of events that take…
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Deserted Island Devops: We Live in a Society
Platform engineering is great — but would it work on a desert island?