The Fishbowl

The Fishbowl is Charles Miller’s personal weblog, running on a simple, text-focused blog layout with recent posts and an archive. It is not a commercial publication or a tutorial site; it collects the author’s observations and recollections from a career in software development, often written in a conversational, storytelling voice.

The site’s core content is essays and anecdotes about technology, with a particular emphasis on the Java ecosystem and open-source projects. A representative post recounts the early days of Hibernate from the perspective of someone tangentially present, showing the blog’s interest in the human side of software history rather than product documentation.

It suits developers, especially those familiar with Java and enterprise frameworks, as well as readers who enjoy informal tech memoirs. Because posts are infrequent and personal, it works better as occasional browsing than as a reference resource.

Use the archives to explore older entries, and treat the stories as personal recollections rather than authoritative accounts. Overall, The Fishbowl is a modest but worthwhile read for anyone who likes software history told by an insider-outsider.