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---
layout: minimal
title: Mike Hall - Writing
description: Technical writing archive focused on implementation details, engineering tradeoffs, and practical system work.
breadcrumb: Writing
permalink: /writing/
---

<article class="page">
  <header class="home-header">
    <h1>Writing <span class="subtitle">Notes & Practice</span></h1>
    <h2 class="title">A long-running archive of engineering notes, technical tradeoffs, and leadership reflections.</h2>
  </header>

  <section>
    <h2>Recent Reflections (2024-Present)</h2>
    <p>Current essays on leadership, mentorship, decision-making, and building through industry change.</p>
    <ul class="post-list">
      {% for post in site.posts %}
        {% assign year = post.date | date: "%Y" | plus: 0 %}
        {% if year >= 2024 %}
        <li class="post-row">
          <div class="post-title-row">
            <a class="post-link" href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
            <span class="post-date">{{ post.date | date: "%b %Y" }}</span>
          </div>
          {% if post.description %}
            <p class="post-excerpt">{{ post.description }}</p>
          {% endif %}
          <div class="post-metadata-row">
            <span class="post-tags">
              {% assign topic_tag_count = 0 %}
              {% for tag in post.tags %}
                {% assign normalized_tag = tag | downcase %}
                {% unless normalized_tag == "republished" or normalized_tag == "wayback" or normalized_tag == "wordpress" or normalized_tag == "blogger" or normalized_tag == "linkedin" or normalized_tag == "frogsbrain" or normalized_tag == "uncategorized" %}
                  {% if topic_tag_count > 0 %}, {% endif %}{{ tag }}
                  {% assign topic_tag_count = topic_tag_count | plus: 1 %}
                {% endunless %}
              {% endfor %}
              {% if topic_tag_count == 0 %}leadership, mentorship{% endif %}
            </span>
          </div>
        </li>
        {% endif %}
      {% endfor %}
    </ul>
  </section>

  <section>
    <h2>Deep Technical Focus (2013-2016)</h2>
    <p>Hands-on posts centered on SQL, performance, JRuby/JVM concurrency, and implementation-level tradeoffs.</p>
    <ul class="post-list">
      {% for post in site.posts %}
        {% assign year = post.date | date: "%Y" | plus: 0 %}
        {% if year >= 2013 and year <= 2016 %}
        <li class="post-row">
          <div class="post-title-row">
            <a class="post-link" href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
            <span class="post-date">{{ post.date | date: "%b %Y" }}</span>
          </div>
          {% if post.description %}
            <p class="post-excerpt">{{ post.description }}</p>
          {% endif %}
          <div class="post-metadata-row">
            <span class="post-tags">
              {% assign topic_tag_count = 0 %}
              {% for tag in post.tags %}
                {% assign normalized_tag = tag | downcase %}
                {% unless normalized_tag == "republished" or normalized_tag == "wayback" or normalized_tag == "wordpress" or normalized_tag == "blogger" or normalized_tag == "linkedin" or normalized_tag == "frogsbrain" or normalized_tag == "uncategorized" %}
                  {% if topic_tag_count > 0 %}, {% endif %}{{ tag }}
                  {% assign topic_tag_count = topic_tag_count | plus: 1 %}
                {% endunless %}
              {% endfor %}
              {% if topic_tag_count == 0 %}systems, implementation{% endif %}
            </span>
          </div>
        </li>
        {% endif %}
      {% endfor %}
    </ul>
  </section>

  <section>
    <h2>Community and Platform Transition (2009-2012)</h2>
    <p>Writing from the Alt.NET and user-group years: community facilitation, platform shifts, and steady skill-building.</p>
    <ul class="post-list">
      {% for post in site.posts %}
        {% assign year = post.date | date: "%Y" | plus: 0 %}
        {% if year >= 2009 and year <= 2012 %}
        <li class="post-row">
          <div class="post-title-row">
            <a class="post-link" href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
            <span class="post-date">{{ post.date | date: "%b %Y" }}</span>
          </div>
          {% if post.description %}
            <p class="post-excerpt">{{ post.description }}</p>
          {% endif %}
          <div class="post-metadata-row">
            <span class="post-tags">
              {% assign topic_tag_count = 0 %}
              {% for tag in post.tags %}
                {% assign normalized_tag = tag | downcase %}
                {% unless normalized_tag == "republished" or normalized_tag == "wayback" or normalized_tag == "wordpress" or normalized_tag == "blogger" or normalized_tag == "linkedin" or normalized_tag == "frogsbrain" or normalized_tag == "uncategorized" %}
                  {% if topic_tag_count > 0 %}, {% endif %}{{ tag }}
                  {% assign topic_tag_count = topic_tag_count | plus: 1 %}
                {% endunless %}
              {% endfor %}
              {% if topic_tag_count == 0 %}community, practice{% endif %}
            </span>
          </div>
        </li>
        {% endif %}
      {% endfor %}
    </ul>
  </section>

  <section>
    <h2>Early Field Notes (2006-2008)</h2>
    <p>Short-form experiments and notes-to-self from early-career practice. These are intentionally preserved as snapshots of where my thinking was at the time.</p>
    <ul class="post-list">
      {% for post in site.posts %}
        {% assign year = post.date | date: "%Y" | plus: 0 %}
        {% if year <= 2008 %}
        <li class="post-row">
          <div class="post-title-row">
            <a class="post-link" href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
            <span class="post-date">{{ post.date | date: "%b %Y" }}</span>
          </div>
          {% if post.description %}
            <p class="post-excerpt">{{ post.description }}</p>
          {% endif %}
          <div class="post-metadata-row">
            <span class="post-tags">
              {% assign topic_tag_count = 0 %}
              {% for tag in post.tags %}
                {% assign normalized_tag = tag | downcase %}
                {% unless normalized_tag == "republished" or normalized_tag == "wayback" or normalized_tag == "wordpress" or normalized_tag == "blogger" or normalized_tag == "linkedin" or normalized_tag == "frogsbrain" or normalized_tag == "uncategorized" %}
                  {% if topic_tag_count > 0 %}, {% endif %}{{ tag }}
                  {% assign topic_tag_count = topic_tag_count | plus: 1 %}
                {% endunless %}
              {% endfor %}
              {% if topic_tag_count == 0 %}early-career-notes, practice-log{% endif %}
            </span>
          </div>
        </li>
        {% endif %}
      {% endfor %}
    </ul>
  </section>
</article>