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 works as a programmer at a tech company in Silicon Valley. In his free time, he is a programmer, musician, and author. He makes his online home at evanxmerz.com and he only writes about himself in third person in this stupid blurb.

Posts Written by "evan-x-merz"

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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Why to stick with Heroku, or make the switch

26 March, 2022, Evan X. Merz

web-development, heroku, aws, localization

One question I hear a lot lately is when a company should stick with Heroku or switch to something else. In this article I'm going to lay…

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