I’m a software engineer with a passion for building things that help people.

I've been doing this for over 15 years, and while my focus has shifted from time to time, it's always been about making the lives of other people easier https://t.co/YZcKRDGGxg ...

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A great book for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the United States, and a good read for those interested in American politics.

I've been wanting to read this book since I first heard about it on NPR several years ago. It was finally available at my library so I picked it up right away. The author is an academic historian with ...

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I’m not a fan of the “GitHub is evil” narrative.

The GitHub-is-evil trope has been around for years, but it seems to have become more prevalent in recent months. I think this is because many people are coming to realize that they don’t really need ...

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I was wrong.

The first thing I did after getting my hands on the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar was to install Windows 10 via Boot Camp. This is something that I had been wanting to do for a while, but never got a ...

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Complex environments breed tolerated complex failures.

Tolerated Complex Failures are Everywhere, and They're Your Fault You can't see them because you designed them. You made the assumptions about what "Contact" meant in your API design. You assumed it ...

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I got a new job, and it’s awesome.

I have been working at my current company for almost two years now. I started as an intern in the summer of 2015, then became a full-time employee in January 2016. It was great to work with some reall ...

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The best way to get started with the C++ REST SDK is by using a template project.

You can find one here: https://github.com/Microsoft/cpprest-samples-template . If you want to use Visual Studio, then check out this blog post for instructions on how to set up your environment https: ...

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API security is a top concern for organizations, but the tools and approaches to date are proving inadequate

API security is a top concern for organizations, but the tools and approaches to date are proving inadequate https://t.co/FdntCJYMP0 ...

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