I’ve been known to use the phrase “full stack developer” sincerely, even somewhat recently, but it’s a label that makes me feel ill-at-ease. I’ve seen it bandied around a lot lately and it’s got me wondering whether I really believe that such a person truly exists. I’ve heard people I respect argue persuasively that such a person exists and I’ve… Read more →
Short questions destroy progress. They are the payday loans of the knowledge transfer economy: small, seemingly expedient transactions that frequently extract disproportionate costs. If you are a source of domain knowledge or the in-house expert on some technology or the original developer on a code base, you are an easy target for lots of small questions. If you get them… Read more →
Five years is a shamefully long blogging hiatus. It’s been long enough. I’ve set myself the goal of writing 12 posts this summer. In years past, I thought of derekhat.com as my venue for less technical writing and ardentdev.com as the place I would post content intended for a more technical audience; but I don’t write enough to justify two… Read more →
