Sep

07

A self-hosting journey

Christmas Pi For Christmas of 2021, my wife gifted me a Raspberry Pi 4. At first, I didn't

Sep 7, 2024

3 min read

Jan

31

Different Oh My Posh color scheme per day

Briefly: what is Oh My Posh Oh My Posh describes itself as "a prompt theme engine for any shell.

Jan 31, 2023

2 min read

Nov

21

Get your jam on

Jam time Every year GitHub sponsors a game jam during the month of November: GitHub Game Off. I've

Nov 21, 2022

2 min read

Nov

17

About this mess (2022)

Here we go again Every so many years I look at my blog or personal website and get that urge

Nov 17, 2022

1 min read

Oct

28

Why developers don't explain every last bug fix in release notes

I've seen a lot of frustration by smartphone users when app release notes are vague about what'

Oct 28, 2015

2 min read

Mar

02

The customer may not always be right, but they're still our customer

One summer in high school, I had a mandate from my parents to get a job. If I was going

Mar 2, 2015

3 min read

Jan

17

Story of the utility developer

A few years into my career, I noticed I was only working with the (even then) outdated "classic"

Jan 17, 2015

4 min read

Jan

17

Errors of omission

I've long maintained that the hardest errors to find in a software application are those of omission. Omissions

Jan 17, 2015

2 min read

Aug

13

Quickly switch to a "Presentation Mode" in Visual Studio

As I prepared to give a presentation tomorrow night, I stumbled upon a great article explaining how to setup Visual

Aug 13, 2014

2 min read

Mar

22

The cult of the one-★ review

Playing the game The supposedly fair system of user reviews is horribly broken. The process was ripe for gaming. And

Mar 22, 2014

3 min read