Paying down technical debt

One of the cool things that I do as an Evangelist at Redgate is to periodically visit company headquarters in Cambridge. The other Evangelists and I get to meet...

Really Important Software

Software often controls hardware, which can make it the critical part of a system. That's something we should be learning from the Boeing 737-Max crashes.

Can Azure Stack Reduce Software Development Costs?

Azure Stack provides a hybrid cloud infrastructure platform. Steve wonders if this really helps reduce software development costs.

Excellent Analysis of the Boeing 737 MAX Software Problems

This is the best analysis of the software causes of the Boeing 737 MAX disasters that I have read. Technically this is safety and not security; there was no...

Building a Database Engine

Someone tried to build a database engine from scratch. While not something Steve wants to do, it's an interesting exercise.

Somebody forgot to upgrade: Flights delayed, cancelled by GPS rollover

Date bug on unpatched Honeywell gear likely cause of 777, 787 flight cancellations.

Quality-Driven Software Development

While software is among the most widely used products in human history, it also has one of the highest failure rates due to poor quality. In this article, Cynthia Dzikiti explains how quality should be part of all aspects of the software lifecycle.

The right way to approach a legacy code base

Andrea Angella shares what he learned from attending Michael Feather's workshop on working effectively with legacy code.

Central Respository

Some "Laws" of Software Development

Despite all the advances in software tools, there seem to be several enduring truths about software development. By understaning these 'laws', Ziv’s law, Humphrey’s Law and Conway’s Law for example, you can remove some of the mystery of the process. Al Noel discusses these and other laws that seem to apply generally to the art of programming.