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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.

• PSA: Software Development Tip: Clean out your Code Base

  Posted on February 22, 2013

  There is a diplomatic mindset that many developers have: It’s better to orphan code, than it is to delete it. This, although less destructive in the short term, can become very destructive in the long run. Leaving orphaned code may: [Read More]

  Tags:

  • build systems
  • development
  • opinion
  • software

• Good News Everybody! The Mobile Phone Unlocking Petition Reached it's Goal!

  Posted on February 21, 2013

  In a prior blog post, I advocated the petition to make mobile phone unlocking legal again. The petition has reached the goal of having more than 100k signatures. Congratulations people! However, the downside is that the petition will actually cause a reversal is unlikely. At least we had the chance... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • consumer rights
  • hacking
  • mobile phone
  • petition
  • politics
  • unlocking

• A Skill that All Technical People Can Use (System administrators, Database Administrators, Developers, etc)

  Posted on February 20, 2013

  Top-notch communication skills are vital when communicating detailed technical topics. Poor communication skills are seen as a lack of interest, understanding, or motivation. I realize that perception isn’t always true, but making the correct impression on others is extremely important. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • communication skills
  • opinion
  • personal development
  • presentations
  • products
  • public speaking
  • rants
  • technical

• A Few Signs That Your Project May Be In Some Serious Trouble

  Posted on February 18, 2013

  Lack of leadership in developer operations [Read More]

  Tags:

  • development
  • documentation
  • essay
  • junit
  • opinion
  • productivity
  • project management
  • rants
  • software
  • testing
  • unittesting

• The Pitfalls of Testing

  Posted on February 15, 2013

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  Tags:

  • development
  • java
  • junit
  • rants
  • testing

• Two Issues I have With IntelliJ: Inconsistent building, and GUIs

  Posted on February 13, 2013

  During the massive end-of-days sale, I bought a copy of IntelliJ. I have been primarily a NetBeans developer, but I have used IntelliJ at a previous job. So two of the things that irritated me have been: the inconsistent build support and IntelliJ’s handling of Java GUIs. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • build systems
  • development
  • gui
  • intellij
  • maven
  • netbeans
  • tools

• Make Mobile Phone Unlocking Legal Again

  Posted on February 12, 2013

  Recently, an exemption from the DMCA that allows for mobile phone unlocking was removed. Now anyone who unlocks a mobile phone is participating in an “illegal act.” That’s right, a device that you may have paid for, or have over paid [if you’ve had the phone long enough, and bought... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • mobile phones
  • opinion
  • petition
  • politcs
  • rants

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