2023-02-06 (first published: 2023-02-04)
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software development
What's the Edge Case?
Building software means not only considering the data people expect, but also edge cases. Steve asks if you know what those edge cases are?
2022-11-14
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Cone of Uncertainty
Our design and modeling is often done with some level of uncertainty. Steve has a few guidelines today.
2022-10-26
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2022-10-24
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2022-10-17
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Code Supply Chain Security
Building software is becoming harder as new attacks try to inject malicious code into products.
2022-10-12
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How Important is Software?
The user experience from our software is important. Maybe more than many developers realize.
2022-10-01
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The Challenge of Early Tech Decisions
We often live with our early decisions on technology, which can be a challenge over time.
2022-09-12
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2022-06-27
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Flawed Data Integration
These days we often have multiple applications that need to exchange data in use by customers. Steve shares a few thoughts on his recent experiences.
2022-06-13
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RegEx Functions IV
I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
EmailAddressID EmailAddress 7 dylan0@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM 8 Diane1@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COMIf I run this query, which row(s) are returned?
SELECT top 10 * FROM person.EmailAddress WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(EmailAddress, '^D', 'i') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers