I remember writing a SSRS report which had calculations in it. I was guilty of not testing it properly. I released it to production and almost immediately had management on...

I've made the mistake of implementing a spec wrong. Simply put, I misinterpreted it. If there's some confusion on what a spec says, then I've asked for clarification, more than...

This is a very interesting article. As far as I know, none of our SQL objects are in source control. Well, except for what we, the developers, write in order...

Good points, Steve. So many thoughts. I have a 4 year degree from a university in Arizona. Without that, I would never have gotten to where I am today. But...

I agree with you. I'm working on a team rewriting legacy apps into newer technologies. However one thing we're instructed to do is bring everything back. Under curtain circumstances that...

I'm one of those who is older and this is a concern of mine. I've witnessed this close hand. My father was also in IT. His last position, in the...

I'm glad you mentioned either not using GitHub/Bitbucket/etc., or using private repos on this services for companies authored software.

Very good point, Eric. Websites like that make it easier for people to be either an annoyance or worse. Does name.mylife.com also allow you to pay them off, in order...

Yes, it could have been. However, from what I've been able to see of the tech they used back in the day, I seriously doubt they had the technical chops...

Ah, awesome office view!!

The movie was very good. Lots of twists, which surprised me. I've been wondering how Disney/Marvel will carry the story forward after Avengers: Endgame; now I know.

I really like taking July 5th off. People tend to set off fireworks until past midnight, in my neighborhood. So, being of any use at work the day after the...

Good article, David. You're often the first to respond to anything Steve writes, guess I'll be the first today. 🙂

Antidotally, I've been surprised by this DBAs vs developer divide in...

About backups of this database, that's a thing. I asked about that, before I started working on the SSRS report. I was surprised to learn that no one I spoke...

Jeff, I like your idea of using a VARBINARY(MAX). We could do that, if we migrate the data out of the MySQL database into a SQL Server database. At this...

I used the analogy of the medical profession as well, in describing what I do, as opposed to others who work in technology (IT, development), but don't do what I...