I've been a senior computer scientist for the government of Canada since 2018. There's a lot of hard truths public servants are never told because reality doesn't reflect the official messaging, or nobody wants to take the risk of stating it. So this page lists some of my own guidelines …
I've often liked year-end reviews like from Wendover Productions. So here's another for ChessCraft. See also:
This year ChessCraft passed one million installs. Curiously, the page on Google Play still reports just 500,000 several months later! I guess Google doesn't care about my vanity metrics …
Wow! How about that. Do I get a gold plaque from YouTube now? I still remember celebrating 100,000 in 2021:
And if we really go back, 100 in 2019:
I guess I like round numbers. If you haven't passed it yet, I recommend celebrating your one billion second birthday …
Sometimes a merge request (MR) doesn't merit a code review (CR) because AI was used in a bad way that harms the team or the project. For example:
I often see these questions online:
"I have no work experience. How do I get my first software job?"
"I got laid off with only have 2 years of experience. How do I get a software job?"
"What certs can help me get a software job?"
I'm a team lead …
I've often liked year-end reviews like from quanta magazine. So here's another for ChessCraft like last year and the year before that.
It's been 7 years since I started working on ChessCraft on 2017-12-30. We're now at 920,000 installs with 260,000 this year. I thought I might …
Here's my experience attending the founding convention of the Canadian Future Party (CFP) in November 2024 in Ottawa. Members voted for the first time on policy, leadership, and a constitution. Here I write about procedural problems and I propose modern solutions.
The Canadian Future Party (CFP) officially …
Voici mon expérience au congrès fondateur du Parti avenir canadien (PAC) en novembre 2024 à Ottawa. Les membres ont voté pour la première fois sur les politiques, la direction et une constitution. Ici, j'écris sur les problèmes de procédure et je propose des solutions modernes.
Le Parti …
The human internet is dying.
AI has created some big problems with election integrity, spam …
Sometimes my friends, family, colleagues, or online communities ask me this question:
"If you could wave a magic wand to make one change in public service, what would it be?"
I'd create a new tool for managers in government called "displacement". Here's how it works.
The opinions here are …
I'm the creator of ChessCraft and a senior computer scientist and educator for cloud and AI.
Any opinions written here are my own as a private citizen and not my employer.
I'm open to IT leadership job opportunities. I'm also available as a consultant or to provide training.
