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Just one day before I move out to commence World Tour with my wife, I have the major overhaul of CoachAccountable at a place complete enough to test out in the field with my coachees.  It’s an exciting day, and I’m delighted to have this large chunk of work done before we embark on the more vagabond lifestyle.

“Alpha” means that it is in a stage that is still too rough and untested for more broad consumption, it will still be a little while before I’m ready to open the new version up to a broader audience.  I will do so after some time of using and refining with my coachees.

I really like it in it’s current state.  I’ll know it’s ready for prime time and suitable to show off once I love it.

I am a hacker.  (“Hacker” in the sense of programmers who really love to create things in code, NOT people trying to break into the CIA)   It is said in hacker circles (specifically in several essays by Paul Graham) that the best software is that which hackers write to scratch their own itch.   Why is that?  Because they are their own users.  It is the rare and magical combination in software development of (1) knowing exactly what is needed and (2) being able to create it.  If anything is cumbersome or annoying, they can fix it.  If a little shortcut is an obvious time saver, they can put it in.

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