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This article was originally published on the Voze Engineering Blog and is republished here for posterity.

I don’t want to be interesting.

Welcome to the lab!

So for the last 10 years I've been adding songs to my Spotify liked songs.

Megaphones are amazing.

Recently I found myself with some time on my hands... so I wrote a simple module for managing engineering team member information in automation projects.

Today my hunt for a new role begins in earnest.

What kind of man makes it through Hell Week?

Come meet with me about software engineering things, career things, business things, or bike things.

I've been trying to read more poetry this year.

So this article started as a thread of tweets.

Way back in my year end review for 2021 I wrote, As part of that effort I’ve worked to build a culture in engineering where people coming and going is normal.

Review-How to live safely in a science fictional universe By Charles Yu If I said the words: “Primer with daddy issues” how would that make you feel?

Review: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein As someone working in computers the slang term grok is pretty synonymous with understanding.

“Well, don’t you think that you as the commander have an obligation to create a vision for your command?”

This last week, I had my leadership team in town for the first time in a while for some planning meetings, and some team building1.

This afternoon I was reading a theological book (Jacob: a brief theological introduction by Deidre Nicole Green) when I happened on a quick mention of power over vs power with.

This covers a bit more than a week, but it’s been wild over here.

I've been thinking about France and French culture, and why it is that a country that only recently in the broad scheme of things adopted more equal policies around gender, is also a nation where anti-immigrant sentiment runs so deep.

It’s another week of DHH causing waves, which probably shouldn’t be surprising (not linking because I don’t really want to provide him a larger platform).

Review: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson The original Cosmere novel, that had somehow slipped through my reading list until this week.

Review: The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson No one does magical systems better than Brandon Sanderson.

Review: A million miles in a thousand years This was a fun one.

Review: Getting to Yes By Roger Fisher and William Ury This is a quick read with some really good insights into negotiating that isn’t focused on tricks or manipulative tactics.

Just a quick note to say that there is now a literature section in the nav menu and on this site.

Review: Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West by David Wolman and Julian Smith Strap yourself in for a story where cowboys aren’t the agents of American imperialism, where they don’t fig…

Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaimon I have a mixed experience with Neil Gaiman's work.

Review of "The Road to Valor" by Aili McConnon & Andres McConnon I have love cycling, a fact you should be aware of if you intend to stick around here.

There are moments where the lightbulb comes on for you and things that have been bouncing on the tip of your brain just drop into place.

Delays and technical issues bias us against others experiencing them.

I've managed teams named, among other things, Python-Brug, and Banpo.

What is the difference between a Software Engineer and a Software Developer?

These are rough thoughts and should be taken as such.

Welcome!

It has been quite the year!

In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety. — Abraham Maslow This last Sunday we went on a light hike with my mother-in-law who is in the process of converting her Ford Transit into a small camper van.

In 1096 the crusaders, Christian religious warrior pilgrims, set out for Jerusalem.

This has been a crazy year, but honestly an exciting one for me and my family.

Recently we had our second child, and that meant digging through a bunch of boxes in the basement to find leftover baby clothes and gear.

This is going to be a pretty straightforward list of what tech related reading I did this year.

I am playing with some graph databases right now, for a fun project I may write about later.

When you are faced with these problems, you must seek out the simplest way they can be solved.

Jobs’s taste for merciless criticism was notorious; Ive recalled that, years ago, after seeing colleagues crushed, he protested.

The really, really short answer is that you should not.

"The secret is never forgetting that you’re a journeyman actor and that nothing is your final thing, nothing is your greatest thing, nothing is your worst thing.

Prompt: "You are tasked with making the world most beautiful.

Hi friends!

Hang tight... this is going to get a little esoteric.

Last week I did a bit of programming for Game Of Codes in my "free" time which lead me to a couple of interesting observations. 1.

If you hadn’t noticed from this post and the last one...