I missed my normal Sunday writing window this week. That is not a complaint. It is just what happened. We hosted a party on Saturday for the 250th birthday of the United States, and by the time Sunday came around, the weekend had already become the lesson. The party was spectacular. The fireworks were great. […]
Being a builder is a skill. I have spent the last few days helping a client prepare for a website launch. He designed the vision. Another company handled the original build. I came in afterward to help tie everything together, refine the rough edges, and make the entire experience actually work the way it should. […]
There are many approaches to being a software developer. I’ll start by saying that in my decades of experience there is not one approach that is better than another. To me, differences in approach typically are due to the trade-off between time and cost. These differences in approach are quite fine and I’d argue often […]
What is an interface? It’s a key feature in object-oriented programming and yet so mysterious to developers getting their start in the world of software development. Quite simply, an interface is a language specific representation of a contract used in computer programming languages. Interfaces cannot be instantiated, and they cannot define implementations. They are just […]
Microsoft Azure has added a neat feature to App Services called MySQL In App. This feature allows you to host a MySQL instance inside of the resources of your App Service Plan you are already paying for. This is a great feature for setting up a blog or having a small database handy local to […]
