Software development, told in six forms.

By: Jack Hurdley

A pale green, code-inspired writing portfolio about community apps, debugging at night, AI research, testing discipline, and the real places where software gets made.

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Six Pieces

Piece 01

Newspaper

A school community app becomes a front-page story about building for people.

Piece 02

Poem

A nighttime debugging fight turns into a mystery of syntax and one missing bracket.

Piece 03

Research Essay

A researched look at why full-stack development is becoming less expensive.

Piece 04

Ransom Note

A dramatic visual warning about rushed deadlines, broken code, and missing tests.

Piece 05

AI Commentary

AI explanations are checked against stronger research sources and real developer complexity.

Piece 06

Place Narrative

A sensory walk through a development office where ideas become working software.

Citations

Amazon Web Services. “What Is Cloud Computing?” Amazon Web Services, https://aws.amazon.com/what-is-cloud-computing/. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
Business Professionals of America. Business Professionals of America, https://bpa.org/. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
Gartner. “Low-Code Development Technologies Market Growth.” Gartner, www.gartner.com. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
GitHub. “Why Open Source Matters.” GitHub, https://github.com/. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
IBM. “What Is Software Development?” IBM, https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/software-development. Accessed 7 May 2026.
McKinsey & Company. “The Economic Potential of Generative AI: The Next Productivity Frontier.” McKinsey & Company, 2023, https://www.mckinsey.com/. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
Merriam-Webster. “Software.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/software. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. “15-1252 Software Developers.” Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, https://www.bls.gov/oes/2022/may/oes151252.htm. Accessed 7 May 2026.