Another approach I have seen is used in frameworks such as Yii and laravel is something called a migration.

A migration is a special class containing a deployment and rollback method...

I won't debate the morality of governments snooping on supposedly confidential and protected traffic.

All governments have a chain of command and bureaucracy to approve what ever action they do even...

I get a bit frustrated with the latest fanboy shiny ball that seems like the previous shiny ball with 10% of the features fixed and 10% of what worked now...

Experience has taught me that any development discipline must be practised continually, otherwise the discipline will be lost. Using source control is one of these disciplines.

I have adopted a...

If you are further up the management pyramid it's not just the rarity of the opportunities but also where you have to go to get them.

LinkedIn being used to offer...

@ben ward. I agree with most of what you said. Obviously developers have the same ability to learn, retain and apply a huge array of complex technical material...

Gary Varga (9/9/2016)

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...whilst being prepared to change course as we learn...

I've hired two people on the basis of them asking a really interesting question. A mind that can think of an interesting question is one that will find a...

There's not that can be added here.

The times I use a cursor are when I can't find a set based way of doing something. In which case I tend...

In Yorkshire I believe both are called a Learning Bat.

Joking aside it takes considerable time and energy to...

djblyth (9/8/2016)

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Yeah, I wanted to say the same but i thought it might sound too 'high brow'.

Actually though, I think techies often begin with the expectation that a non-techie...

Some of the best training I have had has not been technical. It has been soft skills related. I learned an important concept called "managing up". This...

Excellent editorial.

I am an Aspie so life is one long foot in the mouth experience. One of the hardest lessons to learn is that something I am passionate about...

A lot of companies are transitioning to DevOps. The delay is likely due to cultural issues although certain traditional software is highly resistant to scripted deployments.

From what I can...

In a past life I worked in a company that provided web sites using CMSs. At the time these things had quite complicated infrastructure requirements if you wanted to...