When I was in my 20s, I worked with a bloke who had retired twice, got bored twice and gone back to work each time.  He was full of wisdom. ...

For me, AI isn't the problem; it's the straw that breaks the donkey's back. The amount and size of change that has happened in the past few years is phenomenal,...

I've found that as long as things cost what they are expected to cost, within a given tolerance, the powers that be don't care.

The cost savings have to be substantial...

I've got a situation at present where a BI product has an API and a UI that uses the API.

The API has "features", as in looks like a bug, behaves...

In the 1st successful case Claude was told that I had compiled Terraform from source code for the specific version in question. When running terraform apply I got {specific error}.

Claude...

I had to do some work on an old Terraform code base.  The particular version of Terraform has to be built from source code.  I followed the instructions to set...

The mechanics for this are relatively easy.  The hard bit was the thinking to make it relatively easy.

We have a small CI/CD database that holds some data that we expect...

There have been supply chain attacks on PyPi that have resulted in popular Python packages being compromised.  Getting the timing right for patching is vital

• Too quick = Risk exposure...

I never got to use Analysis Services.  My company had me stretched with my workload and learning the parts of SQL Server relating to that workload.  At the time, I...

I am reviewing a PR where AI has been used extensively.

In terms of functional requirements, it works.

In terms of NFRs, such as maintainability, code quality metrics, sensible variable names, well-structured...

Where is the borderline between a script and a tool?

Most of my development work is done on a Mac configured to use the ZSH (Z Shell) with https://ohmyz.sh/

We do a...

Yes, everything is temporary; it just depends on the timescales.

Getting rid of Microsoft at the...

Apparently, France is one of the few nations that can design and build its own fighter jets alone.  It's a great shame because the UK used to be really good...

There is no magic; it is what we are taught to focus on.  The original two SQL Server 6.5 courses (admin & developer) showed us execution plans, Perfmon, profiler and...

Technology runs ahead of what CTOs and architects can keep up with.  By the time they have assessed it, the cat is out of the bag.  It is very hard...