These are some notes I wish I had understood early in my career. They provide great overall principles and carry over into other fields besides software engineering.

General Engineering

Investigate the task at hand rigorously

• Try to get as much information as possible, from anyone or anything, about what you ...

Fri 17 October 2014

If you are a python developer and have recently updated to the new OS X Mavericks, you might be getting a series of new error messages. Here are a few steps that may help you fix some of the problems that have come from the new update.

However, before you ...

Fri 25 October 2013

Programming can be really difficult, especially for someone that has never done it before. All the various languages, libraries, frameworks, patterns, and tools can be very intimidating for anyone new to the concept of programming. Even as someone slightly more experienced, it feels like there is a never ending amount ...

Tue 26 March 2013

A few months ago, our team switched over to Scrum, a fairly modern software development framework. Scrum is an implementation of the agile methodology that focuses on roles, sprints, backlogs, and meetings.

Lots and lots of meetings...

Anyways, besides the large spike in meetings, the basic principles of Scrum actually ...

Sun 24 March 2013

Lately, I have been digging deeper into the use of application domains within the .NET framework. The APIs for AppDomain are actually very simple to use and the documentation provided by Microsoft is also extremelly helpful. There were, however, a few random problems that I ran into while trying to ...

Thu 07 February 2013

Hi! This is my new blog.

There is nothing here yet, but expect stuff soon!

Sat 01 December 2012