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Why Buying An Apple II+ In 1979 Changed My Life After graduating from college in 1979, I bought a then-new Apple II+ with what little money I had....
16th Mar 2026
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Why Buying An Apple II+ In 1979 Changed My Life

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16th Mar 2026
After graduating from college in 1979, I bought a then-new Apple II+ with what little money I had. Little did I know that everything that happened after that was not what I expected. I went to graduate school in Chemistry, but my faculty advisor resigned after being denied...
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Verizon's I'm A Teapot Error And Other Technology Fails This is not my week for using technology. None of these problems was my fault, other than my...
6th Oct 2025
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Verizon's I'm A Teapot Error And Other Technology Fails

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6th Oct 2025
This is not my week for using technology. None of these problems was my fault, other than my existing in the universe and the attraction that brought. Today, I wanted to review my Verizon mobile account, and I noticed that the website had changed since my last visit. I clicked
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Why Is Xcode So Antagonistic To Reduced Vision? My eyesight is generally OK, but I have trouble reading small text, especially medium gray on light...
17th Sep 2025
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Why Is Xcode So Antagonistic To Reduced Vision?

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17th Sep 2025
My eyesight is generally OK, but I have trouble reading small text, especially medium gray on light gray backgrounds. I usually code in 16 or even 18 point fonts, currently Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono. Every new release of Xcode makes seeing various UI elements harder, as if the...
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What Is A Good Programmer? Am I a good programmer? The short answer is: I don’t know what that means. I have been programming...
27th Jul 2025
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What Is A Good Programmer?

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27th Jul 2025
Am I a good programmer? The short answer is: I don’t know what that means. I have been programming for 52 years now, having started in a public high school class in 1973, which is pretty rare because few high schools offered such an opportunity back then. I
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Stress And Programming Having spent four decades as a programmer in various industries and situations, I know that modern...
9th May 2025
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Stress And Programming

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9th May 2025
Having spent four decades as a programmer in various industries and situations, I know that modern software development processes are far more stressful than when I started. It's not simply that developing software today is more complex than it was back in 1981. In that early...
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What Is Software Quality? Everyone wants the software they work on to produce quality products, but what does that mean? In...
31st Mar 2025
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What Is Software Quality?

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31st Mar 2025
Everyone wants the software they work on to produce quality products, but what does that mean? In addition, how do you know when you have it? This is the longest single blog post I have ever written. I spent four decades writing software used by people (most of the server
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Giving Junior Engineers Control Of A Six Trillion Dollar System Is Nuts For some purpose, the DOGE people are burrowing their way into all US Federal Systems. Their...
4th Feb 2025
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Giving Junior Engineers Control Of A Six Trillion Dollar System Is Nuts

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4th Feb 2025
For some purpose, the DOGE people are burrowing their way into all US Federal Systems. Their complete control over the Treasury Department is entirely insane. Unless you intend to destroy everything, making arbitrary changes to complex computer systems will result in destruction,...
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What I Miss And Don't From Working As A Programmer I retired almost four years ago after nearly 40 years as a programmer. While I still write code...
25th Jan 2025
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What I Miss And Don't From Working As A Programmer

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25th Jan 2025
I retired almost four years ago after nearly 40 years as a programmer. While I still write code daily, I do so to support my generative art rather than get paid for it. Most of my career was spent building new applications, and no matter what my title was, I
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How Many Hours Can You Code? How many hours a day can you write code, and at what point does the quality of your work go down?...
18th Dec 2024
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How Many Hours Can You Code?

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18th Dec 2024
How many hours a day can you write code, and at what point does the quality of your work go down? Even more important is how many weeks and months of that max effort you can still be effective. In my life, there have only been three periods where I
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How Talking Over A Wall Changed My Direction As A Programmer I started my programming career in October 1981 at a large defense contractor (GD). At the time, my...
2nd Oct 2024
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How Talking Over A Wall Changed My Direction As A Programmer

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2nd Oct 2024
I started my programming career in October 1981 at a large defense contractor (GD). At the time, my goal was to work for a couple of years and then continue my education with a Ph.D. in Chemistry (I had already been accepted). The office I worked in was a
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