Scott Nonnenberg

I like Git. I use it all the time. As I sometimes do, I recently took some time to really dig in, read through documentation, and review my global Git configuration. Welcome to my fourth stack improvements post! Read more »

I’ve been told that I’m a very productive developer. And I’m sharing how I do it. Welcome to the fifth in my developer productivity tips series: Think in alternatives.

Your solution works, yes. Did you consider any other alternatives? Do you have a good reason for choosing your solution over those alternatives? Read more »

The more time I spend with JavaScript, the more brushes I have with the dangerous cliffs of Node.js, and the more I gravitate toward functional design principles. Thus, I periodically find myself looking at functional languages. This is the deepest I’ve gone so far - with Elixir. I’m excited! Read more »

What does an Agile company look like? Most discussion of Agile is about the software development methodology, therefore only the software parts of an organization. But leadership wants to be able to promise specific dates to their customers, owners or sponsors! Publicly-traded companies have specific quarterly targets to hit!

How can we bring these two sides into alignment? I’ve already covered what Agile is and why it is important, some ideas for customizing it, and some technology to enable it. Now let’s talk about making the business itself Agile. Read more »

Remember AngelFire? It was 20 years ago when I signed up to host my first little web page, establishing my initial presence on the internet. I’ve spoken before about my blogging progression, but for this auspicious anniversary I thought I’d do something a little more special. I’ve uploaded all of my high-school era web pages for your perusal!

Let’s dig in… Read more »