The fallacy of new programming languages and tools — Engineer 1: Hey, did you hear about that new programming language [insert any new language]? Engineer 2: Oh yeah, I did; it looks incredible. Did you hear that Company X in Silicon Valley uses it? Engineer 1: NO! …

It might surprise people, but my strongest languages are all SQL derivates. 4th generation languages, meant specifically for dealing with Set Data and Data Transformation. I fully acknowledge, they are NOT ideal languages for things like Web programming, or Systems programming. -- You conveniently leave the context of your breakdown…

My entire contention with new languages is that they delude the knowledge base, and intellectually factor the engineers. Is it a hash table? Is it a dictionary? no no no, it must be a MAP. OHHHHH, that's what you mean? …

As if writing code itself wasn’t hard enough, when you get into a real job as Software Engineer, it can be overwhelming what is expected of you. …

Bach C Major Prelude: Analyzed and Performed Some years ago, during some time was available for more interesting side projects, I built some tools to analyze Music Notation. It wasn’t to analyze patterns in the sounds you hear with Music, but the symbols people use to read Music. …

Understanding what it is and how it fits into the development lifecycles. Preface Back in 2017, I was asked to speak at a conference in the Salt Lake City, Utah area on the topic of Technical Debt. This is an update to the original presentation that was given. Phase 1 —…