Dev, Travel, Blogging

Over a decade of progressive professional software development experience in conjunction with more than two decades as a hobbyist developer has pushed me to reduce the burden of support and cost of delivery by writing highly-maintainable software of the highest caliber.

This blog is intended to be a personal collection of experiences/rants, journaling to tech related, things and other things that may be appropriate to share in a blog.

• The Problem with Resolutions

  Posted on May 13, 2013

  I guess you could technically claim that I didn’t fail at the resolutions I made earlier this year. The year isn’t over, however I believe that having long term goals such as these may be a bad idea. At this point, I believe that many of the resolutions I made... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • development
  • opinion
  • resolutions
  • self improvement

• Don't let the User Fail

  Posted on May 3, 2013

  One of the things that has been bothering me quite a bit as of late is debugging setup issues with OpenStack. Usually this consists of tracking down errors amongst 12 different log files when something goes wrong. There are multiple issues going on here. Firstly, the guides for setting up... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • deploying
  • development
  • errors
  • gentoo
  • linux
  • openstack
  • setup
  • software

• Apache Wicket [In Action]: A Review and How It Relates to the Java World

  Posted on April 30, 2013

  Java is a great tool for creating software. It is well designed, modular, has a wide array of platforms that it can run on, performs well, it’s very extendable, and it has a large community with lots of support. However, it’s support for websites and related services is severely lacking.... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • apache
  • books
  • development
  • java
  • maven
  • opensource
  • reviews
  • technology
  • testing
  • tools
  • web development

• My Two Cents on Interviewing Software Engineers

  Posted on April 22, 2013

  In the technology industry, interviewing someone is a tough process. It is a very complex problem that attempts to solve a collection of goals into a [best case] mutually satisfactory outcome. The interviewer needs a person who will fit in the working environment, perform tasks that are expected, has the... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • interviewing
  • jobs
  • market
  • opinion
  • problem solving
  • rants

• 3 Strikes Budget Rental Car: You're Out!

  Posted on March 24, 2013

  I’ve been a loyal renter of cars from Budget rental car. They don’t’ have a particular set level of status, or give points, I don’t mind, I like things to stay simple. In some periods I’ve had to rent a car for work every week for 4 months. [That was... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • alamo
  • budget
  • customer-service
  • rants
  • rental cars

• Things I learned a week or so ago

  Posted on March 10, 2013

  These few items are a few things that I found a week or so ago, but I hadn’t had the time to post them: [Read More]

  Tags:

  • bumblebee
  • drivers
  • gentoo
  • linux
  • nvidia
  • troubleshooting

• Review: "What Compsci textbooks don't tell you: Real world code sucks"

  Posted on March 9, 2013

  I’ve been catching up on my reading queue. I’ve been quite busy in the last few months that many articles has slipped by me, and they’re in my backlog. One article I’ve been meaning to review is: “What Compsci textbooks don’t tell you: Real world code sucks.” The author attempts to... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • development
  • learning
  • quality
  • software
  • technical

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