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Scaling Software Engineering Teams
This post is part 1 of a series on how you can take advantage of processes and tooling that large public open-source projects have developed to build a foundation that will help you scale your engineering organization and better take…
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Software Engineering – It’s All Hard
There’s an inside joke among software developers that goes something like “naming things is hard.” That’s certainly true. I can’t count the number of times I’ve stared at my screen trying to figure out the perfect name for a variable,…
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Gettin’ off my duff
Well, at least partially. Since there are so many different ways that could be interpreted, let me explain. I’ve worked at home almost all of the last 14 years as both a full-time employee and freelance programmer–a good chunk of…
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Reason for the Silence
Wowzers! It’s been 10 months since I create a post on my blog! There is a good reason for that, I promise. I’m obviously not a prolific blogger like Ray Camden or some of the other folks that seem to…
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Can you be too object-oriented for your client’s good?
Unless you’ve been coding under a rock since ColdFusion 4.5, you’ve likely noticed the massive momentum behind object-oriented design and development in the ColdFusion sphere over the last 2 to 3 years. I love the idea of designing apps using…
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How I got started in ColdFusion
After separating from active duty with the US Air Force in early 1998, I took a job working at a telecommunications company located in Brentwood, TN as a desktop and server support IT guy. About 6 months after I started,…
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I turned 40 yesterday…Here’s to the 2nd half
For those of you that normally come here for technical information, this post is completely non-technical and I’ll understand if you decide to spend your valuable time somewhere else. As the title of this post suggests, I made it through…
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Automatically Encrypting and Decrypting Data with ColdFusion ORM and Annotations
I’m writing an application that uses ColdFusion’s ORM features heavily. Various fields in my database deal with Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and need to be encrypted to meet regulatory requirements. I’ve been mulling over the best way to deal with…
Dan
Geek, Tinkerer, Creator
I’m Dan. An ambivert by nature, geek by divine calling, husband to a wonderful woman, and father to three amazing kiddos. I enjoy tinkering with all sorts of automation, self-hosting / home labs, and creating stuff with lasers and 3D printers in our “maker space” with my children.
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