Musing on writing code
"Ninety percent of everything is crap." - Theodore Sturgeon
Some recent dealings with a difficult co-worker got me thinking about this old saw and how it applies to software development. I spent some time examining what was making me so frustrated with this particular interaction and I decided it was not …
I've recently been using bokeh to produce some charts for my team on a regular basis and I found it a remarkable tool for the job. I particularly appreciate that it will serve web pages from my machine so that I can share the graphs without needing to install anything …
I recently had the pleasure of attending the inaugural PyColorado with my oldest daughter. She's twelve and enjoys coding, so it seemed like a good fit. Plus it was a good chance to get some one-on-one time with her.
I'll admit I was a little tentative going into the weekend …
I'm on my way back from PyCon 2019 and I wanted to share part of a conversation I had a few times while there.
For those of you that may not know me and my history, I want to give some context to the story below. I've been …
I've had the, um, opportunity to work with some old code I've been avoiding since I re-started this job recently. The time away and, frankly, a few deeps breaths, have helped me to gain some perspective on this system and why it bothers me so.
There are lots of things …