A while ago we had a bunch of bananas that never ripened. I think it was two weeks we had them and they remained greenish yellow. I remember peeling one and taking a bite, just in case. I know, I know. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Yep, you guessed it. It […]

Hey friend, I've been thinking about the goal of software engineering and what we do to achieve that goal. It's easy to generalize the goal by saying, "it's all about solving problems." However, it's not easy to generalize how we solve these problems at all. The most general answer to all our problems is "it...

How to construct a custom networked storage (NAS) unit based on a Raspberry Pi and two mirrored USB hard drives -- and why you might want to.

Winnie Lim wrote, I love my website too, which was part of a chain that links back to Tracy Durnell and James, and then to Jeremy Keith. And here I am continuing it. Like them, I love my website too. It’s something that I’ve built and rebuilt—in various structures, with various goals, across various domains—for more...