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Software developer and developer advocate looking to make the world a better place through better software.
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Great blog post about managing technical debt: it isn’t just about writing code, it’s about managing complexity, making trade-offs, and keeping the team aligned with the project vision www.esri.com/en-us/softwa...
Lessons from Swapping Out Our Authentication System
By implementing the new authentication system alongside the legacy system, we shipped when we were ready and de-risked the rollout.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Great blog post about managing technical debt: it isn’t just about writing code, it’s about managing complexity, making trade-offs, and keeping the team aligned with the project vision www.esri.com/en-us/softwa...
Gulf fritillary at Fish Haul Beach
October 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Gulf fritillary at Fish Haul Beach
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Maximum energy on minimum impact, are you #BikeShedding again?
#UX #Design #UI #UXDesign #ProductDesign #DesignThinking #books #humor #DontPanic #UXFails
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#UX #Design #UI #UXDesign #ProductDesign #DesignThinking #books #humor #DontPanic #UXFails
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12 • Bike Shedding - Hitchhikers Guide to Design
Bike shedding refers to the tendency of teams to spend disproportionate more time and energy debating trivial or easy-to-understand aspects of a project, whi...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Maximum energy on minimum impact, are you #BikeShedding again?
#UX #Design #UI #UXDesign #ProductDesign #DesignThinking #books #humor #DontPanic #UXFails
hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/bike-sh...
#UX #Design #UI #UXDesign #ProductDesign #DesignThinking #books #humor #DontPanic #UXFails
hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/bike-sh...
Is Portland Burning? I think not! isportlandburning.com
Is Portland Burning?
No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Is Portland Burning? I think not! isportlandburning.com
Hacktoberfest starts tomorrow - join us and contribute to open source, let's make great software www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
Our Third Hacktoberfest: Celebrating Open Source in 2025
Join Esri for Hacktoberfest 2025! Contribute to open source, learn, and collaborate with the developer community this October.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hacktoberfest starts tomorrow - join us and contribute to open source, let's make great software www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
share your views about using AI to write code, take our survey on AI for developers survey123.arcgis.com/share/b134e9...
Esri Developer - AI Survey
Customer survey on AI-usage for software development tasks.
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September 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
share your views about using AI to write code, take our survey on AI for developers survey123.arcgis.com/share/b134e9...
Another day, another security breach: "Resilience now comes from identity hardening and pipeline policies, not hope that upstream stays clean." www.ox.security/blog/npm-2-0...
180+ NPM Packages Hit in Major Supply Chain Attack | OX Security NPM Supply Chain Hack: 40+ Packages Compromised Shai-Hulud,
@ctrl/tinycolor and 40+ NPM packages trojanized in major attack, exposing developer credentials and cloud secrets. Shai-Hulud,
www.ox.security
September 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Another day, another security breach: "Resilience now comes from identity hardening and pipeline policies, not hope that upstream stays clean." www.ox.security/blog/npm-2-0...
SEO is not dead yet. The evidence from this study shows that LLM traffic is not delivering a measurable conversion advantage over organic at this stage. www.amsive.com/insights/seo...
Does LLM Traffic Convert Better Than Organic? A New Data-Backed Study
Our most recent data study tests if LLM traffic converts better than search. Discover the results for a better understanding of how LLMs are driving traffic.
www.amsive.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
SEO is not dead yet. The evidence from this study shows that LLM traffic is not delivering a measurable conversion advantage over organic at this stage. www.amsive.com/insights/seo...
Hack LLMs from Gary Marcus and Nathan Hamiel "LLMs were hallucinating the names of software packages that didn’t exist. Slopsquatters capitalized on this by creating malicious software packages under those names and waited for developers to implement them" garymarcus.substack.com/p/llms-codin...
LLMs + Coding Agents = Security Nightmare
Things are about to get wild
garymarcus.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hack LLMs from Gary Marcus and Nathan Hamiel "LLMs were hallucinating the names of software packages that didn’t exist. Slopsquatters capitalized on this by creating malicious software packages under those names and waited for developers to implement them" garymarcus.substack.com/p/llms-codin...
