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posted: December 27, 2017
tl;dr: I wouldn’t believe this story if it hadn’t actually happened to me...
posted: December 23, 2017
tl;dr: A must-read for anyone seriously experimenting with or starting to use Kubernetes...
posted: December 16, 2017
tl;dr: Today’s college admissions process demands that game theory be applied, alas...
posted: December 9, 2017
tl;dr: Unconstrained FCC control of the Internet is not a good idea...
posted: December 3, 2017
tl;dr: Would benefit from a second edition, as the world has changed a lot in three years...
posted: November 24, 2017
tl;dr: Enjoyable, as always, but not quite as good as last year’s volume...
posted: November 18, 2017
tl;dr: Entrepreneurs need to be aware of the major differences between themselves and VCs...
posted: November 10, 2017
tl;dr: I am fully enjoying focusing entirely on software and letting others handle the hardware headaches...
posted: November 4, 2017
tl;dr: Simple, straightforward, lives up to the impression I had built up in my mind over the years...
posted: October 28, 2017
tl;dr: VC and VCs do not guarantee success by any means, but there are a few things they can help with...
posted: October 22, 2017
tl;dr: Most appealing to voracious science fiction readers, but enjoyable for all...
posted: October 14, 2017
tl;dr: A worthy successor that all who fell under the trance of the original should see...
posted: October 7, 2017
tl;dr: It probably isn’t yours, but Blade Runner is my all-time favorite movie...
posted: September 28, 2017
tl;dr: Startups are a great place to start a career...
posted: September 23, 2017
tl;dr: A descent into insanity, perhaps...
posted: September 15, 2017
tl;dr: A long ride on a bike trail is a great time to catch up on the latest tech news...
posted: September 9, 2017
tl;dr: The future is here, and it proves that less is more...fun...
posted: September 2, 2017
tl;dr: A software developer’s life was different before the Internet, multitasking desktop systems, and multiple devices...
posted: August 26, 2017
tl;dr: Sales is the most important functional area of a company, even if they don’t teach it in business schools...
posted: August 19, 2017
tl;dr: People who spent years with a candidate know him/her better than you do based on an interview...
posted: August 13, 2017
tl;dr: Let the machine find as many mistakes as possible...
posted: August 6, 2017
tl;dr: A great choice if you want a bike optimized for trails, not roads or mountains...
posted: July 30, 2017
tl;dr: AC/DC’s “Ain’t No Fun (Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire)” captures the essence of the startup saga...
posted: July 23, 2017
tl;dr: Sometimes the field failure really is the customer’s fault...
posted: July 16, 2017
tl;dr: He inherited the power to stop time, and that’s when life began...
posted: July 10, 2017
tl;dr: A great introductory guidebook to get you up and running with pytest...
posted: July 2, 2017
tl;dr: Often low tech is a better way to make money...
posted: June 25, 2017
tl;dr: Rule #1: Be in a good market...
posted: June 18, 2017
tl;dr: How CARFAX and insurance companies (in this case, Sentry) conspire to cost crime victims thousands...
posted: June 11, 2017
tl;dr: Guidebook to implementing a microservices architecture, with many battle-tested tips and warnings...
posted: June 5, 2017
tl;dr: LED lighting will hopefully not only eliminate incandescents but also fluorescents...
posted: May 29, 2017
tl;dr: Five primary reasons why I’m not on Facebook...
posted: May 21, 2017
tl;dr: A technically astute futuristic thriller with much to say about where humanity may be headed...
posted: May 15, 2017
tl;dr: You can learn a lot by grading dozens of answers to the same programming problem...
posted: May 7, 2017
tl;dr: Tighten up the definition of “peers” in “trial by a jury of one’s peers”...
posted: April 30, 2017
tl;dr: Camera drones have their uses, but what goes up must come down...
posted: April 23, 2017
tl;dr: X can help reduce complexity by eliminating states that just don’t matter...
posted: April 16, 2017
tl;dr: I preferred 2016's O. Henry Prize short story anthology, as a few too many of Díaz’s selections fell flat for me...
posted: April 9, 2017
tl;dr: When you couple two complex systems, complexity increases more than additively...
posted: April 1, 2017
tl;dr: It was easier to make my choice than to explain why I did, which I try to do here...
posted: March 25, 2017
tl;dr: Appropriately named Sierra ski mecca is well worth the challenges of getting there...
posted: March 17, 2017
tl;dr: A collection of intense, soul-baring, personal essays, almost all of which concern the author’s most difficult life experience...
posted: March 11, 2017
tl;dr: A thorough, curated guide to on-line information about the Python webapp stack...
posted: March 5, 2017
tl;dr: A once-in-a-lifetime (so far) lucky travel delay led to my only day ever at Spring Training...
posted: February 26, 2017
tl;dr: I learned pretty early that pressure has a huge impact on performance...
posted: February 18, 2017
tl;dr: To find out what the candidate knows, ask them about something they know...
posted: February 12, 2017
tl;dr: A great book to level up your Python knowledge and coding skills...
posted: February 5, 2017
tl;dr: Strange things happen when the Feds (the FCC in this case) set prices...
posted: January 29, 2017
tl;dr: The short story is not dead, as this anthology series proves annually...
posted: January 22, 2017
tl;dr: Steamboat offers variety, as these seven memorable runs prove...
posted: January 14, 2017
tl;dr: Powder, terrain variety, uncrowded beauty, and a friendly town keep my family coming back...
posted: January 8, 2017
tl;dr: Epic science fiction tale about the survival of humanity and life on Earth...