We end up needing to troubleshoot things because those things are doing something different than what was intended. This is my strategy for troubleshooting all the things, especially code. My first tip is to take notes. Write in a notebook. Type in a text document. Add comments to code that you won’t keep. Create unit tests… Continue reading How to Read Code When Troubleshooting
I’m a big fan of computers which is why I’m glad to be a Computer Scientist. I like to say that, because of my Computer Science degree, I can explain almost everything that happens from the time I press a letter key on my keyboard to the time that letter shows up on a website… Continue reading Why This Programmer Is Learning About Electricity
I want to write posts that speak to anyone interested in tech. I want to limit the effects of my bias and do my small part to make the tech industry more inclusive and welcoming. Writing code and managing technology as a profession is hard enough as it is, we should be doing everything we… Continue reading Writing Inclusive Articles
I try to keep my more personal, non-tech-related musings on my personal blog at scottpantall.wordpress.com but it’s important to me that I share this as much as possible. My friend, Lewis Imperiale, died early in the morning of October 20th, 2020 after getting sick with the coronavirus. He was 40 years old. Please donate to… Continue reading Eulogy For My Friend, Lewis Imperiale
One of the best questions a leader can ask people they are leading is “What can I do for you?” Unfortunately, without a burning desire for a specific thing to happen this is a really difficult question for anyone to answer. So when the Lead Engineer on my team, the Engineering Manager, or the founders… Continue reading What do I expect from my leadership in my tech startup?
25 years ago Philippe Krutchen published an article in the IEEE Software magazine describing a different way to interpret and communicate software architecture. He used complex systems like air traffic control systems and phone systems in his example because those were the big, complex systems that needed this understanding at that time. For some context,… Continue reading 4+1 View Models of Software Architecture 25 Years Later
It seems like anyone with a personal blog that is over a year old has lulls in the amount we publish and those lulls can only be ended with the obligatory “I’m Blogging Again” blog post. We do this because we feel weird just saying something after a long period of relative silence and mostly… Continue reading The Obligatory “I’m Blogging Again” Blog Post
I recently decided to stop posting Colorado Tech Weekly blog posts since they’ve served their purpose for me and, after 350 weeks (that’s over 5 YEARS!), I’d like to do something different. I think it’s a cool resource and I’d love to see it continue but I don’t want to be the person doing it.… Continue reading How I Maintained Colorado Tech Weekly For 350 Straight Weeks
Taking time to take care of myself makes me better in my roles. I need to repeat this so that I continue to believe it because it’s easy for me to feel selfish for doing these things. This is another week that I sit down to write without publishing anything. Last week was cuz of… Continue reading Time For Self Makes For Better Time With Others
I was gonna sit down and write about how hard it is for me to spend at last 30 minutes once a week to sit down and write because there’s work to be done and OMG why aren’t I doing that work right now?! I was also going to publish my writing from last week… Continue reading Technology Makes This Easier All The Time
