Some of the worst code I've seen is mine but I didn't know it was bad at the time I was writing it.  The Daily WTF site[/url] is good at...

I notice that Trello is now part of the Atlassian suite (Confluence, Jira, Bamboo).  I quite like the Atlassian tools.

I would be curious to know whether people find...

I'd say delayed gratification makes financial sense.  Using HDTV as an example.  When they 1st came out I could have bought one on credit but I didn't, I saved up. ...

It's a real discipline to consider both what the data is and isn't showing.  Sometimes approaching something from the opposite angle grants a whole new perspective.
I've had a senior...

Just got to share this.
A colleague was asked to write a query to retrieve information from a MongoDB database.  Fair enough, but when he came to do so he...

Singular is less typing.  Clarity of intent trumps all.

When working with Python we use Flake8 as a style cop.  The beauty of using a mechanical style cop is...

Point in time restores and even diff backups.  These should not be cause for nostalgia

Point 5 will be addressed by evolution of the new graph capabilities of SQL Server.  It's made a good start but NEO4J is quite a long way ahead

You know how newbies are convinced that DRI can be handled by the app?  They are ALWAYS proved to be wrong.  Every single time.
Its hard enough getting Data Quality...

I think data people get blindsided by cognitive bias and sometimes the cynicism that comes with age helps to predict how people will react to a result from data.
If...

When people choose experience over data is it possible that their experience is telling them that there are gaps in the data; their is not enough data?
Is there some...