Reports from the Field

  1. The missing fundamental

    When tasked with improving performance of legacy codebases it can be hard to know where to start; this post explores applying a concept from the world of audio engineering to software performance optimization.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    March 10, 2020
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    Dave Mosher
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    Consulting
    Development
    DevOps
  2. Open source spotlight: Dependable

    Recently, Michael Schoonmaker, Joshua Starkey, and myself got together to brainstorm some improvements we wanted to make to an open source library called Dependable that we had used on a client project.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    April 6, 2018
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    Dave Mosher
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    JavaScript
  3. The consultant's code

    I wish we could have built it right the first time but we were learning along the way. Ugh, we got handed this mess and now we have to figure out what to do with it.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    February 1, 2018
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Dave Mosher
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    consulting
    interviews
  4. Makefile usability tips

    It has been but a few short years since web developers chose a side and took up arms in the holy war of build automation tools; this is only one of many wars that have been fought countless times since the dawn of computing.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    April 17, 2017
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Dave Mosher
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Development
  5. Reasons not to quit your job

    “2016.” A year of ups and (if you agree with many of the social media channels in the last month) a significantly larger number of downs. I’m not sure exactly what it is about this time of year that causes us to reflect so much more than the rest of the year; I suspect it mostly has to do with a heightened sense of awareness as we approach boundaries.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    December 30, 2016
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Dave Mosher
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Growth

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