'Devotion' was review bombed, and removed from Steam's China market within days of its release for insult to Xi Jinping.In only a few short days, 'Devotion' has been review bombed, boycotted, and finally removed from the Steam video game platform, due to efforts…

Some people ask me if they can donate for my software. My answer invariably is they can’t, because I don’t want money. Instead I would like them to make a small donation to a good cause! Why? Well, I’…

A look at some of the new features in recent Git releases.

The legacy of “A Canticle for Leibowitz” can be seen in the current flood of end-of-the-world novels, TV shows, and movies.

Some of my favorite books.

Blog about programming

You can’t get adequate UVB exposure sitting indoors or in a car.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is winning the space race. His secret to success lay in the iterative development process, borrowed straight from the software industry.

If I was setting up curriculum at a university I’d make an entire semester-long class on The Challenger disaster, and make it required for any remotely STEM-oriented major. Because I think it…

Even in the decade of dissent, Thomas Szasz stood alone when he attacked the idea of madness from the political Right

Seeds of mistrust sewn by anti-encryption laws.

The internet mourned in early February as NASA confirmed that their Opportunity rover – affectionately known as Oppy – was no longer functioning, and the mission was declared over after an astonishingly successful 14 years on Mars.

Like any other field, the world of Software Development has some interesting and famous rules, principles and laws.