Performance

April 5, 2012

Specializing in being a generalist

If you over specialize you will die a slow and painful death. No matter how much money you’re making being the soul living expert of a legacy system or technology, it will catch up to you when you inevitably have to switch jobs. The flip side is that if you over generalize, you won’t have any marketable skill, as no one will know what you’re good at and therefore how to use you. The best approach is to pick a specific area you’re passionate about, and become a generalist with a high degree of proficiency in all the relevant skills.

April 26, 2012

If all you know is a hammer

You can only propose a solution to a problem if you have knowledge of how to solve the problem. This is a indisputable fact. If you have lots of knowledge of how to solve a problem, you can propose lots of solutions. However, if your knowledge is limited…

April 8, 2012

Performance is important again

For a while, we didn’t have to worry about performance. Hardware was fast and cheap, and the network was more than fast enough. However, with the rise of mobile devices, we now have to start worrying about performance again.

"I’ve found myself with more ideas than time. Rather than obsess over one article at a time, I’m going to take the advice of a friend and throw out article ideas to see what sticks."