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  • RE: Only as Good as Your Auditor

    One of the outcomes of the banking crisis was awareness that the regulator had been a watch dog that didn't bark, let alone bite.  There was an all-to-cosy relationship between...

  • RE: Database Cattle

    It has long been possible to do a complete unattended install of SQL Server with detailed configuration and chain that into a complete virtual server build.  We know this because...

  • RE: Null Defaults

    Also, in a Data Warehouse I would consider having a dimension entry for "Feature Not Yet Implemented"

  • RE: Null Defaults

    As far as magic numbers are concerned about the only ones that have ever made sense to me are for date and time keys for dimensional data modelling.

    In...

  • RE: Human and Machine Learning

    I am optimistic about self drive cars.  The bit that excites me is that a whole chain of vehicles could be talking to each other so when the front one...

  • RE: Why I am Excited about SQL Server on Linux

    I only hope that Microsoft port SSIS across to Linux.

    One CTO described their choice of ETL tool as a C+ in a C- world.  I've used a number...

  • RE: Containers and Databases

    I'm using Apache Spark more and more and we are using it to join and query data from many different sources.  It makes sense to have a compute engine in...

  • RE: Human and Machine Learning

    Data Scientists can do amazing things and AI has huge potential.

    My question is of the people demonstrating great enthusiasm for AI and machine learning how many of them...

  • RE: The Multilingual Programmer

    BASIC (Commodore PET & VIC20, Sinclair ZX81)
    6502 machine code.
    dBASE/Clipper
    PICK (you have to be thick to love the PICK)
    Informix Smartware/Smartware II macro language
    Various HP3000 languages and...

  • RE: Approaching Politics in IT

    It can get worse than this but not by much https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber.

    In reality politics in a business is about a triage of resources and building relationships to ensure...

  • RE: What motivates you to do your best?

    jasona.work - Friday, February 17, 2017 10:45 AM

    An interesting trend I noticed in the replies to this article seems to be that pay...

  • RE: What motivates you to do your best?

    I think the best thing a manager can do is work out what DEmotivates their staff and work out ways to minimise it.

  • An appropriate toolset.  IT staff can easily cost £1.  Cheese paring and insisting on a poor IDE can cost that 1000x over

  • Having...

  • RE: Framework Fatigue

    I was listening to my wife rant against the web sites she was visiting.  "Why can't these idiots produce a simple clear design that shows me the products I want...

  • RE: Framework Fatigue

    One of the problems with frameworks is that people don't know where to stop.  Many of them start out with a noble aim and tightly defined goal.  Then someone suggests...

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