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I find that a lot of specialisms get taken for granted. It's really easy to set something up and get it running. The true test is when something breaks or...
December 16, 2019 at 1:47 pm
Fast forward to 2020 and SQL Server is a transactional DB, an Analytical DB (column store & SSAS), a GraphDB and you could argue that the JSON and XML facilities...
December 12, 2019 at 8:36 am
I think you have to make the distinction between decisions and outcomes.
A decision that was correct at the time it was made may have a disastrous outcome and the decision...
December 6, 2019 at 1:59 pm
Worth reading about Netflix and the Chaos Monkey approach
December 5, 2019 at 8:07 am
If you get into some of the functionality, you'll find out things like it has a "PIVOT" bit of functionality that makes SQL Server's Pivot functionality look more like...
November 19, 2019 at 8:21 am
While it is still possible to have a career that stays within the Microsoft technology stack not even Microsoft are 100% Microsoft anymore.
To my mind vendor certification makes sense when...
November 13, 2019 at 8:48 am
I am finding that using containers is a definite benefit.
With regard to K8s if at all possible I would suggest that companies operating in the cloud choose a managed service...
October 23, 2019 at 7:21 am
I went on a course recently and discovered that
October 14, 2019 at 9:15 am
We're still using an app written in MS-Access in 2002 as our main database. 100k lines of code, and its only now that we've started hitting the wall of...
October 11, 2019 at 8:58 pm
Librarianship and information mapping are two disciplines that are massively underrated. Without them you are left trying to sort the wheat from the chaff. That can be difficult whether you...
October 2, 2019 at 7:31 am
I have been putting together a list of things my department has achieved in 2019. It has cheered me up no end. I've asked my colleagues to review the list...
September 29, 2019 at 6:13 pm
To anyone who says "Why write tests?" I'd say the tests should capture desired system behaviour and those desired behaviours are a technical expression the business requirements of what was...
September 24, 2019 at 7:54 am
Hi David - you say:
'As an Aspie I communicate more fluently in writing than I would ever manage do face to face. '
Had to look that up, so that...
September 19, 2019 at 5:35 pm
The best PM I ever worked with used to nudge meetings along, then thanked people for agreeing to own specific actions. If they challenged he'd replay the conversations in the...
September 17, 2019 at 8:38 pm
Another benefit from those code reviews was learning how colleagues solved a problem.
I think this is a very important point and very easy to overlook.
No more Diana projects
If...
September 17, 2019 at 3:13 pm
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