Why do we need experts?

by | Jun 13, 2017 | Uncategorized

In this day and age, the DIY (Do It Yourself) movement is strong. The internet has made it super simple to start reading about somthing, but a few things from Amazon, and reach and get going! On one hand, that’s really good. I’ve seen countless businesses...

I signed a contract!

by | Jun 9, 2017 | darklight, writing

Something I’ve been working on for seven years now has taken a big turn. I signed a contract with Clean Reads to publish my novel, DARKLIGHT! I’m pretty stoked about this. Of course it will be lots of work. Not even sure if it’s coming out this year...

The Power of REST – Part 3

by | Jun 5, 2017 | rest

Last week in The Power of REST – Part 2, I talked about how investing effort in backward compatibility and having flexible settings, it’s possible to avoid a lot of “API versioning”, something Roy Fielding has decried. In this article,...

The Power of REST – Part 2

by | May 29, 2017 | rest

Last week, in The Power of REST – Part 1, I challenged someone’s proposal that their client-side query language could supplant the power of REST. It seemed to attack strawman arguments about REST. In this article, I wanted to delve a little more into what...

Hidden Figures – A Really Cool Movie

by | May 26, 2017 | movie

Last night, I watched Hidden Figures with my wife and a friend. The story had me pinned to my seat the entire time. This is set back in the days of the Mercury space program. Back then, before the days of digital computers, there were human computers to tally up...

The Power of REST – Part 1

by | May 23, 2017 | rest, software

I was kind of shocked when I saw Yet Another Posted Solution to REST. I sighed and commented, and drew the ire of many. So I figured this might be a good time to gather some thoughts on REST. Love how GraphQL “fixes” the REST by introducing tight coupling and...

Something Java should never do

by | May 20, 2017 | java, maven

I’ve been working on a pull request on Spring HATEOAS for six weeks. That’s right, six weeks. It was a community contribution, and there’s a lot to sift through. Yesterday morning, I was slated to conduct the first review with the project lead. But...

Marketing your book with a launch group

by | May 16, 2017 | marketing, writing

I’ve recently been working on building up a new aspect of marketing – forming a launch group. A launch group is a close knit circle of people that help you get the word out when your book, as they say, hits the stands. I have two fronts in progress:...

The myth of polymorphism

by | May 1, 2017 | software

I remember reading about polymorphism for the first time. I was in high school, and boy it sure looked cool! Too bad I didn’t realize that the myth of polymorphism was a bunch of poppy cock. You see, polymorphism never seems to be presented in its real state....