2026

    • The Technical Debt Portfolio - Managing Your Career Like You Manage Code
      Managing your career like you manage code can help you achieve what really matters.
      Category: Career  18 Jan 2026

      • 2025

    • How After School Cartoons Predicted AI Agents
      After school cartoons provide entertainment to kids after a day full of learning, but they can also teach lessons about artificial intelligence coding agents.
      Category: Software  12 Aug 2025
    • The Saruman API: When Charismatic Interfaces Hide Malicious Implementation
      In software, we trust APIs to deliver what they promise, but what happens when that trust is betrayed? Saruman's manipulative voice in The Lord of the Rings serves as the perfect metaphor for charismatic leaders whose elegant interfaces hide malicious implementation.
      Category: Leadership  04 Jul 2025
    • The Digital Moving Day: Essential Things to Take When Leaving a Company
      We meticulously curate our digital workspaces like master chefs organizing their kitchens, but when it's time to leave a company, we often walk away leaving our best tools behind. Here's how to pack your professional bags without taking what isn't yours.
      Category: Career  05 May 2025
    • From Two Left Feet to Halftime Hero: My Life as a Klein Oak Strutter Dad
      From nervous jitters on the sidelines to confidently taking center stage alongside my daughter, I've discovered that being a 'Dance Dad' for the Klein Oak Strutters isn't just about mastering choreography – it's about watching your child shine while unexpectedly finding your own spotlight in the process.
      Category: Life  27 Apr 2025
    • Universal Truths from the FTL Universe
      FTL: Faster Than Light isn't just a game about managing spaceships—it's a masterclass in resource management, adaptation, and learning from failure that offers profound wisdom for navigating our own unpredictable journeys through life's vast, challenging universe.
      Category: Life  19 Apr 2025

      • 2023

    • Year in Review 2023
      The year 2023 had a lot of firsts for me. It was full of firsts for my family, my first full year at GitHub, and it felt like the first year that was fully free of COVID's long shadow. Here are my favorite photos, social media posts, and thoughts about each month in 2023. I end with a summary of 2023.
      Category: Year in Review  27 Dec 2023

      • 2022

    • Open Source Your Interview Questions Test
      Companies often manage their interview questions as closely guarded secrets, but open sourcing them can make hiring processes more accessible, inclusive, and fair.
      Category: Work  12 Sep 2022
    • My Favorite 1:1 Questions
      Effective 1:1 meetings have been a vitally important of my management style for years. Here are my favorite 1:1 questions, and I also include some of the techniques I use to make 1:1s effective relationship and career building experiences.
      Category: Work  02 Sep 2022

      • 2021

    • Using Google Wifi with Xfinity Internet
      I recently had to switch my ISP to Xfinity Internet. Here's how I got it to work with my Google Wifi mesh network.
      Category: Tech  26 Feb 2021