You can certainly switch off your DEV environment overnight.  I know of one large company that had an autodestruct at 19:00. You could request a 1 hour extension to your...

There's a thing that Google, AWS and Microsoft all have called the "Well Architected Framework" with 5 pillars (AWS invented a 6th pillar later that seems superfluous).  Those pillars are

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I'm at the stage in my career where I see "Digital Transformation" and want to cross out the "Digital".

There is something about "Digital" that causes people to lose sight of...

A friend started his IT career in the UK tax office.  Got outsourced to 3 difference companies and stayed at the same desk at each change.

My experience with outsourcing IT...

I should like to see this in operation somewhere as I've heard a lot of talk and seen some very expensive sales pitches.

It seems like a more ambitious form of...

I seem to remember that PLE was one of those metrics that you have to use in conjunction with something else and with an understanding of your system.

I also remember...

I'm remembering SQLSlammer.  Many SQL shops got caught out even though they had patched every SQL Server they knew about.

It was the MSDE instances they didn't know about that slaughtered...

GDPR gives people the right to the following:-

• See what data you hold on them, SAR = Subject Access Request
• To insist on corrections when your data on them is...

Shame I can only give this 5 stars, would love to give it more🎉.

I've been through the transition from a Microsoft shop to an open source shop and it wasn't...

There are "those" managers that associate the rattle of keyboards with productivity.

The JetBrains IDEs have spell checkers in them, which does...

If you run pre-commit installthen you are telling the pre-commit tool to block any commit that doesn't comply with the linters/formatters.

This can be a good thing for two reasons

• It...

Python is my "get things done" language.  I too found the "Python Is Now Top Programming Language — But Shouldn't Be" article  empty fluff.

Python might not be a fast language...

Certainly at the tech level I know that training is something that you are best investing in for yourself.  I can't speak for what is typical at the management level.

How...

I have an ex-colleague who has been successful in a number of roles in various companies.

His take on it is that everywhere has variations of the same problems caused by...

My iPOD still lives in the car.  Arguably it is now more valuable than the car.

I still listen to CDs when the wife is out of the house.  She doesn't...