This is the city, St Louis. I work here. My name is Rob. I write code. I carry a badge.
I see comments like these all the time. Or my other favorite one is “AI is so stupid, it makes so many mistakes it’s ridiculous” So which it? Pee-Wee Herman or The Terminator? Neither. AI is a tool. Like anything that shifts our paradigms, we get really twitchy about it.Remember how computers would create this … Read more
Lyndsey Padget. Learner. Public speaker. Writer. Badass. Lyndsey gave this incredible session at Devup this year called Badass 101. I’d never heard Lyndsey before but this won’t be the last time I attend a session led by her, I can tell you that much. This was different. Different in a very good way! It was … Read more
After this year’s dev up conference in St Louis, MO I wanted to write my notes and thoughts here on my blog instead of just keeping them to myself (like I usually do). Sharing with the rest of the developer community … that’s in keeping with many of the speaker’s messages from the conference too … Read more
Most days I leave all the programming stuff at work, where (for me), work belongs. I make it a point to not focus on work at home. Since I work for an employer, that effort I perform for them is to build someone else’s dreams. So I leave work at work, striving, never to let … Read more
Are you letting life just happen to you? The other day, I found myself at work, and every few minutes I would check my email. No reason really which I could think of at the time. Do a little work. Check email. Do more work. Refresh email again. Not a fun day really. If you’re … Read more
Authoring code? What kinda title is that Mr. Horton? Yep, all of us who write code … we’re all authors. But perhaps that’s another post entirely. Today I wanted to jot down why I do this crazy little thing called code as well as how I got my start. Well, first this man and woman … Read more
… or Who I’d Want to Work For. There is a person I want to work for and an environment I want to be in. Both of these are so hard to find. If I were a software manager, this is also the person I’d strive to be for my team, as well as the healthy environment … Read more
I learned a ton at STLDODN this year. The conference name is changing for next year. It will be called DevUp. Not sure if it will be just that name or StlDevUp .. either one is cool by me. It’s a great conference and the fact the name is changing to make the conference a … Read more
Yeah I said it. Companies bigger than an actual startup, if you’re doing agile, just stop. Please for the love of the world, just stop. You’re likely kidding yourselves if you think you’re doing agile anyway. I have worked with small companies that are “doing agile” and I have worked at large companies that are … Read more