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Don Demcsak

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Nothing is more permanent than this temporary fix

Dec 18, 2025

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8 min read

Nothing is more permanent than this temporary fix

Managing Technical Debt: Why Hardcoding Logic Kills Business Agility and Increases Risk.

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Technology Edition

Your IDE Won the War, but AI Wants Your Job

Dec 15, 2025

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7 min read

Your IDE Won the War, but AI Wants Your Job

Central PA Tech Analysis: What the "Editor Wars" of the 90s teach us about "Vibe Coding" today, and why tool mastery still beats tool automation.

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Local Events

CoffeeOps: The Art of the 'Anti-Meetup'

Dec 11, 2025

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13 min read

CoffeeOps: The Art of the 'Anti-Meetup'

Why the Best Networking in Central PA Happens Without a Name Tag.

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Technology Edition

From Warehouses to Waiting Rooms: How Central PA’s Logistics DNA Can Cure Healthcare Bottlenecks

Dec 8, 2025

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13 min read

From Warehouses to Waiting Rooms: How Central PA’s Logistics DNA Can Cure Healthcare Bottlenecks

Why your next career leap might involve treating patients like packages (and why that’s actually a good thing)

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Local Events

The 717 Reality Check: Why Silicon Valley "Hustle" is Sabotaging Your Local Career

Dec 4, 2025

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12 min read

The 717 Reality Check: Why Silicon Valley "Hustle" is Sabotaging Your Local Career

A Digizen's Guide to Authentic Networking in the 717

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Technology Edition

Is Your "OT-Ready" Dashboard a Game Changer or Just a Liability?

Dec 1, 2025

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11 min read

Is Your "OT-Ready" Dashboard a Game Changer or Just a Liability?

Why the "Single Pane of Glass" Might Shatter Your Production Line

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Local Events

Running the Diff on 2025: A Blameless Post-Mortem

Nov 27, 2025

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11 min read

Running the Diff on 2025: A Blameless Post-Mortem

A Digizen's Thanksgiving Retrospective

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Technology Edition

Platform Engineering: The "Single Pane of Glass" or Just Another Window to Nowhere?

Nov 24, 2025

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11 min read

Platform Engineering: The "Single Pane of Glass" or Just Another Window to Nowhere?

Why 70% of Internal Developer Platforms are failing to launch, and what that means for our local tech ecosystem

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Local Events

The Susquehanna Firewall: Debugging the Latency Between East and West

Nov 20, 2025

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10 min read

The Susquehanna Firewall: Debugging the Latency Between East and West

A Digizen's Deep Dive into the Gen-D Dialect

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Technology Edition

An Autopsy of the Hype: What Ever Happened to "Blockchain for Logistics"?

Nov 17, 2025

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12 min read

An Autopsy of the Hype: What Ever Happened to "Blockchain for Logistics"?

A 'Grounded Futurist's' analysis of the technology that promised to revolutionize the supply chain—and what its ghost can teach us about the new-new thing.

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Local Events

Beyond the Upgrade: This Thanksgiving, Give Your Tech a Second Mission

Nov 13, 2025

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12 min read

Beyond the Upgrade: This Thanksgiving, Give Your Tech a Second Mission

A Digizen's Guide to the 'Thanks for Giving Initiative' from Pierson Computing Connection

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Technology Edition

That 'Vector Database' You Were Told To 'Just Spin Up'? Let's Talk

Nov 10, 2025

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13 min read

That 'Vector Database' You Were Told To 'Just Spin Up'? Let's Talk

Deconstructing Vector Databases: A Pragmatic Guide for Central PA's Technologists.

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Local Events

The Connection Portfolio: A Digizen’s Use-Case Index for Central PA Dining

Nov 6, 2025

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14 min read

The Connection Portfolio: A Digizen’s Use-Case Index for Central PA Dining

Why the 'best' restaurant is often the wrong tool, and a data-driven guide to Central PA’s best spots for client dinners, team building, and focused conversations.

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Technology Edition

That Feeling When AI Writes Your Code: Are We Obsolete, or Are We Getting a Promotion?

Nov 3, 2025

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14 min read

That Feeling When AI Writes Your Code: Are We Obsolete, or Are We Getting a Promotion?

Understanding the "AI Orchestrator" Paradigm and the Future of Software Engineering

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Local Events

From Terminal to Podium: Deconstructing the Analog Craft of Public Speaking

Oct 30, 2025

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12 min read

From Terminal to Podium: Deconstructing the Analog Craft of Public Speaking

A Technologist's Guide to Mastering Public Speaking and Finding Your Voice in Central Pennsylvania

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Technology Edition

Why Does 'The Perfect Job' Still Feel Wrong?

Oct 27, 2025

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16 min read

Why Does 'The Perfect Job' Still Feel Wrong?

A Pragmatic Guide to Career Trade-offs for Central PA Tech Professionals

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Local Events

AI Day of Central PA

Oct 23, 2025

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13 min read

AI Day of Central PA

A Digizen's Guide to Connecting at the AI Day of Central PA

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Technology Edition

Your Servers Are Choking. Stop Buying More CPUs

Oct 20, 2025

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15 min read

Your Servers Are Choking. Stop Buying More CPUs

A Practical Guide to Specialized Computing: Integrating CPUs, GPUs, NPUs, and DPUs for Scalable Performance

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Local Events

A Note from a Recovering Introvert on Building a Tribe

Oct 16, 2025

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10 min read

A Note from a Recovering Introvert on Building a Tribe

An Introduction to the Digizenburg Dispatch and Its Mission to Connect Central PA's Tech Community

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Technology Edition

Your New AI Employee is a Hallucinating Know-It-All. It’s Time to Give It a Job Description

Oct 13, 2025

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14 min read

Your New AI Employee is a Hallucinating Know-It-All. It’s Time to Give It a Job Description

Applying Domain-Driven Design from Enterprise Software to Build Reliable Agentic AI for Logistics and Healthcare in Central Pennsylvania

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Local Events

Beyond the Burnout: How I Found My Agile Team in the Real World at a Central PA Gaming Lounge

Oct 9, 2025

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10 min read

Beyond the Burnout: How I Found My Agile Team in the Real World at a Central PA Gaming Lounge

A Beginner's Guide to Finding Your Squad at Tabletop and Video Gaming Lounges in Central Pennsylvania

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Technology Edition

Why Your Next Viral Photo Needs a CARFAX Report

Oct 6, 2025

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12 min read

Why Your Next Viral Photo Needs a CARFAX Report

A Digital Transformation for Our Feeds: How the C2PA Standard Can End the Authenticity Guessing Game.

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Local Events

Subject: System Error: Your Perfect 'Third Place' Was Compiling in an Unexpected Subroutine

Oct 2, 2025

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16 min read

Subject: System Error: Your Perfect 'Third Place' Was Compiling in an Unexpected Subroutine

A Systems Analyst's Blueprint to the High-Bandwidth Community of Central PA's Youth Soccer Fields

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Technology Edition

Inspired by the Women In Tech Awards? Here's Your Next Move

Sep 29, 2025

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13 min read

Inspired by the Women In Tech Awards? Here's Your Next Move

A Strategic Playbook for Career Advancement for Central PA's Women in Tech

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak

Technology Edition

That 'Creepy Ad' Feeling? It's Not Your Mic, It's This...

Sep 22, 2025

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14 min read

That 'Creepy Ad' Feeling? It's Not Your Mic, It's This...

A Practical Tutorial on Securing Your Home Network and Protecting Your Privacy by Changing Your Default DNS

Don Demcsak
Don Demcsak
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