When I started here at The Bay Citizen we had less than 2 months to figure out what our site needed to do and get it running.  The first days and weeks were spent in impromptu meetings, in front of whiteboards and furiously coding what would quickly become what you see in front of you now.  This is exactly what I love about my career.  I love coming into a ......

This week I have travelled to the Portland Oregon to partake in the annual Djangocon.  This is my first Djangocon and I wasn't quite sure what to expect.  After the first day, I have mixed emotions. The last 2 conferences I attended were Google IO and the Zend PHP conference, both of which have a heavy corporate feel where the keynotes mostly seem to be selling some company or product. ......

It's my birthday today. Birthdays bother me--every year around this time, I start worrying over things I can't control and are probably inevitable. So let's just get it over with, shall we? This year, I'm worrying about the future of my career and my passion as a web developer. I'll come right out and say it: I have a fear of older programmers. And now, I'm worried about becoming one. ......

Over the last few months we have primarily been focusing on building a solid foundation on which we can innovate.  Early on we decided we wanted to work with Right Scale, a cloud-computing management platform, in conjunction with Amazon, to help us build our environment. The process has been smooth and pretty much issue-free.   Overall I have been very happy with the architecture we have chosen.  We're not breaking ......

Launching a new website is hugely stressful, but when you have a good project, it's also a ton of fun. I was hired as The Bay Citizen's software architect back in April, knowing that we needed to get this site live by May. No short order, to say the least. Luckily, I was able to coax my good friend and cohort Aurelio along for the ride as our software engineer. ......