@Dalkeith I would associate NoSQL more with document / JSON stored values rather than EAV. EAV would certainly never scale whilst a JSON type approach can scale, with a schema...

Nice one. I'm learning a bit of Python to help my wife right now so had a clue on two and assumed the other was the other!

Fair point Jeff, but who would pay us if everyone knew how to do everything optimally? Fortunately it's not even close...

Tone does certainly matter and I don't think shushing is appropriate - it would not be taken well by me for sure. I would accept that there are circumstances where...

As Tommy Lee Jones said in No Country For Old Men, it's a mess - if it ain't it'll do until the mess gets here.

It strikes me they...

That is indeed an awesome tweet, thanks, hadn't seen it!

I'm going to say that it looks like a right pickle. By which I mean that the subsequent account...

Like many I enjoyed tinkering with computers. Whilst I didn't set my mind on computers, a development role was what came up when I needed to find a job. So...

One point to make is - never celebrate a rollout prematurely. The pictures of the champagne swilling, back slapping techies might well grate on the unfortunate customers. Give it a...

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Maybe there's still time but I was looking forward to your thoughts on the TSB issues over here in the UK Steve.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/apr/30/tsb-online-banking-internet-business-it

There's not much you can really do apart from ensuring you think and check what you're doing anytime you run any data modifying query. Check the tab, check the database...