The Ever-Deployable Github Workflow, v2.0: Branches and Issues

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Git WorkflowHere at CHOAM, we love to live at the junction of creating and learning. In fact, it’s one of the primary reasons I became a programmer. As a little kid with my TI 99/4A I could create software I never dreamed possible. Sitting down with my BASIC compiler, I could type a few lines of code and suddenly do something that I could never do before. I’ve been...

Hourly work, fairness, and the scamming of lawyers

I’ve been working full-time as a contract programmer for a few years now, and have recently begun to realize something very disheartening: My clients get a lot of shit for free. Now, that’s not disheartening in a “they get stuff I don’t get” sort of way. I mean, good for them. I’m a happy person who likes spreading happiness, so I’m not against them getting shit for free on...

Don’t be an idiot like me, mock your services!

You know the old saying, a derivative of: “Test are like flossing, we all know we should write them, but no-one does.” That’s an old saying because, while it was true 10-20 years ago, it’s not so true now. For the most part, the modern development world is a beautifully tested one. These days, nearly everyone flosses. Still, there are always improvements. Sure, we test, but maybe we...

A Farewell To Facebook, Reason #3: Obsession & Stupidity

This is the last in my posts about why I left Facebook. No, really, I promise! Like many things I write, they’ve come off a bit as “explanation” and/or “justification,” but– also like many things I write– they were meant more as “exploration.” They are a personal exploration, through writing, of my own decisions and motivations. That is what writing is to me. That...

A Farewell to Facebook, Reason #2: Interaction

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series A Farewell To FacebookIn a previous post, I described the confusion of the term “friend” as a primary reason I left Facebook. Another reason I left was confusion over the term “interact.” It just seems that much of Facebook is not “interaction.” It’s short anecdotes that people comment on. That’s not interaction. Interaction is...