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Hiring Engineers: Don’t Rely on Superman

September 30, 2014October 1, 2014 Mike Seidle Leave a comment Blog, IT, programming, software engineering
Kirk's chair.

Engineers love to be Scotty from Star Trek. He’s engineering’s Superman. Relying on Scotty might not be the best idea…

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Salt: Remote Execution and Configuration Management With Python

April 11, 2012April 11, 2012 Mike Seidle Leave a comment Blog, IT, programming
Salt in heart shape

Last night’s IndyPy Meetup was a blast. We had around 25 python developers there and I had the privilege of sharing a little of what I have been working on over the past week or so at DirectEmployers Foundation.

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New Laptop

February 21, 2012February 21, 2012 Mike Seidle Leave a comment IT, open source

It seems like every spring I end up getting a new laptop. This year, it was prompted by last year’s laptop, a HP having a temperature related problem with the display, and needing to have a machine ready to go to PyCon in March. The new laptop is an AMD Vision A6 powered Samsung.  I’ve […]

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Difference Between Software Developer vs. Programmer vs. Software Engineer

February 1, 2012May 2, 2012 Mike Seidle 1 Comment Blog, IT, programming
Computer Code

Just so everyone understands the difference: A programmer is a puh-tey-toh. A software developer is a puh-tah-toh. A software engineer is a potato (in some states, a certified potato).

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Open Source is Winning. Get Used to It.

November 6, 2011October 31, 2011 Mike Seidle Leave a comment Blog, IT, programming

Companies are making a killing with open source. Google hasn’t done bad with it’s web services and Android OS. Apple has built their entire empire on BSD Unix (it’s what is underneath OSX and iOS) and used open source tools like Webkit to quickly build new offerings like the Safari browser that powers iPhone and […]

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