Mar 9, 2021Goodbye WindowsGrowing up on rock music, I had never really cared for Spanish guitar; Joe Satriani and Stevie Ray Vaughan were people I looked up to musically. But, as with anything in life you eventually get interested in where everything came from. …7 min read7 min read
May 18, 2020How to pass an interview as a software developerHi, how are you? If you are reading this, chances are you’re looking for a job, and a bit stressed. It’s hard; especially in those tumultuous times. The good news is that you are doing the legwork to get better at having interviews, those things tend to pay off. …10 min read10 min read
Nov 18, 2019Migrating from Mac to PC as a software developerThey say that penguins are pretty smart. They live in the harsh environment of Antarctica, and they can’t really afford silliness. They mostly bundle up together, they travel well beaten paths across the continent, and they try to repeat what others do to keep themselves alive. …Apple13 min readApple13 min read
Nov 3, 2019Part 2: How randomness works in software projectsSo, hello again. This is the second part to the theory of constraints stories I have to tell. This time I am going to talk about randomness, and how it affects the best laid plans. …Statistics9 min readStatistics9 min read
Oct 15, 2019Software company in accordance with the theory of constraints, Part 1This is going to be a slightly different article than my usual technology stories. It’s going to be weirdly about project management in software organisations. …Agile14 min readAgile14 min read
Feb 24, 2019Serverless Genetic AlgorithmOhi, this is a write up of my attempt to make a genetic algorithm to run on AWS lambda serverless architecture. A bit of what, why, and how if you will. You can find all the code of this project over here. …Serverless6 min readServerless6 min read
Jan 30, 2019Augmented EmpathyI grew up deep in Siberian woods. I miss thick heavy forests and cold air. In there, in the mids of a winter, all the moisture in the air freezes out and falls. And so when you go out at night, and the new moon is a barely visible sickle…Software7 min readSoftware7 min read
Published inCompono Engineering·Jan 13, 2019On Choosing Programming LanguagesIt is tempting to start this article with the classical “i wanted to write this for so long”, but the truth is, pretty much every single software developer on this planet did; many multiple times throughout their careers. The problem of choosing a programming language is as old as programming…Programming11 min readProgramming11 min read
Published inCompono Engineering·Jan 2, 2019Economics of Technical DebtIn software engineering we love talking about technical debt. The problem is though, it is often used as a scapegoat for frustration and bad decisions. Talk to 3 technical leads and 2.5 of them will tell you that you should not have any technical debt what so ever, or have…Software Development7 min readSoftware Development7 min read
Sep 13, 2018Technical MidwifeOnce upon a time I wasn’t in software development. One of my first real jobs was a lathe operator in a large mechanical shop. For a year all i did i was making nuts, bolts and washers. …Software Development7 min readSoftware Development7 min read
