Matt Blodgett

In the Hacker News discussion of a recent post by a programmer who had publicly quit Google, I ran across a comment that I wished I could...

I’ve joked occasionally that every software project needs a dedicated “Buzzkill”—someone who balances out the pie-in-the-sky thinking that o...

One of my favorite Twitter accounts in the software industry is Esther Derby’s . I’m constantly nodding along. This one got me thinking abou...

The failure of methodologies to accurately model reality is a common source of cynicism amongst boots-on-the-ground developers. I can recall...

Our startup has a very progressive culture…as long as you’re white, childless, in your twenties, politically liberal, and love craft beer, h...

I’m not sure this really needs to be said, but these words in a job posting are an instant buzzkill: Ninja Rockstar Jam session...

As software developers, one of the best things we can do for our clients (internal or external) is to restrain from bombarding them with que...