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About Eggs 13 Aug 2013 | 11:27 am
This week’s Passionate Programmer excerpt is a warning against placing too strong a bet on technology you don’t control. It’s funny how dated it sounds. Case in point, I guess. Don’t Put All Your Egg...
How Not to Panic - Passionate Programmer Excerpt 23 Jul 2013 | 05:46 pm
As I mentioned last week, I’m releasing chapters of The Passionate Programmer every(ish) week until they’ve all been posted. This week’s chapter is one I actually re-read myself sometimes as a remind...
My Six Years of Ignorance 22 Jul 2013 | 08:09 pm
Six years ago, I gave up a bad habit. Since 1999 I had been using RSS then Atom as my interesting-stuff changelog. I eventually amassed a subscription collection of hundreds of feeds with subjects ran...
Passionate Programmer - A free chapter (almost) every week until it's done 16 Jul 2013 | 07:15 pm
Starting today I’m going to post a free excerpt from The Passionate Programmer every week (time permitting) until I’ve posted them all. (Thanks to my generous publisher for allowing this!) If you hav...
Trash Your Servers and Burn Your Code: Immutable Infrastructure and Disposable Components 23 Jun 2013 | 09:57 pm
As a developer and sometimes system adminstrator, one of the scariest things I ever encounter is a server that’s been running for ages which has seen multiple upgrades of system and application softwa...
How to Give a Keynote 8 Jun 2013 | 08:05 pm
I’m not sure how it happened, but out of the many conferences in which I’ve spoken, I’ve only submitted two talk proposals. Both were to O’Reilly’s OSCON. One was in 2003. It was not accepted. Too bad...
How to get your conference talk accepted 25 May 2013 | 07:33 pm
I am one of the original organizers of both RubyConf and RailsConf. Combined, I’ve organized or been on the program committee for around 25 conferences. I’ve read hundreds of proposals and seen hundre...
Discipline: Stomp Out Cynicism 20 May 2013 | 02:36 pm
Here’s an exercise you can put into place right now which will have a lasting, significant, positive effect on your life and the lives of those you work, live, collaborate, and play with. There are tw...
Every right action is also a mistake 23 Apr 2013 | 11:17 am
Throughout my career, I’ve had the opportunity on multiple occasions to manage large teams. Every time this happens, I am eventually annoyed by the same realization: at a certain size (maybe it’s arou...
Who I Want to Hire 9 Apr 2013 | 12:44 pm
There’s a person I want to work with. I can’t find this person. I’ve literally searched the world, and I can hardly find a trace. I’m not talking about someone specific. In fact, that’s the problem. ...
