Inheritance gets a bad rap in the programming world, but like anything, it has a time and a place. And composition is not a panacea. It can very quickly turn around and bite us.

Entrepreneur. Not looking for anything exclusive. Don’t message me, I’ll message you.

Namaste 🧘‍♀️ Friends and family are life. I like to make decisions when I have all the facts. Basic isn’t always bad.

We should reframe how we think about code and think of it as a craft. Writing elegant code requires all of the same components as crafting.

After almost 10 years in the statically typed world, I switched over to exclusively writing dynamically typed code about 6 months ago. Learning to code in dynamic languages has been a ride, and I’m still experiencing growing pains.

I picked my dad’s brain about road construction estimation and walked away with some ideas for improving software development estimation.

Empathetic, intentional communication is not only useful when talking to preschoolers, its helpful in every setting, with everybody. Bring it into your meetings for improved client engagement and shared expectations.

My experience within the crochet community has given me some ideas for ways the software development industry should improve our approach to onboarding.

User story writing is not an exact science and there’s always room for improvement.

YarnCon celebrated its 11th year in Chicago this April 7th and 8th. Last year was my very first YarnCon, and its quickly becoming one of my most looked-forward-to events of the year.