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Unmarked Milestones
I just realized this week—while cleaning up the kind of database cruft (legacy latin1 character set encoding) that comes from database in use for long periods of time—that I completely missed passing 20 years blogging back in May. Open Parenthesis went live May 30th, 2006, with a post about the upcoming BarCamp Boston (the first…
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Code For the People
New short documentary (< 20 minutes) via Automattic about Open Source and the Future of the Web. If you’re already working in open source there won’t be anything new here, and if you’re part of the WordPress community you might even wonder if the timing of this has anything to do with the WP Engine…
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Mo’ Code, Mo’ Problems
One of the truisms I learned early in my career is that every line of code you write is a liability as much as it is an asset. Every line of code you (or your team) writes is a line of code that must be maintained, a line of code that potentially exposes a security…
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Say Anything but AI
There’s an iconic scene in 1989’s Say Anything where John Cusack’s character Lloyd Dobler is asked by Ione Skye’s father what he plans to do for a career. He tries to dodge the question first, but when pressed says: I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t…
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Songs for the AI Age
Whether you are dystopian, utopian, or some kind of apocaloptimist, you need good tunes to accompany your efforts. Feel free to suggest additions in the comments
I previously blogged at Open Parenthesis, between 2005 and 2015. Slides from talks can also be seen at SlideShare and/or Speaker Deck.