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Once upon a time, Cory Doctorow was known for writing books (inasmuch as he was known at all, which was probably only in very specific cir...

Ten and a half years ago, I wrote an article on technical debt strategies .  It was one of my most commented-on posts, and even got its ow...

Once upon a time we used to develop software via something known as the “waterfall model.” When trying to envision this, don’t think abou...

I’ve never been particularly susceptible to doomscrolling.  I didn’t do it during the height of the pandemic, nor on January 6th, nor even...

[This is ostensibly a short post week, so I was going to do a quick discussion on a random topic, but it came out a good deal longer than...

As many of you may know, ThinkGeek disappeared from the web this week ... you can still put the address into your web browser, but you’ll ...

This week we had our annual summer party at $work.  Yes, yes: calling a party held just 3 days before the autumnal equinox a “summer” party ...

The other day, my boss Steve 1 asked me about a ticket I had written a long time ago.  Was the problem I had reported still a problem, he w...

Barefoot Software was the business I ran for 12 years.  This series explains the culture of Barefoot, why it was radically divergent from mo...