Open-source software lives in many forms: sprawling frameworks, tiny utilities, and the little tools people tuck into their workflows that quietly save hours. mmtool sits in that latter category — a compact, purpose-driven repository that illuminates how focused code can solve recurring pain points and become a catalyst for better practices across teams. This column traces mmtool’s story, technical value, cultural impact, and lessons for anyone who builds or adopts small-but-essential developer utilities.
Oregon based media and communications consultant Mark Sanchez is on the fifth or sixth step of his recovery program from his career as a television news reporter. And that’s the way it is. Mark has been an Oregonian since the Reagan administration and shows no signs of leaving. He lives in Portland — a city that is famous for its transit system, its rain, its independent film community and, lately, for the TV series Portlandia, which Mark notes is about half-true, but to protect confidential sources he won’t say which half.
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