Note: I split this post into two to make it more digestible. For background and context, see my post Shiny things. TL; DR Background and definition The Magpie is misunderstood and provides a good model for learning The V model of learning (contrasted to the model of T-shaped people) attempts to maximise intersection points in knowledge to enable …
Rabbit holes I disappear from time to time. No, not in the physical sense. Rabbit holes are everywhere. I follow them and emerge a couple of days (or weeks) later, hopefully wiser. For illustration, I wandered through Docker land for a whole 6 months. That particular rabbit hole went deep. The weird and wonderful container landscape is still …
This post is more than two months late, but I’ve been at DStv Online since November 2011. Intervate has been great to me, and is still on my recommended list of employers. I experienced significant growth there, and I thank them for that - but with consideration of some quality of life issues I’ve been having, and a need to stretch my …
The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development (Chad Fowler) and The Pragmatic Programmer (Andrew Hunt and David Thomas).
I’ve left Avision to join Intervate . Although I miss Avision and its people tremendously, I felt that I’ve reached my growth ceiling and that I needed some new challenges. I’ve been an employee at Intervate for two months now - and it’s a great company : Microsoft Gold Partner, intelligent and competent people, exciting …
There’s been some long gaps between blog entries due to the amount of time I can afford to write. What am I up to these days? Still working my full time day job as a systems developer (I actually think it qualifies as a day-night job). Writing (and fixing) articles for CodeProject. Doing lots and lots of R&D (new frameworks, applications, …
Got my first CodeProject article submitted! Yes I know, it’s small and still a work in progress but it’s a start! The URL’s going to change soon, I’ll update this post with the new link. Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash
Amazing how little time you get as a developer for doing the things you really want to do (and here I am sitting in front of a computer again ;)). This blog has been a bit stale, and I’ve made a quarter-year resolution to put new energy into it. Projects have been keeping me extremely busy these last couple of weeks - specifically an …