Beautiful night in Portland
August 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Beautiful night in Portland
since the WWDC keynote on Monday I'm seeing Liquid Glass everywhere, it is such a hot topic, best to stock up before it sells out!
June 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
since the WWDC keynote on Monday I'm seeing Liquid Glass everywhere, it is such a hot topic, best to stock up before it sells out!
Everyone likes my post! Gotta keep on posting
May 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Everyone likes my post! Gotta keep on posting
I scored 16,304 with 9 correct of 12 questions on The Nutrition Quiz. Can you do better? Play The Nutrition Quiz at killerquiz.com/1040. #trivia #killerquiz
The Nutrition Quiz | Killer Quiz
Test your knowledge of good nutrition and stay focused on your best self.
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May 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I scored 16,304 with 9 correct of 12 questions on The Nutrition Quiz. Can you do better? Play The Nutrition Quiz at killerquiz.com/1040. #trivia #killerquiz
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Not unrelatedly, I just learned via @badastronomy.beehiiv.com.web.brid.gy that one of the White House's chosen 'influencers' believed that dark phases of the Moon were proof it was *actually, physically gone*, & went into a public panic over it last October:
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/an-example...
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/an-example...
May 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Not unrelatedly, I just learned via @badastronomy.beehiiv.com.web.brid.gy that one of the White House's chosen 'influencers' believed that dark phases of the Moon were proof it was *actually, physically gone*, & went into a public panic over it last October:
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/an-example...
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/an-example...
Developers - check out our live stream featuring updates to game engine SDKs and developer resources to help you build amazing apps with Esri location services www.youtube.com/live/KTaistH...
What's New: Esri Developer Experience (May 2025)
YouTube video by Esri Developers
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May 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Developers - check out our live stream featuring updates to game engine SDKs and developer resources to help you build amazing apps with Esri location services www.youtube.com/live/KTaistH...
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In 1 week, #Esri webinar: What's New: Esri #Developer Experience (May 2025) tinyurl.com/3s2d8utp
#geodev #esridev #GIS #arcgis #GISChat #geospatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #TheScienceOfWhere #geosky
#geodev #esridev #GIS #arcgis #GISChat #geospatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #TheScienceOfWhere #geosky
May 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
In 1 week, #Esri webinar: What's New: Esri #Developer Experience (May 2025) tinyurl.com/3s2d8utp
#geodev #esridev #GIS #arcgis #GISChat #geospatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #TheScienceOfWhere #geosky
#geodev #esridev #GIS #arcgis #GISChat #geospatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #TheScienceOfWhere #geosky
interactive globe from NYT depicting immigration and emigration www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | An Interactive Map of Global Migration
Dive into a new data set released by Meta, charting immigration flows among 181 countries over four years.
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April 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
interactive globe from NYT depicting immigration and emigration www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
It’s a beautiful day, don’t let it get away
April 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It’s a beautiful day, don’t let it get away
I scored 16,328 with 9 correct of 10 questions on The Killer Quiz: City View. Can you do better? Play The Killer Quiz: City View at killerquiz.com/1109. #trivia #killerquiz
The Killer Quiz: City View | Killer Quiz
Test your knowledge of these popular cities around the world. You are given the aerial view of city, you must choose the best match to the city that is represented by the location.
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April 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I scored 16,328 with 9 correct of 10 questions on The Killer Quiz: City View. Can you do better? Play The Killer Quiz: City View at killerquiz.com/1109. #trivia #killerquiz
AI: it can write code, but do you know it is the right code?
April 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
AI: it can write code, but do you know it is the right code?
When blogging for developers try to get two questions answered as quick as possible: 1. Is this article for me? 2. How will I benefit from reading it? refactoringenglish.com/chapters/wri...
How to Write Blog Posts that Developers Read
Software bloggers can make the same mistakes for years that prevent readers from discovering their writing. I know because I'm one of them. Over time, I've learned techniques that help some blog posts...
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April 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
When blogging for developers try to get two questions answered as quick as possible: 1. Is this article for me? 2. How will I benefit from reading it? refactoringenglish.com/chapters/wri...