Avoiding Kotlin Minefields in Apache Beam
Without a doubt, the Java SDK is the most popular and full featured of the languages supported by Apache Beam and if you bring the power »
No, You Aren't Alone.
This situation sucks. My heart goes out to all of those affected by this terrible pandemic across the globe. With our lives flipped upside-down for the »
When Containers Become Trashcans
Containers are so awesome. Prior to containers, if you wanted to experiment with some new technology, you had to go through the ringer to configure and »
Putting the Fun in C# Local Functions
Many popular languages support the use of local functions and in C# 7, support for them was announced with relatively little fanfare. As someone that would »
How I Haven't Become an Amorphous Blob While Working Remotely
With it being February, I’m sure quite a few folks out there are still trying to keep their New Year's resolutions intact. Since I’d »
Happy New ... C# 9 Features!
As one of my languages du jour, I've always had a fondness for C#. It was one of the first high-level languages that I learned in »
The Bug That Got Away
One thing that I've always loved hearing about from fellow engineers or reading about on technical blogs are bugs. Nasty ones. Ones that keep you up »
Visual Studio, Why Can't You Just Let Me Have This One (Solution Folder)?
If you've ever worked in a large code-base of around a hundred or so projects, then you know that organizing your code can almost be as »
Priorities of a Passionate Developer
Anyone that has been around me knows that I'm quite passionate about my craft, and if you are reading this, you probably have a bit of »
Software Soup
As a father of two, one of which being very recent, it's been tough to find time to blog as much as I usually do. It's »