My wife said my last blog post ‘reeked of depression’. Well, I can’t deny that the state of the individual programmer isn’t a little depressing, but it hasn’t overwhelmed me with depression. For one thing, programming has become such a small part of my life. I’m a writer now. And the joys of writing are… Continue reading The Joy of Creation
Author: hmelton
Why I Don’t Program in Public Anymore
Microsoft’s latest attempt to inject fear into the independent programmer brings to mind my gradual decision not to release any of my software for general use anymore. It’s something I used to do. It was part of being a programmer. You learned by looking at other people’s code, and in turn, you put your own… Continue reading Why I Don’t Program in Public Anymore
A Little Coding Exercise
For many years, I spent all my workday at Motorola writing programs for internal use. Before that, I even dabbled in commercial software. But since then, the only coding I’ve done is a few tools for myself of my relatives. Instead of designing software, I’ve been designing novels. But today I broke down and wrote… Continue reading A Little Coding Exercise