Dave Blathers on About Nothing

Technical Debt as Actual Debt

Taking metaphors literally

Sep 1, 2025 • Dave Peticolas

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July 2025

Software decays in different ways

But everything falls apart

Jul 7, 2025 • Dave Peticolas

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June 2025

Tech debt is more than past bad choices

In which Software Engineer Stu doesn't save the day

Jun 13, 2025 • Dave Peticolas

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To whom is technical debt owed?

Iterating on this ubiquitous metaphor

Jun 2, 2025 • Dave Peticolas

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September 2023

AI isn't coming for your programming job

We haven't run out of new information problems to solve

Sep 24, 2023 • Dave Peticolas

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A Natural Death

A few words about a word

Sep 10, 2023 • Dave Peticolas

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June 2023

A Review of Half-Earth Socialism

Cybernetic Central Planning or ... who's up for some farming?

Jun 3, 2023 • Dave Peticolas

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April 2023

Hybrid work is work without pointless commutes

Witness the many Return To Office initiatives requiring workers to be back in company buildings at least a few days a week.

Apr 15, 2023 • Dave Peticolas

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May 2022