I think it's possible in many cases to upgrade a database over time by carefully planning your schema changes and accounting for those changes in your front end architecture.

If the...

Ok, if your server room is staffed with Brits, then you lure them out with Crumpets and tea.

A newkie twelver, if you please.

Eric M Russell (1/22/2015)

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GoofyGuy (1/22/2015)

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IT can work with the business, improve processes ...

In many businesses and governmental organisations, IT is the only part of the organisation which can provide enterprise-...

IT can work with the business, improve processes ...

In many businesses and governmental organisations, IT is the only part of the organisation which can provide enterprise- wide knowledge of business...

aaron mertes (1/13/2015)

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It's really an easy out for a developer to just go ahead and blame management for their buggy software, "it couldn't possibly be my fault!". In the end,...

Certainly in some cases. In some it's not.

However building in better testing is like...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/13/2015)

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GoofyGuy (1/13/2015)

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I've been in IT 37 years, most of it in software design and development - and I'm surprised neither of you are asking WHY...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/13/2015)

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Todd Townley (1/13/2015)

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There does seem to be a disturbing trend, however. The editorial alluded to it, and I've seen it in the software company...

... move some of the testing burden into the development process. While this sounds like a bad idea, overburdening developers that already struggle to meet deadlines, I'd note that part...

The best management consulting scam I've seen to date was this thing called the Fish Philosophy, which basically told management that they were all "Awesome, yeah!" and that if the...

Egg mayonnaise sandwiches in an oversized tupperware box. Get's 'em every time

That may explain why I've heard it called 'egg mayonausea'.

😉

Do you care about the space provided for lunch (or breakfast, or dinner if you prefer)? Have you seen a correlation between how that space is set up and how...

ccd3000 (12/18/2014)

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GoofyGuy (12/18/2014)

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I certainly to worry about the growth of corporations, the centralization of power through data, as well as the problems that go with poor integrity or verification.

Again,...

I certainly to worry about the growth of corporations, the centralization of power through data, as well as the problems that go with poor integrity or verification.

Again, please carefully...

There are things that I do which affect others in the world. If I do them publicly, that isn't necessarily "my" data.

A careful rereading of my post indicates I...