This past month has been the first time that I’ve been in a position to use contractors to help with projects. It has been an illuminating experience. First and most blindsided-by-hindsight, it’s harder than I thought it would be. It’s hard to give up control. It’s hard to write good specifications. It’s hard to align [...]
I finally figured out what that weird, high strung, can’t sleep, anxious feeling is that I’ve had for a few days. Stress! It’s been so long without deadlines and related technical problems beyond my control that I almost forgot what it was like. So much for blogging every day, but there’s a demo due tomorrow [...]
I’ve been looking for open source address validation code for an application I’m working on. I’ve learned a bit about how the data is structured, including that there are a set of companies which are ‘CASS Certified’ to offer these services. For $35, you get a script designed to work with the USPS WebTools API. [...]
