S.Lott-Software Architect

First, read this.     Why passwords have never been weaker—and crackers have never been stronger . There are numerous important lessons in...

For the 757 Python Meetup group, someone proposed looking at some Python code they had which was slow.  The code implemented a variation on...

It's impossible to step into the same river twice; other waters are flowing toward the sea.  It's impossible to do "head-to-hea...

Many of my customers (mostly super-large IT shops) wouldn't recognize innovative behavior.  Large organizations tend to punish defectors...

A random list of cool things. HTML5.  Start now.  It's supported (more or less) by all browsers if you add appropriate shims.  Start ...

After spending a couple of years (really) working with a publisher, the deal has gone south. The problem was—likely—all mine.  The book wa...

Here's an object lesson in bad requirements writing. "Good" is defined as a nice simple and intuitive GUI interface. I woul...