Blog Update [video] been working on a couple of really cool things and being frustrated by a couple others. I'm excited about this new essay, though...
Ducken Cover: Section 230 Section 230 tries to join multiple distinct things together and claim that any distinctions between them don't exist. It tries (and fails) to create reality by legislation
Code Budgets How much does a line of code cost? The naive answer is that it costs nothing. Bytes are free -- or as close to free as we can come. But it has to cost something. After all, it took time to type in, right? So that takes us to our
Good Enough Programming (2018) What is the appropriate driver that causes you to open up code for the sole purpose of making it better? My answer: it's always a failure, but failures happen. You should prioritize not opening the code up for maintenance as much as you prioritize delivering value I bought
Why are Reusable Components so Difficult? (2016) A couple of weeks ago, Uwe Friedrichsen asked a pretty good question on his blog: "...Re-use is the holy grail of IT: whenever a new architectural paradigm comes to IT town, 're-use' is one of the core arguments why to go for that paradigm. The business sales