When the AI Ghost Vanishes

This post explores the challenges and frustrations of relying on AI for coding assistance, including error handling and debugging. It emphasizes the importance of understanding coding fundamentals and offers strategies such as isolating errors, studying documentation, and engaging with human resources like Stack Overflow. Vibe coding should enhance, not replace, the developer’s knowledge. Continue reading →

The Terror of Microsoft Teams & Workarounds

Microsoft Teams often causes issues like message lag, high CPU usage, and unreliable search functions. Users can switch to the desktop client, perform manual refreshes, disable GPU acceleration, manage background apps, and use Outlook for better search results. Implementing these workarounds can save significant troubleshooting time. Continue reading →

I’ve Officially Sent This Email Over 100 Times to Recruiters Looking for .NET Developers

Here’s the letter, it’s kind of LOLz! I know it’s tough to find .NET Developers (or replace .NET with Java Developers or X Enterprise Language), so CIOs, CTOs and others take note. Here’s what I experience and what I see all the time, embodied in a letter. I will put effort into hooking people up... Continue reading →

Recruiters -> Software Developer Referrals, I Know Em’, Here’s How You Know Them

This is a public letter to all recruiters, human resources or other professionals that are in a *hiring department* that would like to garner referrals from me. I like to categorize my referrals into junior and senior software developers. This is not my interaction process with startups & early round companies, I know you and... Continue reading →

9 Ways To Survive The Shit Storm of Developer Evangelism

I started to write a blog entry a few months ago about my time doing developer evangelism. First in practice, along with product management and team leadership and then as a full time developer evangelist with Basho. Then I felt many different things, nothing which translated into a very useful blog entry. Well past any... Continue reading →