Tag: Software development

  • Week 8: Quiet Progress, Holding Steady, and Learning to Be Okay with “Enough”

    Week 8: Quiet Progress, Holding Steady, and Learning to Be Okay with “Enough”

    A candid weekly look at navigating burnout, rebuilding, and finding my next role. This past week didn’t feel dramatic.There were no huge breakthroughs or sweeping changes. Instead, it felt quiet — sometimes heavy, sometimes steady — and full of the kind of progress that’s easy to overlook if you’re only measuring productivity by output. And…

  • Week 7: In Between What Was and What’s Next — and Shipping Something Real

    A candid weekly look at navigating burnout, rebuilding, and finding my next role. This week didn’t come with a clean sense of momentum or a big emotional breakthrough. Instead, it lived in the middle — between what my life used to look like and what it’s slowly becoming. Some days felt heavy and unmoored. Others…

  • Week 6:  Quiet Momentum, Returning Curiosity, and Trusting the Pace

    Week 6: Quiet Momentum, Returning Curiosity, and Trusting the Pace

    A candid weekly look at navigating burnout, rebuilding, and finding my next role. This past week didn’t come with any dramatic turning points or emotional breakthroughs — and that’s actually what made it meaningful. Instead of big swings, it was a week of steadiness. Of routines holding. Of curiosity returning. Of confidence rebuilding quietly, without…

  • I still need more Android testers for my mobile app!

    I still need more Android testers for my mobile app!

    For those that may not have seen my last post, over the last few days, I created a new .NET MAUI mobile application and the Android version of it is officially ready for testing! I’ve made it easier to join the testers (I need 20 testers to install and use the app for at least…

  • Volunteers Needed To Test My New Android App!

    Volunteers Needed To Test My New Android App!

    If you’ve ever caught yourself asking, “Wait… did I do that already?” — this post is for you. Over the last several days, I’ve been working on a new mobile app called Did I Do That?, and it’s finally reached the point where I need real people using it in the real world. Before I…

  • Week 4: Progress Isn’t Linear — But It Is Real

    Week 4: Progress Isn’t Linear — But It Is Real

    A candid weekly look at navigating burnout, rebuilding, and finding my next role. This past week reminded me of something I already knew intellectually, but am still learning emotionally: Recovery doesn’t move in a straight line. Some days felt focused and productive. Others were heavy, quiet, or emotionally draining. And yet, when I step back…

  • GitHubs Copilot Agent Is Amazing!

    GitHubs Copilot Agent Is Amazing!

    As I have mentioned in my previous posts, I am working on a mobile app built in .NET MAUI called MoveableEats.  While I’m not quite ready to unveil it and what it is just yet, I thought I would write a quick post about my testing phase of building the app. The app itself is…

  • My Last 6 Bugs in My MAUI Mobile App!

    My Last 6 Bugs in My MAUI Mobile App!

    I’ve mentioned the name of the mobile app I’m working on in a few recent blog posts that I have worked on off and on for the last couple of years and now that I’m unemployed, I have finally had real time to dedicate to it.  After all the time I have put in on…

  • Getting .NET MAUI Development Set Up With VS Code

    Since I’m working on some cross-platform mobile development, I recently picked up at 2025 MacBook Air on Black Friday sale since I knew that to publish anything to the iOS App Store, you have to do it from a Mac.  The one thing I wasn’t too sure of was how to set up my .NET…

  • The Journey Begins: Rebuilding, Recovering, and Moving Forward

    The Journey Begins: Rebuilding, Recovering, and Moving Forward

    This series will be a candid weekly look at navigating burnout, rebuilding, and finding my next role. Last week, after 3½ years with FanDuel Sports Network, I was let go from my role as a senior .NET software developer. It was unexpected, and like anyone going through a sudden transition, I’ve been feeling a mix…