Doing Too Many Things Poorly
There’s an expression that I’ve heard and used many times “Jack of All Trades, Master of None” and in today’s society, it seems that this would fit most people– myself included. The gig economy...
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The Coral Killer – By Anna Travis
A breakup. A rejected delivery. A murder. Add a deadly coral snake at the crime scene and Ruby’s day couldn’t get much worse. Used to the calm life near the Sandy Turtle Cove, Ruby...
A Culture of Individuality
If I were to choose something that is unique to the American culture as compared to other cultures, I would have to say that it’s that we are extremely individualistic. By this I mean...
If Only Someone Else Would Do the Debugging
There are a lot of adages regarding work to be done that go something like this: 20% of the people do 80% of the work. This is because the character trait of diligence is...
Knowing What You’re Asking For
As I grow older, I’m convinced that some degree of wisdom is just knowing when something doesn’t make sense– a growth of the common-sense muscle that you were born with. This is especially helpful...
Why Do We Do Our Best Thinking When We’ll Never Remember It?
I can remember being told that the best time to memorize Bible verses was right before bed. They say that you remember what you were doing right before you went to sleep, and your...
Finding and Fixing Your Own Problems Before Release
I’m sure that every line of code that you have ever written always works correctly the first time you hit compile. I’m sure that you’ve never had a bug report from the field, and...
The Curse of Analysis Paralysis
When it comes to software projects, most of the ones that I have been a part of could have benefited from more design, not less. Unless the customer actually asks for some documentation, or...
It Pays To Be Precise
I would say that there’s a potential error here, and that would be the punch line. You see, you_are_out could be a global variable, and buy_some_milk could set that global variable and send you...
It’s Not Always Going to Be Ok
I don’t know about you, but through my long career as a programmer and then as a team leader, it is certainly possible to feel exactly like this little girl– wondering what you should...
Code Quality And Sinful Human Nature
As a software developer with a lot of code under my belt, I can definitely empathize with the image at the right. Nothing is worse than being tasked with working on someone else’s code...
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