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How many hours a day can you write code, and at what point does the quality of your work go down? Even more important is how many weeks and months of that max effort you can still be effective. In my life, there have only been three periods where I
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How Talking Over A Wall Changed My Direction As A Programmer
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I started my programming career in October 1981 at a large defense contractor (GD). At the time, my goal was to work for a couple of years and then continue my education with a Ph.D. in Chemistry (I had already been accepted). The office I worked in was a
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How I Defeated An MMO Game Hack Author
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In the late 2000's, I worked at a niche MMO game company. We had a small team, not a lot of money, but a loyal audience. It was a game of skill without any of the usual powerups and unreality, and the players enjoyed the challenge. Then, one day, we
on Oct 20
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How Flight Reservations Work - Part 1
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After my post How Hotel Reservations Work did so well I want to follow up with the Flight version. Flight reservations are such a complicated mess it will take at least 2 or even 3 posts, the first more high level and the last will have to wait until I
on Sep 20
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Career Retrospective: Being Interviewed
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I'm starting a series on what I learned during my four decades as a working programmer. First, I will describe my experience of being interviewed. Interviews are part of being a programmer; every time you find a new job, you will go through interviews, which allow a prospective employer an
on Jul 15
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How To Know When It's Time To Go
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I retired in 2021 at 63.5 after about four decades as a programmer. What made me do this was not failing ability in any way, but after a year of consideration, I realized I didn't care to do it anymore. Everyone will eventually reach a point at which they
on Jul 14
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My Address Doesn't Fit, And Other Complaints
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So today, I decided to renew my driver's license online, like any modern person would. I started the process by going to my state's driver's license website. The first page is to verify my home and mail addresses. Since nothing changed, I hit "Next." The site told me that the
on Jun 26
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I Am Happy Not To Be A Web Developer Anymore
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I wrote my first single-page web app in Javascript in 2005, right after learning about XMLHttpRequest and before any serious frameworks existed. I left professional web development behind around 2009 (I started in 1997 with WebObjects) and spent the final decade of my career doing mobile. I look at the
on Oct 18, 2023