Zack’s Professional Programmer Blog

Hackito Ergo Sum is my professional programming blog. In addition to helping my career and boosting my name recognition this blog is also an example of the concepts in my book The One Minute Commute.

Being a great developer is much more than being a great coder. A blog gives you a forum to show your other skills. This is mine.

Programming isn’t just finding solutions; it is defining problems and communicating about them. Good software engineers distill clear and simple problems from complex sets of requirements and user feedback. However, just saying you have this ability is meaningless. Show potential employers examples of how you can define clear simple problems and solve them. This blog contains examples of the following blog article types from the book:

I really know what I’m talking about

5 GWT Anti-patterns
Drag and Drop File Uploading Made Easy
How to Keep a Secret Secret

Real world problem I’ve solved

Tags First GWT
Write Your Own Load Tester in Under an Hour
Drag and Drop File Uploading Made Easy
Create Your Own Search Engine with Python
Create a Shared Peer-to-Peer Clipboard

JSONP and The Same Origin Policy

Something I can teach you

Dynamic Grid Layout In JavaScript
Create Your Own Sliding Resizable Grid
Write Your Own Load Tester in Under an Hour
How to Keep a Secret Secret
JSONP and The Same Origin Policy

Quirky and a little funny

The Library Problem
Resume: A Tale of Desire, Intrigue, and Formatting
The Marble Run: Topology For Two-Year-Olds