Software engineering, architecture, systems, and lessons accumulated the hard way. https://coding.infoconex.com/ 2026-08-29T20:10:19-07:00 Jim Scott https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2026/08/29/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-rebuilding-coding 2026-08-29T00:00:00-07:00 2026-08-29T00:00:00-07:00

After years on BlogEngine.NET, Coding has a new design and a new foundation built on Jekyll, GitHub Pages, Git, and Markdown.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2026/08/22/copygithubrepo-v0-1-0-released-to-powershell-gallery 2026-08-22T00:00:00-07:00 2026-08-22T00:00:00-07:00

CopyGitHubRepo v0.1.0 is now available from the PowerShell Gallery, marking the first stable release of the PowerShell tool for safely copying GitHub repositories.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2026/08/17/understanding-what-we-ask-ai-to-do 2026-08-17T00:00:00-07:00 2026-08-17T00:00:00-07:00

As AI takes on more complex work, humans still need enough understanding of what it produces to make good decisions and remain responsible for the outcome.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2026/08/09/copy-github-repo-clean-snapshots-without-history 2026-08-09T00:00:00-07:00 2026-08-09T00:00:00-07:00

Copy GitHub Repo is a PowerShell utility for creating clean repository snapshots or preserving full history with explicit planning, verification, and recovery safeguards.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2026/07/31/ai-flywheel-cli-python-operating-the-flywheel-safely 2026-07-31T00:00:00-07:00 2026-07-31T00:00:00-07:00

The Python AI Flywheel CLI provides local commands for inspection, validation, lifecycle operations, installation, and upgrade with explicit safety boundaries.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2026/07/27/testing-the-ai-flywheel-framework-with-durable-evidence 2026-07-27T00:00:00-07:00 2026-07-27T00:00:00-07:00

The AI Flywheel testing project separates framework implementation from repeatable prompts, fixtures, runners, and durable evidence.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2026/07/26/ai-flywheel-framework-turning-the-spec-into-an-operating-model 2026-07-26T00:00:00-07:00 2026-07-26T00:00:00-07:00

The AI Flywheel Framework turns the specification into an installable .flywheel operating model with explicit startup, state, governance, and lifecycle artifacts.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2026/07/15/ai-flywheel-spec-from-agent-loop-to-compounding-system 2026-07-15T00:00:00-07:00 2026-07-15T00:00:00-07:00

The AI Flywheel specification defines an evidence-driven operating model where execution improves the system used by future execution.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2026/01/01/all-progress-depends-on-the-unreasonable 2026-01-01T00:00:00-08:00 2026-01-01T00:00:00-08:00

All Progress Depends on the Unreasonable

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2025/07/01/dependency-inversion-principle-dip 2025-07-01T00:00:00-07:00 2025-07-01T00:00:00-07:00

The Dependency Inversion Principle keeps high-level policy from being tightly coupled to low-level implementation details.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2025/06/30/interface-segregation-principle-isp 2025-06-30T00:00:00-07:00 2025-06-30T00:00:00-07:00

The Interface Segregation Principle keeps abstractions focused so clients depend only on the behavior they actually need.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2025/06/29/liskov-substitution-principle-lsp 2025-06-29T00:00:00-07:00 2025-06-29T00:00:00-07:00

The Liskov Substitution Principle is about making abstractions trustworthy: subtypes should preserve the behavioral expectations of their base types.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2025/06/28/open-closed-principle-ocp-building-for-extension-not-modification 2025-06-28T00:00:00-07:00 2025-06-28T00:00:00-07:00

The second principle in the SOLID family is the Open/Closed Principle (OCP) . It’s a simple but powerful idea:

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2025/06/28/single-responsibility-principle-srp 2025-06-28T00:00:00-07:00 2025-06-28T00:00:00-07:00

The Single Responsibility Principle is the first of the five SOLID principles of object-oriented design, introduced by Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob). It helps make software easier to understand, maintain, and extend.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2025/06/13/creat-better-software-by-applying-solid-principles 2025-06-13T00:00:00-07:00 2025-06-13T00:00:00-07:00

SOLID is an acronym for five design principles that are considered fundamental to object-oriented programming. These principles, when followed correctly, can help to create more robust, flexible, and maintainable code.…

