Rants by Rick
Rick Culpepper

Rick Culpepper

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Developing software since 1977 or thereabouts... do the math. Yep... more than 45 years... So, maybe... just MAYBE... I've earned the right to a rant or three. ;)

Persistence Pays

Oct 15, 20244 min read2 views

We all have our political leanings. Some of us take that to the point of contributing to political candidates whom we support. However, before you...

Persistence Pays

When One's Job Is Not A Job

Jun 21, 20241 min read6 views

I've been at this business of software development since I took a class in FORTRAN at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business during my...

When One's Job Is Not A Job

Honey, It's a Deer!

Jan 23, 20245 min read13 views

Apart from the 5 years that we lived in New Mexico, my wife and I have lived in Tennessee most of our lives. For her, New Mexico was the only time she...

Honey, It's a Deer!

Pollution Sucks.

Dec 12, 20235 min read16 views

💡 Note: Before I start, let me make it perfectly clear. I will neither start nor be drawn into a discussion about the environment, environmentalists,...

Pollution Sucks.

Advent of Code 2023. Go Figure.

Dec 11, 20236 min read54 views

2022 - History In November of last year, my older daughter proposed that she, her brothers and I participate in Advent of Code (AoC). While I didn't...

Advent of Code 2023. Go Figure.

On Novelty and Antiquity

Nov 28, 20235 min read12 views

"Something old. Something new." · "[C. S. Lewis] showed me that newness is no virtue and oldness is no vice. Truth and beauty and goodness are not...

On Novelty and Antiquity