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The following is blog post that was written from a speech I presented about questions to consider when writing an API. Writing a functional API is relatively easy, but writing a good one that’s functional and empowers your users takes planning and patience.

SQL was designed for humans, not computers

The following is a blog post that was written from a speech I gave about how to set the ground rules for code reviews. Following New Relic’s Project Upscale—an innovative reorganization intended to make our development teams more autonomous—the engineering organization formed several new teams, one of which was the New Relic Database (NRDB) team.

An approach to Java’s dependency management problem

Award winning speech for the Toastmasters Humorous Speaking Contest

Running a productive focused standup