A Programmer's Dream

The Quiet Workers: Hosted Services in .NET Web Applications

Not everything that matters in software makes noise. Some of the most important things our applications do happen quietly. In the background. Polling. Syncing .Cleaning up. Keeping the lights on without ever blocking a user request or lighting up a dashboard.

Translating Tech to Strategy: The Executive's Role in Software Projects

There’s a moment in every project where the translation breaks down. Engineers are speaking in systems. Executives are speaking in outcomes. And too often, no one is really listening to each other.I’ve spent most of my career standing in that gap.

Why Simpler Code Ages Better Than Clever Code: Lessons From Two Decades in Development

Early in my career, I rebuilt a wizard engine in a .NET WebForms app. It was dynamic, elegant, fast, and borderline indecipherable. It worked. But it didn’t live well. I’ve come to learn that the best code isn’t the most inventive. It’s the most understandable. Simple code invites collaboration. It survives context loss. It doesn’t need to be decoded six months later.

Reframing ATS: It’s Not the Enemy. It’s a Different Audience.

There was a time when resumes were crafted solely for human eyes -- when paper weight, typography, and a well-chosen phrase mattered more than algorithms or parsing engines. Today, we write for two audiences. The machine that scans for keywords and patterns, and the human who still craves a story.