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. ;)

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 read11 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

Dev Retro 2022: What I learned in my 43rd year...

Dec 29, 20222 min read37 views

Life-Long Learning as a Primary Skill... · 43 years ago, in 1979, I began writing software... professionally. I got paid $500 to write an...

Dev Retro 2022: What I learned in my 43rd year...