Musings about the theory and practice of writing software. Not necessarily code-focused, but may occasionally have code.
  • Cabin Fever

    The new normal will take a while getting used to.

  • Social Distancing

    Working from home until the end of the month.

  • Impostor

    On my own knowledge, or lack therof.

  • A paean to tcpdump(1), or why knowing how to use it is a necessary skill for today’s networked software.

  • Catch-up

    I’m behind on my blogging – let me catch you up on the past month.

  • Typing and Types

    My ongoing internal debate on static versus dynamic typing, and all that jazz – or why I still like dynamic typing, even with the benefits of compile-time types.

  • Procrastination

    Putting things on hold.

  • Breadth/Depth

    Jack of all trades, master of none – but oftentimes, better than master of one? Maybe.

  • Soul of a New Machine

    Soul of a New Machine: a review.

  • Revisiting my Emacs configuration as a Java almost-IDE, switching to using LSP.