Jim is re-joined by our friends at the MacLaurin Group to discuss the push and pull of managing creators like programmers and writers who need uninterrupted time to complete their work.
Read MoreWe're back with the Mad Scotsman, Alan Williamson, and his partner in crime, Jim Headley, of the MacLaurin Group.
Read MoreIt's Java vs. C#, MariaDB vs. Oracle, AWS vs. Azure and much, much more.
Read MoreThe Mad Scotsman, Alan Williamson, returns to the funcast for a lively discussion of Stack Overflow's 2018 Developer survey.
Read MoreJim and Devin walk through the list of technology companies where Jim has worked over the years. We talk about the lessons learned as they apply to PE-owned tech companies in the middle market. We cover decades of computing from Digital Equipment Corporation to Oracle and beyond.
Read MoreJim talks with Andrea Goulet and M. Scott Ford from Corgibytes -- specialists in software remodeling. This is a continuing conversation on technical debt, the albatross around the neck of many companies.
Read MoreJim spends an hour talking about Information Security with Evolve Security's CEO -- Paul Petefish. Everybody KNOWS that it's an important topic, but how does one get started figuring out where they stand from an InfoSec standpoint?
Read MoreJim and Alan talk about a scary subject on our Halloween episode -- Distributed Denial of Service attacks.
Read MoreAlan and Jim spend a fast half hour talking when you should consider upgrading older pieces of custom (homegrown) software. You don't have to upgrade older software just for the sake of upgrading it -- and converting from an older language to a newer language doesn't make the software any better.
Read MoreJim and Alan spend an hour arguing about whether you should consider bolting an application programming interface onto older applications as a path to modernizing them.
Read MoreAlan, Jim and Kristina talk about a rare phenomenon in technology -- slowing down sales -- intentionally!
Read MoreJim and Alan talk in detail about the Valley of Anguish and how to survive it. All large projects (ERP implementations, software re-writes, data center moves) start out with heady expectations and hardy enthusiasm. Inevitably, as your teams start tackling the stickier issues they slide down into the Valley of Anguish.
Read MoreWe recently had to find a home for a legacy client/server accounting application, running in a location that was far, far away.
Read MoreThere is nearly a constant stream of chatter in the venture community about fielding a product in a highly competitive market. On the one hand, lots of competitors typically indicates that you are in a hot market.
Read MoreAlan and Jim discuss DevOps -- the intersection of software development and managing the deployment and operations of software. We provide a simple layman's definition of DevOps and then address common misconceptions and fears.
Read MoreJim and Alan spend some quality time talking about the most common technology challenges that we uncover when we acquire a founder owned technology company. This is not a criticism of how these companies are run, but rather a testimony to how much a small team is able to accomplish when they put their minds to it.
Read MoreAlan and Jim spend some quality time talking about the Shiny New Toy problem (SNTS) in software development. The tendency for software teams to pin their hopes and dreams on leading edge technology that will solve all of their problems.
Read MoreJim and Alan spend a fast hour talking about technical debt. It's everything that a CEO or Founder needs to know about technical debt -- and how to start paying it down.
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