Posts Written by "evan-x-merz"

Evan X. Merz

Evan X. Merz holds degrees in computer science and music from The University of Rochester, Northern Illinois University, and University of California at Santa Cruz. He is a programmer, musician, and author of Empress blog software. He makes his online home at evanxmerz.com.

Posts Written by "evan-x-merz"

Discovering Bay Area linocut artist Melissa West

24 April, 2022, Evan X. Merz

art, linocut, melissa-west, bay-area, collecting

Yesterday I went to the SF Bay Area Printers' Fair and Wayzgoose. It was a fabulous and interesting event. I was so glad to see prints by so…

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How to generate and view a node bill of materials

18 April, 2022, Evan X. Merz

programming, web-development, dependencies, web-architecture, bill-of-materials

In this post, I'm going to show you how you can generate and view a software bill of materials (sbom) for a node.js project. Why generate a…

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Why is software development so slow?

14 April, 2022, Evan X. Merz

programming, web-development, leadership, management, conflict

Why can't the developers move more quickly? Why does every project take so long? In this article I'm going to talk about what causes…

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Sam Hyde Harris: Seeing the Unusual at Casa Romantica

10 April, 2022, Evan X. Merz

art, painting, sam-hyde-harris, 20th-century, collecting

I recently attended the exhibit Sam Hyde Harris: Seeing the Unusual at Casa Romantica in San Clemente, California. The exhibit was curated…

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Discovering artist Viola M. Allen

02 April, 2022, Evan X. Merz

art, painting, viola-m-allen, 20th-century, collecting

I recently purchased Emerging from the Shadows, Vol. I: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960 and while reading it I…

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