Jeff Moden (7/1/2013)
Great Editorial. Now all we need is a link that teaches managers and developers how not to over-promise and one that teaches developers how to get over the "just get it off my plate" syndrome. 😉It all boils down to the simple rules that "Good enough usually isn't" and that "If you want it real bad, that's the way you'll usually get it". 😛
The bottom line is that it takes time to learn how to write good code and unit test it with enough data to know if it will perform well. Too many people won't take the time to do either. That's why SSDs and things like Hekaton are such a draw... they promise the gift of performance for crap code. :w00t:
The sad thing for me as a developer is that I come across far too many DBAs who are not only significantly worse than me but also don't give a [insert favourite ending here]. Even worse for developers. Rarely a consideration of when there will be more than 20 rows.
Ah, the ol' technology to speed up poorly written code. Developers (and perhaps DBAs) have relied on hardware too long to achieve this.
Gaz
-- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!