Attention: The following article was published over 12 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.This summer, I had the pleasure of chatting with a distant cousin who was traveling through town. He is a retired project manager from NASA, but they keep bringing him back as …
Perls of Wisdom
Attention: The following article was published over 12 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.Recently I was called upon to interview for a consulting position with a client that focuses on transaction processing. They noticed Perl on my profile and decided to give me a call …
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use String States
Attention: The following article was published over 12 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.Many of my coworkers have covered exciting new technologies and frameworks to aid your programming expertise. But at this time I think it is important to reach back and cover an important …
What They Didn’t Teach Me In College
Attention: The following article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.I attained my IT degree (B. S. in Computer Science) 12+ years ago at a traditional midwestern college, so the education was fairly well rounded. Looking back more than a decade later …
Don’t Fear The Rewrite
Attention: The following article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.Over the past dozen years, I’ve been involved in half a dozen engagements where my role was to lead an effort to rewrite a particular application. The applications were each very different, …








