This was a really, really good read. I'd even say this is a valuable topic for non-developers as well. I'm not even remotely close to a point where I could take advantage of the advice you are gifting here, but you've given me much to think about.
There is also an incredible amount of good side content. Almost every link I had to stop and read that too.
I truly hope you get round to writing that book. Or do it as a series of articles, if you will. Either one would be fine with me.
Wow, I really appreciate the kind words! I'm glad you're finding the information valuable.
A couple of years ago, when I wrote this, I was focused on doing niche consulting. Life had other plans, though, with the developer content business we started as a side hustle taking off. So I don't really do much consulting anymore, nor do I have time to really create as much content around it.
I wish I could magic more hours into the week, though, because I love talking about these topics and helping others avoid all the landmines that I stepped on in my long, winding career.
I can relate to that. My own career feels at times like I've been jumping from one landmine to another.
Following the local mainstream option was never a choice for me, unless I wanted to be comfortably trapped in something I was miserable with. That decision has certainly made every other choice harder, and it is quite possibly a big part of why I see myself very well reflected in many of the mistakes you outline in this and other articles.
By the way, I think there might be a problem with requests at daedtech.com/. I can't access any of the resources and all links redirect me to the same page (maybe cached?). I thought it was a problem on my end, but I tried various clients and proxies to no avail.
Sorry about that. Some Wordpress plugin is creating issues, and I've been on a lot of calls today, so I can only half-pay attention to troubleshooting. Frustrating thing is that the issue (from where I'm sitting) is both cache related and intermittent.
Anyway, I disabled every plugin that touches htaccess and I've now tried 3 different browsers, in multiple VPN spots, and am not having issues anymore, myself. Which means there's probably a 40% chance the issue is fixed :/
/sigh
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This was a really, really good read. I'd even say this is a valuable topic for non-developers as well. I'm not even remotely close to a point where I could take advantage of the advice you are gifting here, but you've given me much to think about.
There is also an incredible amount of good side content. Almost every link I had to stop and read that too.
I truly hope you get round to writing that book. Or do it as a series of articles, if you will. Either one would be fine with me.
Wow, I really appreciate the kind words! I'm glad you're finding the information valuable.
A couple of years ago, when I wrote this, I was focused on doing niche consulting. Life had other plans, though, with the developer content business we started as a side hustle taking off. So I don't really do much consulting anymore, nor do I have time to really create as much content around it.
I wish I could magic more hours into the week, though, because I love talking about these topics and helping others avoid all the landmines that I stepped on in my long, winding career.
I can relate to that. My own career feels at times like I've been jumping from one landmine to another.
Following the local mainstream option was never a choice for me, unless I wanted to be comfortably trapped in something I was miserable with. That decision has certainly made every other choice harder, and it is quite possibly a big part of why I see myself very well reflected in many of the mistakes you outline in this and other articles.
By the way, I think there might be a problem with requests at daedtech.com/. I can't access any of the resources and all links redirect me to the same page (maybe cached?). I thought it was a problem on my end, but I tried various clients and proxies to no avail.
Sorry about that. Some Wordpress plugin is creating issues, and I've been on a lot of calls today, so I can only half-pay attention to troubleshooting. Frustrating thing is that the issue (from where I'm sitting) is both cache related and intermittent.
Anyway, I disabled every plugin that touches htaccess and I've now tried 3 different browsers, in multiple VPN spots, and am not having issues anymore, myself. Which means there's probably a 40% chance the issue is fixed :/
/sigh