[09] The Archive
Essays on why software stops shipping.
Written for founders, CTOs, and VPs of Engineering who would rather read for an hour than buy the wrong kind of help.
Stop Trying to Kill the Fullstack Developer
Full-stack developers are a rare thing in the history of the working class. The artificial eradication of them from small teams hurts small businesses and the…
Feb 27, 2025
10 min read
The Right Type of Independence
Today I want to talk a bit about the multiple meanings of independence. I'm going to focus a bit on trying to navigate different forms of independence that I've…
Nov 21, 2023
11 min read
Confession: I Am Addicted to Fiddling With Tech
A few days ago, despite recently extolling the virtues of my return to Drupal and my related desire to stop screwing around with 'experimental' tech, and just…
Jan 31, 2023
2 min read
Reflections and Coming Home Again (to Drupal)
I've been a Drupal developer for nearly the entirety of my professional web development career, spanning the last decade. Ironically though, since I first…
Jan 23, 2023
7 min read
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Nothing is Almost Always an Option
Decide, move, do something. We have to figure out how to solve this problem. There has to be a way to make this work, we have to deliver on what was asked…
Jan 17, 2023
1 min read
Quick Note on VR
Couple of weeks into full Quest 2 ownership, I was not expecting to like doing VR stuff quite this much. I have been into sim racing (mostly Dirt Rally) for a…
Jan 10, 2023
2 min read
Learning C# as a PHP dev
I've recently started learning C# and Unity in my spare time to learn the basics necessary to create VR applications. I was initially intimidated by the idea of…
Dec 19, 2022
4 min read
Practice Without Intention or Pretense
I often get hung up on doing activities because I can't determine the exact "right" way to accomplish them. If I can't do them perfectly, I often just don't…
Nov 30, 2022
4 min read
How to Code: Linux is Your Friend
Sometimes the greatest pains can lead to your biggest breakthroughs. Without the pain of Windows Vista, I may never have become a FOSS-loving web developer.
Aug 2, 2018
7 min read