Perhaps of even greater impact will be the revolution in RAM that is just around the corner. The technique that allows spinning disk to hold TB of data in...

Amen to that.

I am making the switch from TDD to BDD (behaviour driven development) simply because the readability of the tests and output is vitally important in demonstrating software quality...

I've been watching a series following the training of the Royal Marines. One of the corporals made the comment that their standards are very high for a reason. ...

K. Brian Kelley (8/15/2014)

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I don't want my kids to go into IT.

While some work places are great, I see the following too often:

- Long hours are expected of IT workers...

Back in the SQL2000 days replication would retry 3 times if it failed and on each attempt it would provide the DBA with an alert. Then it would give...

What about full text search. It could have been good but the Solr/ElasticSearch horse has well and truly bolted.

It seems to have turned into Always-on availability groups.

Back in the C19th they didn't care about clean water and drainage. In fact Joseph Bazellgette was lampooned for suggesting that London needed such things.

Amazing what rampant Cholera and...

I've heard of one place where they were toying with the idea of getting rid of all IT job titles. It was one of those ultimate agile shops where...

And where does Edward Snowden fit into this piece?

My 18 year old went to Iceland, my 13 year old is in Scotland helping with a heritage steam train tour, my middle son is.....somewhere else. First time since...

+1

I see people using data...

I never thought of the possibility that managers might hire contractors to do something that requires a skill that no one in house has, rather than training their staff to...

I've generally attended SQL Bits on my own efforts and various technology meet ups similarly.

In latter years I've been able to get funding for attending SQL Bits because I made...

Andrew, you are working for a company whose practises are unsustainable.

What happens if you go under a bus? Heaven forbid you have a stroke or worst still something happens...