Last week, I wrote a post in which I answered a reader question about who writes the code in a world of empowered software developers. In that post, I continued my thematic assault on the concept of generalizing, which prompted a question about another topic I’ve tackled before: niching. The question was pretty simple (and…
We’ve been on the move for the last couple of weeks. Two digests ago we were packing to head from Michigan to Austin for an indefinite period of time. And last digest, we’d just arrived in Austin. When we are on the move, I like to chronicle that. But once we settle, I like to answer…
I am, strangely, not an expert in my own history. Chronicling my own exploits through digests and Prime Photos have helped somewhat in this regard, but I nevertheless struggle to remember the sequence of my life. So I think it was 2015 when I was writing about the tales of Emma in Developer Hegemony. And I…
In last week’s digest, I chronicled our packing for Austin, and I described how packing for several months is different from packing for one month. Now, here I am, a week older and wiser, and relocated as planned to Austin, Texas. Slow travel is always interesting. There’s a fair bit of prep in selecting the…
On this blog, I’ve talked at length about both software development and consulting. In fact, I have an entire posting tag devoted to transitioning from being a developer to being a consultant. This includes a take on why everyone should want to. So I’ve got the subject of software consulting surrounded. But now, I’d like…
