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  • Coders Need Not Apply

    Coders Need Not Apply

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    05/27/2024

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    Francis Townsend

    …everybody in the world is now a programmer. This is the miracle of artificial intelligence,” Jensen Huang More and more […]

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  • Knowing The “Who, What, And Why”

    Knowing The “Who, What, And Why”

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    04/14/2024

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    Francis Townsend

    In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, developing effective enterprise systems requires more than just technical expertise. It demands a holistic […]

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  • Steps to Become A Good Solution Developer 

    Steps to Become A Good Solution Developer 

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    02/17/2024

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    Francis Townsend

    The key to becoming a good Solution Developer, is to start at being a poor or average Solution Developer.  Own […]

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  • The Grand Interview: A Scene With AI Assistants

    The Grand Interview: A Scene With AI Assistants

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    01/11/2024

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    Francis Townsend

    Over the Christmas and New Years holiday, I spent some time “interviewing” AI coding assistants. I will follow up this […]

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  • Successful Interviews In The Age Of Generative AI

    Successful Interviews In The Age Of Generative AI

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    10/09/2023

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    Francis Townsend

    Interviewing people and selecting people for jobs has always been difficult. Companies have spent a lot of time and money […]

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  • Your System Has a Domain Language; Look For It

    Your System Has a Domain Language; Look For It

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    02/18/2023

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    Francis Townsend

    Early in the days of the agile movement, there was a method named eXtreme Programming (XP) that included the starts […]

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  • Create A Software Platform Now

    Create A Software Platform Now

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    01/06/2023

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    Francis Townsend

    Creating or choosing a software platform is essential to having increasing ROI for technology products. Recognize the benefits of a platform and embrace them.

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  • The Rubber Duck, Your New Debugging Partner

    The Rubber Duck, Your New Debugging Partner

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    11/05/2022

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    Francis Townsend

    One of my favorite debugging techniques is called Rubber Duck debugging.  No, you heard that right and it really is […]

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  • That 1% Extra Effort is Powerful

    That 1% Extra Effort is Powerful

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    10/21/2022

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    Francis Townsend

    Over time, a small percentage of improvement in a task by an individual or team will result in them overcoming […]

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  • A Successful Project Is an Unfinished Project

    A Successful Project Is an Unfinished Project

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    09/18/2022

    By

    Francis Townsend

    All software projects are unfinished. There will always be improvements wanted, changes made, but eventually this cycle will stop and it will be an unfinished project.

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