Monday, May 23, 2022

Support Your Local Product Owner

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I've been searching for a software architect position (or something similar). Job titles aren't always the best indica...
Friday, April 29, 2022

Prerelease Errors Yield Post-Release Errors

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Software with a lot of prerelease errors will also have a lot of post-release errors. This is bad news for developers, but ful...
Thursday, April 14, 2022

Fix Problems, Not Symptoms

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When software fails, you have an obligation to fully understand the cause of the failure, not just to do a cursory analysis an...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Principles of Distributed System Design

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Every day software engineers face the task of designing new systems or maintaining existing systems. Whether the need to make ...
Saturday, March 05, 2022

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

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Of course the advice of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" is applicable to many aspects of life, but it is p...
Tuesday, March 01, 2022

Validation and Verification

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Large software developments need as many checks and balances as possible to ensure a quality product. One proven technique is ...
Monday, February 28, 2022

BIOS Update

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The day before going on a week-long work trip I updated my laptop's BIOS. This image is what came up on restart. Luck...
Sunday, February 13, 2022

Twitter Card Meta Tags

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My girlfriend likes to say that I'm, "such a fanboy" of Mary Roach. Maybe so. I was going to make a Twitter pos...
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Keep Track of Every Change

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Every change has the potential to cause problems. Three common problems are: The change did not fix the problem for which it ...
Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Control Baselines

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It is the responsibility of software configuration management (SCM) to hold the agreed-upon specifications and regulate change...