Tech, Leadership, and Management
Personal Software is the Promise of Citizen Development
It's AI Month at Work: The Conversation April is “AI Month” at work, and we’ve seen great engagement with our Learn and Build tracks. The conversations have been inclusive, featuring both strong advocacy for AI and thoughtful critiques on its potential impact on the enterprise.
The Claude Code Leak: A Masterclass in the "Iceberg" of Engineering
Claude Code leaked recently due to a misconfigured software pipeline—the digital equivalent of leaving the back door to the vault wide open. The internet reaction was swift; while it wasn't quite a "Gangnam Style" server-breaking event, people rushed to grab the source code before the gap was plugge
The AI x Workflow Conundrum
We love talking about AI in extremes; we focus on total disruption, mass unemployment, or the rise of robot overlords. We spend endless cycles on financing and existential risks, often overlooking the practical reality of how this technology actually shows up at work today.
Peak Software?
Back in the 1950s, a paper was published suggesting that there was an upper limit to the amount of oil that could be produced globally, which was expected to be reached in the early 2000s. After that point, it would all be used up, and oil as a resource would slowly and surely be exhausted, and with
Markdown is the new way to use text, change my mind.
If you don't know what Markdown is, you might be in the same position as someone 40 years ago who was still struggling to figure out what this WordPerfect thing was and how it was better than the IBM Selectric.
Your Portfolio is Your Storytelling Superpower
It’s been a hot minute since my last post about skills. The meme isn't a lie: skills pay the bills. But in today’s world, it isn’t enough to just say you have the skills to do the job. You have to show it. This is where your portfolio steps in.
A Tale of Two AI Assistants: Why One Delivered and the Other Didn't
AI is fundamentally changing software development, but not in the way many people think. While tools can now accelerate code production, the core of great software has never been more human-centric. It still requires a deep understanding of engineering principles to build solutions that are test-dri
From ISO to CMMC: Navigating the New Cybersecurity Frontier
When the Department of Defense (DoD) first rolled out the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), it was meant to be an evolution; a push for better cyber hygiene across the defense industrial base. Let's be real, any time the government dictates how the private sector should operate, it'
Key Principles for Developing with AI
The article was originally posted on LinkedIn. During earlier experiments, I discovered key guidance for framing prompts and conversations when using AI as a "pair programmer" or "tasked agent." Extensive research exists on how to optimize model output, with various approaches like RISEN offering di
Let's go. Time to #GSD in your next chapter.
This article was originally published on LinkedIn. I was chatting with a colleague yesterday and was informed that using hashtags is no longer en vogue. So be it. I am officially old. The great thing about being old is that you get more leeway in what you say and how you say it. And I'm here today t
Let's talk about your resume.
This article was originally published on LinkedIn. In a world where software is eating the world, your resume is no longer just a piece of paper—it's the key that gets you past the gatekeepers and into a human's hands. As a hiring manager and technology executive, I've seen firsthand how the job mar
Let's talk about your network.
This article was originally published on LinkedIn A few years before I left government, I worked on the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), focusing on how the State Department used knowledge, data, and technology in its decision-making processes.
Interviewed on Federal News Network radio!
Listen to the Accelerating Government with ACT-IAC segment this week as Dave Wennergren speaks with me about my time at the State Department and what I'm up to currently at Dev Technology Group.
How I learned that skills matter.
Early in my career, I landed a job managing a group of technical instructors. I didn't know the first thing about teaching, especially teaching technical topics to professionals. I was interested, and I was also clueless.