• Computers Suck

    Posted on June 8th, 2008

    Written by Howard Young

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    Software Developer Becomes Ice Road Trucker

    Watch tonight, 9 PM ET/PT, and you’ll see how I tossed in my career as a Software Developer and became one of the top stars in Ice Road Trucker. Joking … Sometimes you have weird dreams like tossing in the towel and taking a life of a less stressful job like a Truck Driver making [...]

  • Software Development, Websites

    Posted on December 13th, 2007

    Written by Howard Young

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    Not Invented Here — Time to Reframe the Development Process (Part II)

    Not Invented Here is a continuing series of articles to help you overcome the hurdles of reusing and leverage existing technology for rapid development. The decision to develop any product in-house takes considerable amount of effort and development time. Reusing components and integrating them with your product reduces the time to delivery and in the [...]

  • Software Tools

    Posted on August 6th, 2007

    Written by Howard Young

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    Every Software Developer Needs a Good Cup of Java

    I never met a software developer that didn’t drink coffee (or tea). Lots of coffee. This is due to the demanding hours we keep. Eighteen hour days is not unusual especially during crunch-time. I love running out to Starbucks, Coffee Bean or now my favorite Bad Ass Coffee around 3 or 4 in afternoon to [...]

  • Software Development, Websites

    Posted on June 28th, 2007

    Written by Howard Young

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    I Keep Telling My Wife I’m Working on MustFindit

    It’s been a busy evening trying to finalize the design for MustFindit. If you’re a software developer, you know that nothing is final and there’s always fiddling to get that extra bit of performance out of your creation. I’m well past the MustFindit alpha launch date of June 15, 2007 but with these latest changes, [...]