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Essays exploring leadership lessons, DevOps experiments, and deeply personal reflections on technology, career, and life in perpetual beta.
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May 04, 2018
This is going to be a short post (for me at least) but I have been inspired today by an inspiring woman who also happens to be my VP. Today I was fortunate enough to be picked to join a lunch and learn with a group of my peers here at Arrow Electronics. You may […]
Read essayMay 16, 2017
It’s all across the news here in Denver. John Oliver has taken aim at healthcare giant DaVita and their CEO Kent Thiry. And he makes an apparently strong case. However, it’s not as well informed as it may seem on the surface. I would even be willing to risk going out on a limb to […]
Read essayMar 01, 2016
So, this is going to be a bit of a divergence from my normal topic. Going into a bit of my personal life. I have a son. To be completely corny, he is the light of my life. (No offense honey.) There are many things that make him special to me but the one thing […]
Read essayFeb 17, 2016
This is a blog post in response to a quora question. I started a response and it grew well beyond what I thought it would. I guess that means I have an opinion here? 😉 Question: “Which backend programming language should I learn in 2016?” Answer: The answer depends on your objectives. If you are […]
Read essayFeb 10, 2015
Listening to a recent podcast on Software Engineering Radio featuring Adrian Cockroft speaking about the modern cloud-based platform, I was left bursting with thoughts. He covered a lot of topics which I hope to cover in the near future. However, one in particular hit me like a ton of bricks. He mentioned that he has seen many retailers and […]
Read essayJan 15, 2015
In short? Yes. Class over. Thanks for coming… No? Ok, I suppose maybe I should explain why I feel this way. In this brief article I will attempt to explain reactive programming from a high level, ivory tower, standpoint. I’m not planning on getting into implementation details. there are many, many ways to go about […]
Read essayDec 09, 2014
Recently, I had a colleague of mine say that they had taken “I took a lower overall pay scale to come to simply because I wanted to be part of something that matters.” This was very refreshing to hear as my company is going through a phase of great attrition due to many […]
Read essayNov 19, 2014
One of my favorite hobbies over the years has been woodworking. (Admittedly, not one I have done much more than dabble in to my disappointment) I have always enjoyed taking bits and pieces of raw material and working them into something both useful and beautiful. Starting from a plan. Often, in my case being an […]
Read essayOct 30, 2014
Yet another article about DevOps? When will it ever end? Well, I can say from experience, we are very far from a consensus on what it means. So, it will probably not end anytime soon. Much of that has to do with the fact that it is different for every company. Each company needs to […]
Read essayOct 10, 2014
4everinbeta is a nom de plume for me to express my thoughts on various subjects. Mostly technical, but not always. The title explains my philosophy of life in general. I will never be done. I’m constantly tweaking. Adding new features. Removing others that are no-longer useful. And, just like any beta product, I am chock-full […]
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