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Latest — 11 Nov 2025

Go read the new Batman comic series

My two favorite comics currently feature Batman. Absolute Batman has been getting all the attention this year, but the flagship Batman comic recently relaunched with a new #1 and creative team. Matt Fraction and Jorge Jiménez are killing it on this comic. If you like Batman you should go read

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It's just a blog, and that's ok

I haven't called this site a blog in a while. I usually say "my site" or "my personal site." It feels liberating to just call it what it is, a blog. I like blogging. In fact, it's largely responsible for how I

Reframing Debates About Programming Languages

I recently had to go through choosing a programming language for a project at work, so this piece from Steve Francia on Why Engineers Can't Be Rational About Programming Languages resonated: In every language discussion, two conversations are happening simultaneously. We all know this intuitively if not explicitly.

The Human and the Technical

I wrote a small thing on LinkedIn yesterday about the differences in media and tech companies, based on my experience of working for various large companies. I wrote: Tech companies tend to focus on process, data, and engineering practice. Media companies focus on the humans driving the technology. Great software

AI Tools and the Craft of Coding

I found this post The Programmer Identity Crisis on Mastodon via a boost by David Beazley of Andrii Mishkovskyi’s post. I agree with Andrii, this really is a beautifully written piece, but I do, however, think I have something to add. So let me try. Here’s the crux

Everything is either a tech company or a media company, or now, a bank

I've been say something to the effect of this for awhile now – every business is ultimately either a tech business or a media business, and the really great ones have figured out how to be both. Let me make this concrete with an example. My oldest daughter is

Wrestling with the big questions of tech and content distribution

I haven't gotten to the reveal of the Hidden Reason Digital Comics Never Took Off in the latest episode of the Comic Industry Insiders podcast, but I'm already intrigued. I'm only 15-20 minutes into an hour and half plus episode, and they're

Testing (and craft) FTW!

I feel this so much from Ned Batchelder's post Testing is better than DSA: In a job search, testing experience will stand out more than DSA depth. It shows you’ve thought about what it takes to write high-quality software instead of just academic exercises. I frequently ask

Dragon Con 2025

That's right nerds, it's our Christmas time. Dragon Con 2025 is upon us.

20 years of Django and me

I saw that it's Django's 20 year birthday today (via Simon Willison). Wow, that's hard to believe, but also, I know it all too well. My own career parallels Django's history. Back in 2005, I was about a year into my first