Author: Joel Gross

Joel Gross is the CEO of Coalition Technologies.

Shut Down The F-35 Program

The F-35 Program is a giant big-dig type project where billions of dollars are being spent to fight wars from decades ago. The next war will be fought with drones, not piloted aircraft. The current wars we are fighting are already primarily fought with these drones. Our next enemy will launch 100,000 drone aircraft to attack, not 300 or so piloted airplanes.… read more “Shut Down The F-35 Program”

Test Driven Development

Test Driven Development has been something I have done off an on (and generally not well) in my recent projects. This has led to me returning to projects later and making changes that introduce new bugs. It takes more time to write good tests, but it is super important to developing great software. I am getting better at doing this and have been trying to read a lot of programming masters books to improve myself.… read more “Test Driven Development”

Dreams

I have a lot of dreams where I am in scary or angry situations often somewhat based on worst case scenarios that my subconscious pulls together from actual experiences. I am currently undergoing a two year old small claims lawsuit that doesn’t have much material effect on my company, but due to the nature of the opposing party has become quite onerous.… read more “Dreams”

Food Poisoning

Laurel and I both got food poisoning on our last day in Big Bear after having eaten at Masala Indian Restaurant. Very unfortunate. I stayed up all night alternatively vomiting or having diarrhea. I also had a fever as my body tried to fight off the invader.

Having had food poisoning makes me much more appreciative of my usual good health though.… read more “Food Poisoning”

The Programming CEO

A CEO who knows how to program has superpowers over those CEO’s who don’t. The fundamental job of every CEO of a company with over a couple of dozen employees is to structure the company so that it runs efficiently and well. A lot of this is building systems and processes so that your employees know what to do and your customers know what to expect and for you to make sure that quality stays high.… read more “The Programming CEO”

“Carrion Comfort” Review

I just finished reading “Carrion Comfort” by Dan Simmons today. I really enjoyed it! This was a great recommendation from my rock climbing friend Max. It’s a fascinating horror story built around essentially a cabal of mind control vampires. The concept sounds cheesy, but the execution was really good. The big thing Mr. Simmons did in this book was to really bring the victims to life.… read more ““Carrion Comfort” Review”

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