Topic: Industry
2025
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The Modular Monolith Won't Save You
I must once again insist there are no silver bullets; knowing architectural patterns is no substitute for knowing how to write software. -
The Art of Hype-Driven Development
The five simple steps to embracing and weilding the hype cycle for drudgery and someone else's profit.
2024
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Intuiting Jevon's Paradox
On the unintuitive pattern of resource consumption and how it relates to software engineering. -
Book Club 11/2024: No
On forming quality opinions and saying 'no' -
Book Club 8/2024: Labor
Using Labor Day as an excuse to wonder about some recent trends in the industry -
Scrum is not Agile
Taking a step back to try to be a bit more rigorous about these process terms we use. -
Farewell, Twin Cities Code Camp
Looking back on my favorite local conference. -
Book Club 1/2024: What is a Software Architect?
A few meandering and maybe unhelpful thoughts on the title "Software Architect" -
Eight Maxims
A few principles for thoughtful software engineering.