Category: General

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My Framework Laptop Experience

  • 2025-01-30
Hey friends, I’d like to talk to you today about my experience with my Framework laptop. This won’t be a long post, but I’ve been…
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Stop naming functions `fetch()`.

  • 2023-07-26
Hello everybody, this is just a quick PSA. Here goes: STOP NAMING YOUR FUNCTIONS fetch()! Between the Fetch API, and the wide variety of modules…
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Lessons Learned in Chasing Unicorns

  • 2023-07-01
I’m old. I’ve been doing open source for a long time. I started in 1996, during my first year of high school. I was always…
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Ninja Rules of Self-Identification

  • 2022-11-14
A ninja does not self-identify as a ninja. <rant>In our field, a lot of folks will call themselves “ninjas” or “10x devs” or “experts,” but…
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Definition of Dependencies

  • 2022-10-11
Definition of Dependencies When I discuss the topic of dependencies with other developers, I often find that we approach the conversation with differing definitions of…
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Observations on Tech Work

  • 2022-05-20
As I think back on the 24 years I’ve worked in technology, I would like to share with you three observations. These aren’t the most…
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Warning: Elaborate Scams Abound!

  • 2021-04-13
Hey all! This post won’t be long, and I’m sorry but it won’t be terribly technical either. Tonight I had an encounter with a scam…
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I wish AWS had more useful error messages.

  • 2020-10-23
Sorry, this is more of a complaint than anything else. I’ve spent the better part of two days troubleshooting a ValidationException in a CloudFormation stack…
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iPad as a Workstation

  • 2020-10-05
NOTE: I do not work for any of the companies that make any of the products below, nor do I earn anything from mentioning their…