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
Thank you to Hope Waggoner and Mike Sassak for their kind review of this essay. It wouldn't be half what it is without their help. I’ »
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 »