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📅 June 15, 2022 Support ⏱ 2 minutes read

Technical Support – Fire Fighting Issues

Welcome, today we are going to be talking about one of the most talked-about, but overlooked discussions about software and that is technical support. What do we do when software has a problem? In…

📅 June 14, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

Acceptable Risk – A Bike Trick Gone Bad

We look at another childhood error and its somewhat humorous result as an example of how to plan for acceptable risk. We often think of that as something where you are willing to pay…

📅 June 9, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

A Painful Step – Situational Awareness

A lack of situational awareness is just one of many youthful mistakes we make. Yet, it is the root of tons of lessons. We see it as children shining they are immortal in some…

📅 June 7, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

When I Died – Rushing In And Lack Of Caution

This episode covers one of the more dramatic points of my youth where a lack of caution lead to me being declared dead. However, the declaration was hardly from a medical professional. Nevertheless, the…

📅 June 2, 2022 Become a Better Developer ⏱ 2 minutes read

Creating Software Patterns and Anti-Patterns – Document Your Experience

We have had many discussions about software patterns and anti-patterns over the years. However, we have not talked about creating software patterns. That is an important topic because they have to come from somewhere,…

📅 June 2, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

Towed Away : Highlight Features

We explore another auto-related mistake in my past in this episode to spend time discussing a need to highlight features. In fact, an argument can be made that unknown features are not features at…

📅 June 1, 2022 Restful API Testing ⏱ 3 minutes read

Using Karate For Restful API Testing

Welcome to the next presentation on API testing, in this presentation we continue our discussion on Using Karate For Restful API Testing. We begin with, an overview of what Karate is and where to…

📅 May 31, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

A Stolen Car : Playing The Odds And Question Everything

This episode is a tale that shows us that we should question everything. Yes, even our assumptions. Actually, our assumptions first. We have so many sources of information available and yet we still tend…

📅 May 26, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

A Mistake In Choosing A Major – Prepare For Meetings

The first mistake I want to share in this season is when I chose a major in college. While I was young and naive, it still is a teachable moment to prepare for meetings.…

📅 May 24, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

Using Failures To Gain Success – The Season 17 Overview

We start season 17 with an overview of what to expect. This season will focus on using failures to gain success. Too much is made of the road to success without pointing out the…