Landing The Submarine: Further Ironies, Part III
Welcome to the third and final part in our three part series “Further Ironies” (please see Part I and Part II) discussing generalization, specialization, and how…
Systems Engineering
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It’s Not a Bug. It’s How the Building Runs.
I’ve had engineers come back to me more than once with a bug they want to close out. The version I remember best went something like…
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Everyone Hit Their Numbers. The System Didn’t Move.
The night before the on-site, six of us went to dinner. Forty people were flying in the next morning to spend two days working on one…
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That’s Not An Exception Path
Wanna know why that cool new thing crashed and burned when you put it in the field? The renders, promo videos, spreadsheets, and live demo all…
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Mythology In The Technical World
Don’t worry, we’re not going to be carrying flower-strewn portraits of Steve Jobs around in the streets today. It’s a slow burn but it’s worth it.…