Joe Mainwaring articles - 37 total
Do you balance High-Tech with Low-Tech?
Technology today is an immersive experience, and as professionals in the space we tend to be above...
Does anyone else have mixed feelings with remote work?
We hear a lot of backlash when prominent CEOs call for a return to office work culture, but I'm...
The Reddit blackout is a lesson in risk management
This morning I ran headfirst into the picket line for the Reddit Blackout which hindered some...
Should AI development beyond GPT-4 be paused?
Leading AI academics and industry experts - including Steve Wozniak and Elon Musk, published an open...
I'm doing this one thing differently next time I build a SaaS product
As one does the further they progress in their career, they develop wisdom based on their experiences...
A Bitter Interview Experience
Recently, I interviewed for a leadership role that left me bitter at the decision not to proceed. ...
Opening up my Open Source Projects for Hacktoberfest
Calling all beginners! Are you interested in participating with Hacktoberfest, but find many of...
Describing My Sandbox
I've been busy this year executing my take on the #100DaysOfCode challenge by rebuilding a set of...
Having fun with old work domains
Today I executed on a silly idea involving a domain I'm retiring at work, highground.com. Highground...
Who still uses Grunt.js?
Grunt.js is a favorite tool of mine, while it's most commonly viewed as a (legacy) build system, I've...
How to use 1Password to share local secrets
Author's Note: All the plain-text secret values shown in this tutorial are fictional. Don't try to...
How I Maintain OSS Projects
Earlier this week I posted a rant about how a Pull request I authored for an Open Source package went...
Failures in OSS Ownership
Today while I was looking at a list of open pull requests I still had open on Github, I was surprised...
I'm Hiring a DevOps/SRE Engineer!
tl;dr Site Reliability Engineer Job Posting Looking for a senior level, someone who can...
What I've Learned after three months in the NFT world
It's been three months since I first decided to explore the NFT world and I can say that my research...
Caden lets you take control of your data
Have you heard of Caden.io? Caden is the newest idea from serial entrepreneur John Roa. His latest...
New Relic announces 20% Price Increase
Yesterday New Relic announced adjustments to their pricing model, increasing Data Ingestion from...
A Style Guide For HTML & CSS
Back in the mid 2010s I was an Instructor for the Startup Institute, a bootcamp program that offered...
What I've Learned after one month in the NFT world
It's been about a month now since I first started to explore and research web3 and NFTs. After my...
A Practical Guide to Single Sign-On
Recently, I came across Canming Jiang's post Democratize SSO for everyone, where the author presents...
How 20 years of blogging has influenced my career
When it comes to blogging, I'm no professional, but I've been able to leverage it professionally over...
Simulating a Phishing Attack Against Your Company
Spoiler: This is a post about defending against phishing attacks, not a guide for engaging as an...
Coder offers up to $30k referral bonus for engineers
Going through my inbox this morning, I almost spit out my coffee when I read the headline. Coder,...
What I Love About Grunt.js
GruntJS is a JavaScript Task runner which allows you to combine a series of tasks into workflows. ...
What I've Learned after one week in the NFT world
Recently I started to explore the world of NFTs and web3 as I consider what new skills I want to grow...
InfoSec'ing the Okta Breach: What You Need to Know
<redacted> my life. Those were the three words I muttered in my bed late last night as I read...
Guidelines for Translating Your Project using i18next
The following guide is a document I authored to provide my organization with guidelines for...
How Covid & Cancer Impacted My Career
Isn't it funny how much things can change in just two years? When I summarize my life, these past...
A Guide to Story Point Estimation
A story point is an arbitrary measure of effort required to implement a user story; it's a number...
Coder is Github Codespaces, but for the Enterprise
Part of my responsibilities as the Director of Infrastructure at KazooHR is to improve the developer...