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Risks and the Entrepreneur

The two most important factors in breaking down an opportunity are controlling for variables and controlling for time.

Posted by ivan on Sat, Sep 24, 2022

Unplanned Work and Resolving Conflicts

Unplanned work is not a roadblock to a good working relationship, but be mindful of you go about resolving these kinds of conflicts.

Posted by ivan on Fri, Sep 16, 2022

Who Really Owns That Config File?

Sharing ownership of an app’s codebase is easier than ownership of its configuration. The biggest impediment is failing to understand the dynamic between development teams …

Posted by ivan on Mon, Sep 12, 2022

Logging Remote IP in Rails

Wondering why your Rails logs are reporting the wrong Remote IP on your hosted cloud platform? This explains trusted proxies and how to configure Rails the right way.

Posted by ivan on Sun, Sep 11, 2022

On the Ephemera of 'Front End'

What is the shelf-life of your codebase, and what changes would you make if it was cheap to throw it all away?

Posted by ivan on Thu, Sep 8, 2022

Why Software Breaks

At the intersection of technology & people, who's at fault when things break?

Posted by ivan on Mon, Aug 15, 2022

Politics, Oh Politics

It’s more than a meeting...

Making organizations effective means being an active participant...

Posted by ivan on Fri, Apr 29, 2022

On Second Opinions

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride

I once talked someone out of hiring me, and then talked them out of hiring anyone remotely like me...

Posted by ivan on Tue, Jan 25, 2022

Work to Play

Remember to bring your No.2 pencil

This was going to be post about the way work is indiscernible from play, but then I came across an article on ‘The Crisis of Purpose’ which brought to mind the very …

Posted by ivan on Mon, Dec 13, 2021

Hire Late

Learn through repetition, then repeat

Posted by ivan on Fri, Dec 3, 2021