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I’m a veteran software engineer with more than 25 years of experience, ranging from coding Unix applications in C to crafting sleek .NET solutions and even blockchain and cryptographic solutions. Along the way, I’ve dabbled in everything from writing Windows drivers to streaming desktops as video feeds, game development, and now I’m exploring gRPC and Google Cloud hosting. When I’m not banging out code, I’m probably wrangling tech quirks or pondering the mysteries of management decisions and direction of technology in general.

 

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Generalization != Quality

By Matt Raffel on January 09, 2026

Recently, there's been a lot of chatter on some social media talking about the quality of software.   Or maybe the algorithms just decided its time for me to see it.

This fits with a lot of what I have been writing about as well.&...

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