Posts

The Haunting of a Business Calculator Purpose Working for an online retail company has been full of many ups and downs. Since the start of my time here, I have been haunted by one software project more than any other, the product pricing calculator. It is not the most complicated project. It is not a large project. Its documentation is mediocre. Its number of users is moderate. Its impact on the company is higher than the sum of its parts. The only special thing about this calculator is its ability to consume developer souls across multiple generations, programming languages, stakeholders and ultimately space and time. The purpose of this article is to warn others about the possible dangers of working on a business calculator. ...

The domain Back in 2018, I noticed that zacharybishop.com was still available. Without hesitation, I reached for the credit card and purchased it. As a student of computing with a biblical name, it was clear that opportunities like this were few and far between. It would only be a matter of time before the other Zachary Bishops of the world swooped up this precious domain and used it for themselves!… ...