Coding Horror

three children, and a whole lot of computers. I was weaned as a software developer on various implementations of Microsoft BASIC in the 80's , starting with my first microcomputer, the Texas Instruments TI-99/4a . I continued on the PC with Visual Basic 3.0 and Windows 3.1 in the early 90's, although I also spent significant time writing Pascal cod... e in the first versions of Delphi. I am now quite comfortable in VB.NET or C#, despite the evils of case sensitivity . I'm currently learning Ruby. web software developer with a particular interest in the human side of software development, as represented in my recommended developer reading list . Computers are fascinating machines, but they're mostly a reflection of the people using them. In the art of software development, studying code isn't enough; you have to study the people behind the software, too. In 2004 I began this blog. I don't mean to be overly dramatic, but it changed my life . Everything that comes after was made possible by this blog. In early 2012 I decided to leave Stack Exchange and spend time with my growing family while I think about what the next thing could be. As of 2013, that turned out to be Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc. and the Discourse open-source discussion platform . Here's to the next 10 years of improving conversations on the Internet! This blog runs the excellent open source Ghost blogging software, and is now graciously hosted on their blog hosting service . Mostly for selfish reasons. I needed a way to keep track of software development over time whatever I am thinking about or working on. I research things I find interesting, then document my research with a public blog post, which I can easily find and refer to later. Hopefully other people will find these posts helpful, relevant, or interesting. I firmly believe that blogs are a two way conversation, so I welcome email and comments as long as they're on topic, more or less. If you're into audio, there's a bit more in my 45 minute .NET Rocks interview . If you ...Read More