A Theory of Failure
I think about failure a lot. Why do things go wrong and what can we do about it? Professionally I’m a software engineer, presently the »
Safe Bad
The last several years of my career have been spent in specialized teams doing specialized things. In a purely technical sense, that's been delightful and I've »
Build Good Software: Of Politics and Methods
This essay is the companion to my Lambda Days 2017 talk. It is very long. If you'd like an ePub version of this essay or have »
Peculiar Books Reviewed: Charles Perrow's "Normal Accidents"
Wheels roll over feet, kitchen knives slice into fingers, heaters catch houses on fire, software crashes losing work and chemical plants blow up. Each of these »