My Microwave Setup

I’m a huge fan! My favorite markers in the kit are the dots, circles, +, and - . Those are amazing- so easy to distinguish from each other. I always run out of those first. Also they don’t poke me under my fingernails like the key cover stickers do. I’ve used 3 adaptive kits worth of markers on my home and work PCs. I love showing off my standard setup.

Protecting your internal apps

Buisness units often need to rapidly deploy internal applications- but how do you protect these apps? Traditional approachs were to use an SSO provider or app based authorization. The former required integraition with an SSO provider and could take weeks, the later is a big no-no: DO NOT WRITE YOUR OWN login providers!

What is TTS?

TTS stands for Text-To-Speech. We use TTS all the time. Whenever we hear Siri, Google Assistant, or GPS directions we’re hearing the output of TTS.

Basic Chords

Most pop songs are made of the same chord patterns. Know these four chords and you’ll be well on your way to knowing guitar!

Azure DevOps is a PaaS Azure service that’s virtually free for many people (ex: if you’re using Visual Studio it’s probably free for you).

It’s an awesome service that will quickly create a formalized SDLC to let you track work, automate (CI and CD!) all with no server setup. Here’s a quick video introdution:

This guide will help you as you get started with git. It doesn’t cover all the details, but it also doesn’t surround you with detail you won’t use.

What is Exclusive Check Out

If you’ve ever used ClearCase, pCVS, or TFS you may have used a workflow in which you check-out a file while you edit it. When you’re done with the file you check it in and others are free to check it out in order to edit it. The key idea: ONLY one person can edit a file at once.