Beware the bikeshed my son 🚴‍♂️

Happy Friday,I'm just old enough now that some things I learned early in my career younger people may not know about. This week's email is about one of those topics and it is called bikeshedding.The story goes that a committee was reviewing plans for...

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Jun 20, 2025
AI or not to AI 🥸

Happy Friday!I've made the mistake of spending more time on LinkedIn and my feed is full of three basic things. One is people talking about basic programming techniques like how to write a loop in TypeScript compared to Javascript. Another is folks t...

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Jun 13, 2025
Some thoughts on Build vs. Buy.

Happy Friday,This will be a brief update, as I'm currently in the midst of packing for a week-long trip with the family.I've had a whole bunch of conversations that are in the realm of build vs buy, and I feel that earned a few words in this week's n...

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May 30, 2025
Your next leap as a leader may be one game away. ♟️

Happy FridayIf you've ever watched any of my talks, you'll see that I love games. Not just video games, but card games, board games, and even role-playing games. Well, especially role-playing games.If you aren't sure what role-playing games are, you...

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May 16, 2025
Can you hear me now? 👂

Happy Friday,Around two or three times a year I'll experience an urge to learn a new programming language. Usually, I resist and wait until the feeling passes and I realize learning a new language is not a good use of my time. Well, I fell to that ur...

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May 09, 2025
We just had a reorg, now what?! 😨

Happy Friday,Sometimes you do something you know you shouldn't. For me that means trying out Clojure. If you don't know what Clojure is, it is a LISP with a die-hard following. It is so different than any other language that I'm really having to work...

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May 02, 2025
Missed the talk? Don't worry! 😨

Happy Friday,I used to speak at conferences around 6 times a year. That was before COVID. I always enjoyed speaking at conferences, but it certainly had its downsides. First, the cost of travelling to conferences added up quick. Second, the whole app...

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Apr 11, 2025
Come to my upcoming talk on April 8th! 🤯

Happy Friday!Guess what? I'm doing a talk on April 8th, and I'd love for you to attend! My talk is going to try to tackle how to introduce TDD to a non-technical person.You should attend, it's free!One of the reasons I chose to talk on this subject i...

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Apr 04, 2025