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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Be Honest When Things Go Wrong
One of the important lessons I learned at my first engineering job was to be honest and open at all times. This was never illustrated more clearly than when a refiner disc flew apart, tore through the pressurized refiner casing, … Continue reading
Embedding Documentation and References
Documentation has traditionally been maintained separately from but in parallel to software systems as they’ve been implemented and maintained. Keeping the documentation in sync with an evolving system is a well-known challenge. Documentation itself comes in many forms and even … Continue reading
It Isn’t Always You (It Usually Is… But It Isn’t Always)
I’ve spent a lot of hours and years grinding out code. This means I’ve had to solve a lot of problems, many of my own making. Seriously, almost every coding problem is the local programmer’s fault and can be fixed … Continue reading
When I Knew I Was “Home”
When I was very young my family sometimes took the train from DC to New York to visit my grandparents. I still remember the swaying and rumbling of the cars and the smell of oil and a certain kind of … Continue reading
A *LOT* of Ways to Test Software and Systems
Having developed software for systems large and small, as well as performed every kind of software testing services known to man – I’ve been involved with most kinds of software testing. Here are the major details from my experience. The … Continue reading
A friend wanted to work on a “great” project
A fellow engineer once commented that our work seemed mundane. He wanted to do something big or spectacular or “great”, like the moon landings or Hoover Dam. And it wasn’t just that he wanted it to be great, he wanted … Continue reading