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2024/07/20/the-crowdstrike-outage-is-a-reminder-that-deployment-safety-matters 2024-07-20T00:00:00-07:00 2024-07-20T00:00:00-07:00

The CrowdStrike outage is a reminder that even trusted software can cause enormous damage when an update goes wrong, and that staged rollouts and recovery plans matter.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2023/11/14/net-8-feels-like-the-new-normal 2023-11-14T00:00:00-08:00 2023-11-14T00:00:00-08:00

.NET 8 feels less like an alternative to the old .NET Framework and more like the default starting point for new .NET development.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2022/12/27/countdown-to-new-year-s-with-the-observer-pattern 2022-12-27T00:00:00-08:00 2022-12-27T00:00:00-08:00

One design pattern that you might find fun to relate to New Year's Eve is the Observer design pattern. The Observer design pattern is a behavioral design pattern that defines a one-to-many dependency between objects, so…

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2022/12/26/decorating-the-tree-for-christmas 2022-12-26T00:00:00-08:00 2022-12-26T00:00:00-08:00

As a software developer, I've always been fascinated by design patterns and how they can help solve common problems in software design. This holiday season, I've been thinking a lot about how some of these patterns can…

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2022/11/30/chatgpt-looks-interesting 2022-11-30T00:00:00-08:00 2022-11-30T00:00:00-08:00

OpenAI released ChatGPT today, and while I have not had a chance to spend much time with it yet, the idea of a conversational AI system is interesting.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2021/11/08/net-6-feels-like-the-version-ive-been-waiting-for 2021-11-08T00:00:00-08:00 2021-11-08T00:00:00-08:00

After watching .NET Core evolve over the last several years, .NET 6 feels like the point where the old and new .NET worlds are finally starting to come together.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2021/09/11/twenty-years-after-september-11 2021-09-11T00:00:00-07:00 2021-09-11T00:00:00-07:00

Twenty years after September 11, remembering the people who were lost and the importance of passing that memory to a generation that was not there.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2020/09/15/six-months-into-covid 2020-09-15T00:00:00-07:00 2020-09-15T00:00:00-07:00

Six months after sending everyone home, masks, social distancing, and remote work have become part of everyday life.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2020/04/07/eBay-suspends-my-account 2020-04-07T00:00:00-07:00 2020-04-07T00:00:00-07:00

I had created an account with eBay back in the beginning and had not used it in a long time. I reset my password because I had forgotten it and upon login I was informed my account had been suspended. I sent them a requ…

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2020/03/11/sending-everyone-home 2020-03-11T00:00:00-07:00 2020-03-11T00:00:00-07:00

I am in India while the coronavirus situation unfolds back home in Seattle, and today I made the call to send everyone home from the office.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2019/09/23/net-core-3-0-might-finally-be-ready-for-my-existing-applications 2019-09-23T00:00:00-07:00 2019-09-23T00:00:00-07:00

.NET Core 3.0 adds Windows Forms and WPF support, making me take a more serious look at whether some existing .NET Framework applications could eventually move over.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2018/06/04/microsoft-is-buying-github 2018-06-04T00:00:00-07:00 2018-06-04T00:00:00-07:00

Microsoft announced today that it plans to acquire GitHub, and I am still trying to decide how I feel about it.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2017/08/14/net-core-2-0-is-starting-to-feel-ready 2017-08-14T00:00:00-07:00 2017-08-14T00:00:00-07:00

.NET Core 2.0 is out, and this release feels like a much more practical option for real application development.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2016/06/27/net-core-1-0-has-arrived 2016-06-27T00:00:00-07:00 2016-06-27T00:00:00-07:00

Microsoft released .NET Core 1.0 today along with ASP.NET Core 1.0 and Entity Framework Core 1.0, marking a very different direction for .NET.

https://coding.infoconex.com/post/2016/03/16/validating-your-ssl-certificate-is-properly-installed-for-smtp-pop3-imap-http 2016-03-16T00:00:00-07:00 2016-03-16T00:00:00-07:00

I recently installed a new SSL certificate on one of my Linux boxes and wanted to verify that my email server was using the new certificate. For HTTP this can be easy as you simply go to the secure URL and check your br…