In my opinion (after 40 years in the industry) the state of todays "documentation" is nothing short of dismal compared to what it was 20+ years ago.   The problem seems...

Writing a DB engine would be a daunting task indeed -- but at least one would have a SQL STANDARD on which to follow.  One of my biggest regrets with...

I have been programming for over 40  years now and for the life of me I never understood why ANY human prefers numeric dates (due to the ambiguity between day...

I don't mind change -- so long as its documented!
The state / lack of "documentation" (yes that is documentation in quotes) these days is ridiculous.  Probably  because I do...

Of all the words used in computing, the one I hate the most is "Cloud"! When did a warehouse of computers suddenly become a "cloud"?  Clearly, I missed that marketing...