Mark Hazleton · Wichita, KS
My day job is leading a team of developers in healthcare, where I design the system and help build it. My rule is to solve the problem, then get out of the way. This site is where I keep notes on what works, what doesn't, and the things I build on my own time.
Something new shows up every week, especially in AI. I only pick it up if it makes this problem easier for this team right now. Being new doesn't count.
Sidetracked by Sizzle: Staying Focused on True ValueI build when someone can show me the problem, and often that someone is me, hitting the same wall for the third time. A hunch that it would be fun to build isn't enough.
DevSpark: Change Must Start With a Real NeedIf something I built only keeps running while I'm around to babysit it, I didn't finish the job. I write it and document it so the next person can pick it up without calling me.
The Art of Making Yourself Replaceable: A Guide to Career GrowthI've swapped out my whole toolset more times than I can count since 1991. Judgment, craft and caring about the people who use the thing are the parts I've never had to upgrade.
The Dependencies I Never UpgradedI've written the long version down as two methods: Project Mechanics for running projects and DevSpark for building software.
I write to work out what I think, mostly about architecture, building software with AI, and how projects run once the plan meets real people. Not every post ends with a tidy answer.
A few I use most or am proudest of, from a NuGet package with thousands of downloads to a website for a local sewer business. The Work page has the full story behind each one: the problem, and why I built it the way I did.
A tool I use several times a week. One package reference and one line of code give any .NET 10 API its own interactive test harness.
The way I build software now. It runs in most of my active repositories, including this site.
The HTTP plumbing my own projects run on, with thousands of NuGet downloads.
A brand-new local business that customers could find and call from day one.
“Above and beyond anything I could have ever dreamt of.”
An ad-free arrow puzzle game, built in a week in a game engine I'd never used.