Digital thoughts from a seasoned programmer About

Introduction

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.

 

Latest Post

The 80 vs 20

By Matt Raffel on July 20, 2026

I’ve complained about the interview process for quite some time.  It’s an open secret in our industry that the way we hire software engineers produces absurd, wildly inaccurate outcomes.  A quick browse on linkedin pretty much w...

The bikini bottom atoll is sinking. Reload 🗙
An error has occurred. This application may no longer respond until reloaded. Reload 🗙