After getting hired by a new company, you can get overwhelmed with the “newness.” Here’s how you can stay on task — 1. Notes Don’t be afraid of taking notes — lots of notes. I’ve been using an app I learned about recently called Obsidian that I’m really liking. You can use anything you want: MS Word, One Note, Notepad++, VS Code, anything really. General questions: Who is on my team? (number of teammates, titles, responsibilities)

I could not believe how simple multi-threading a User Interface could be and how reliably it could be done. The Why Much of my day job involves making modifications to a Desktop Application that I have no control of. This app allows developers to add .dll plugins that it can read via…

A friend once told me, “Luck is a lazy person’s excuse for a hard-working person’s success,” and I think he may have been right. I won’t lie — I have come across multiple people who have gotten lucky breaks and seem to have just landed in good positions in everything…

It’s no surprise that people are put off from choosing a career in software, and the developers are the biggest problem. The internet is a fantastic tool that has allowed faceless caricatures displaying untold amounts of arrogance to impolitely tell noobies to go f*ck themselves while simultaneously demonstrating just how…

Many will tell you that you don’t need a degree to get a job as a software developer, and they are correct, but that doesn’t mean it’s easier. …

Windows PowerToys is the first tool I install on my computer, especially with a large screen. Windows management, however, is only one of several features this app provides. I wrote an article about getting a development environment set up a little while ago here. Some friends have read that article…

There are tried and true methods to get users to not only use your software but embrace it and sell it as their own — Aside from writing functional, maintainable software, one of the biggest hurdles I face repeatedly is getting user buy-in. If you work in a large corporation and write software, there are times that the users will help shape and dictate what the software does, but frequently, it’s some form of upper…