I have kept an eye on https://db-engines.com/en/ranking

There are a few things to note

• The rapid tail off in the rankings as you progress down the list
• The...

I think it is important that juniors see seniors own up to mistakes, especially the embarrassing ones.  Lead by example.

The important thing is defining what the limits of what the BOT is allowed to do.

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240222-air-canada-chatbot-misinformation-what-travellers-should-know

Recruitment is a challenging occupation.  I've had candidates that were good on paper, interviewed well, passed recruitment tests but when they got the job their doppelganger turned up for work.

I've...

This is analogous to the increasing use of ML in the insurance industry to spot fraud.  The chances are there are a large suite of existing rules that have accumulated...

I do have a question though. In the jobs section, the "Check Pull Request Labels" has a runs-on: ubuntu-latest and then immediately afterwards in "Enable Auto Merge on PR"...

If you put this in a GitHub repository  .github\workflows\check_labels.ymlfile then you can make running this a mandatory check in the "branch protection" option in your repo settings.

            
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LGTM = Looks Good To Me?

My team has spent time working out if anything we do in a code review could be automated.  Linting and formatting to an agreed, enforced...

Many of our CICD pipelines build our apps into Docker containers and runs a vulnerability scan on the resulting image.  This is a pre-requisite before making the image available for...

Back in 2014 one of the talks at QCon was a talk from someone at NASA.  They said they had two problems that kept them up at night.

One was how...

On a car dashboard a rev counter is a dial with a red zone.  You don't need to be able to read any figures, just know where the needle points...

There are official GitHub certifications too.  https://github.blog/2024-01-08-github-certifications-are-generally-available/

If you work for a consultancy you may find you are expected to hold and keep a number of certifications.

You might find the following links useful.

• https://initialcommit.com/tools/git-sim
• https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/learn-git-with-bitbucket-cloud
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/introduction-to-github/

I've been using git for a long time and have only ever needed to use a handful of commands.  Beyond the...

I find that there is the feeling of having to start from scratch when joining a new team.  It's uncomfortable but a spur to up your game until you bed...

Don't.  Had a driving day for my 40th birthday.

• Lamborghini.  My fantasy cracked and died.
• Ferrari.  Knackered Fiat until it...