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Mike Hall Staff Software Engineer
Focused on architecture, reliability, and practical execution.
Welcome. I've built this site as a living archive of my work. Here you will find interviews, talks, and writing from years of building systems, mentoring engineers, and helping technical communities thrive.
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🚀 From Y2K Panic to AI Anxiety: Why the Future is Always Worth Building
1999: The World Braced for Collapse—But I Was Planning My Escape In December 1999, the world was fixated on Y2K. People feared that at the stroke of midnight, technology would fail—planes would fall from the sky, banks would lose all records, and the digital age would come c...
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More context on trajectory, judgment, and technical depth.
- Career Timeline Full chronology and progression.
- Writing Technical tradeoffs and decision framing.
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Interviews
Conversations with engineers and community builders about craft, tradeoffs, and what holds up over time.
- All Interviews Full interview index.
- By Conference Interviews grouped by event and year.
- By Interviewee Repeated voices across contexts.
Videos
Recorded talks and sessions showing architecture, maintainability, and practical engineering under delivery pressure.
- All Videos Full video index.
- One-off Videos Standalone presentations.
- SCMC Videos Software Craftsmanship McHenry County archive.
Resume and Writing
Resume-level summary plus written context behind scope, outcomes, and operating environments.
- Executive Resume Fast summary for hiring loops.
- Career Timeline Full chronology and role context.
- Writing Essays grounded in implementation work.
Contact and Context
Ways to connect and optional context pages for deeper review.
- Contact Reach out for hiring, collaboration, or follow-up.
- LinkedIn Public profile and network context.
- About Site purpose and publishing context.
- Work Through Conversations Curated tracks linking evidence to practice.