The problem of organization
It’s not that these tools and techniques are bad in themselves, but our use of each should be fit into a well tuned approach to building software. An entire project delivery should be tidy,...
View ArticleReal work is boring (but I love it)
I had an epiphany early this year: getting good at something isn’t about finding a groove or being especially clever, it’s about honing a method of doing something. Or lots of methods, meticulously...
View ArticleThe art of code review
I review a lot of code these days. It’s an incredible way to nudge a team of bright people toward greatness. It allows me to look at problems from the outside with a perspective of experience and...
View ArticleAbout the site
Hi, I’m Bruce Alderson. Welcome to my technical weblog. I design and develop software. I write and make artful things using various tools and methods. I enjoy life in all of its oddness and beauty,...
View ArticleRediscovering the interestingness in my Twitter feed.
Sometime over the last year I stopped paying attention to Twitter. Between the political cacophony of 2016 and a growing list of people I was following, the noise ratio was just too poor to hold my...
View ArticleA savoury media diet for a cold and somewhat dreary Winter (2018)
One of my favourite reads is Kottke.org, a blog by Jason Kottke. Calling it a blog is a bit of a slight: it’s more of a magazine, like a proto-New Yorker. It’s thoughtful and relevant, weaving current...
View Article🍲 Introducing the food log
I love food. I love the eating of, shopping for, designing menus around, and above all else, preparation of meals (especially for those closest to me). Cookery is a universe of systemizing making food,...
View Article🍜 Sunday’s comfort food: A Thai inspired noodle soup
Today’s dinner is inspired by a picture in my morning news feed. I’ll have to try that sweet potato curry recipe at some point, but today I’m working with ingredients I have on hand, which includes...
View ArticleWhat I’m reading (May 2021 edition)
These are some of the essays I read in May 2021. The hypocrisies of rape culture have medieval roots – Carissa Harris Social media and the neuroscience of predictive processing – Mark Miller & Ben...
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