by Greg Turnquist | May 31, 2016 | software
Something that has become crystal clear since I joined the Spring team is how important it is to take a break. Good code happens when developers take breaks. Of course there are times when I find myself working solid until 8:00 pm or later. But I try to make that the...
by Greg Turnquist | Mar 23, 2016 | open source, software
Logging onto my laptop this morning, I have already seen two tickets opened by different people clamoring for SOMEONE to address their stackoverflow question. They appeared to want an answer to their question NOW. The humor in all this is that the issue itself is only...
by Greg Turnquist | Nov 7, 2015 | software
Have you ever had gobs of fun hacking away on a computer? I can say I did, but it’s not so much fun when hackers getting into your network becomes easier and easier. Noodled with a piece of code that you discovered in the afternoon, and here it is, 2:00 a.m.? If...
by Greg Turnquist | May 9, 2015 | software, technology, Uncategorized
Not a week goes by when I hear some story about people displeased with how their own content has been misused. People gripe that entering stuff into Facebook no longer belongs to them. Other people copy-and-paste such stuff into other places. Things go...
by Greg Turnquist | Apr 30, 2015 | software
I have gotten onboard with using Travis CI for several projects. It is really cool. You can see some badges listed here: Spring Social Ecobee Issue Aggregator Drone Aggregator (You can go ahead and click the icons to see more) Having a constant indicator of something...
by Greg Turnquist | Feb 18, 2015 | software
If there is something software developers do, it’s get real picky about tools for editing software. That’s why there are strong, almost religious debates about vi vs. emacs and Adobe aftereffects and FCPX effects. I recently got fed up with TextMate for...
