My last company did a lot of engineering and testing. One thing they found is that most computer hardware failures occurred during startup. Evidently computers can just run forever,...

This is a timely repost.  The longer you leave upgrading

1. The more convoluted the upgrade path will become and with it the risk associated with upgrades.
2. The more likely that...

I take your point though I  think you are mistaking refactoring for something...

One of the practises that contribute to agile development (not Agile TM) is constant refactoring of team processes, code..etc to design out failure points.

I do a lot of refactoring work...

My company rents a WeWork office in Manchester(UK).  I've gone in and been the only one there but mostly there are between 3 and 6 people in, sometimes more.

The We...

I get Steve's point of view.  I'm an introvert but I have discovered that I have limits.  It doesn't do me good to be WFH 100%.

My team tend to arrange...

The tip about not working from Slack/Teams/Outlook is gold!

At home I have two monitors plus the laptop screen.  Sometimes the work I do needs those 3 screens and with Slack,...

Ryan,  I came across If this one guy got hit by a bus the worlds software would fall apart. It doesn't mention Redis, but does mention SQLLite...

When I began my journey towards adopting agile and DevOps ways of working it was an absolute nightmare.  Basically DBAs were excluded from the training given to the development teams. ...

I think your point about humans needing a change of pace rings true.

I know it sounds daft but I used to enjoy the excitement that surrounded a major release.  The...

Imagine that you are the CEO of a major corporation listed on the stock exchange.  With your mega-salary comes mega-responsibility and visibility in the public eye.  At this level the...

Steve,

I'm remembering your SQL Server running on Linux April Fool.

I'm also mindful of the GraphDB extensions, the XML extensions and the JSON extensions in SQL Server.

"We seem to be spending more than we expected to" seems to be a familiar cloud refrain.

The approach we take to being able to dice/slice costs is to have a...

https://dora.dev/

Dr Nicole Forsgren wrote Accelerate which explains the science behind the 4 DORA...

I notice that this year's DORA report is explicit in calling out the availability of quality documentation as being a significant factor in high performing teams.

I notice that Pragmatic Works...