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  • RE: Technical Debt

    I had an interesting conversation with a senior director on this subject and captured his thoughts on this

    https://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/opinion-pieces/technical-debt-and-the-cultural-gap/%5B/url%5D

  • RE: Shrinking the Budget

    I know of a case where support for a system was outsourced. Ran fine for years...until it didn't.

    All of a sudden it became apparent that the outsource resource no-longer...

  • RE: Early Adopters

    If you are talking about early adoption of the latest version of SQL Server then having a comprehensive set of functional and non-functional tests will mitigate those risks.

    If you are...

  • RE: Early Adopters

    Problem is with companies like mine, that's good for the team and not good for the business. Needs to be both to succeed in their eyes.

    Yes but if you start...

  • RE: Early Adopters

    I'm finding that as an early adopter that there are an awful lot of people who claim they are doing something but when they are scrutinised its all smoke and...

  • RE: Early Adopters

    Someone has to be the early adopter. Today's so what was yesterday's OMG.

    Business is about calculated risks and a bit of a gamble. Low cost experimentation has to...

  • RE: Shrinking the Budget

    If you want to save serious money in a large organisation forget the the technology. Look to the various business processes and strange behaviours that are accepted as the...

  • RE: Shrinking the Budget

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/19/2015)


    Good note, but I wouldn't disparage someone as an actor meaning they have no knowledge. A certain former guitar player from Queen is a PhD...

  • RE: Rogue Software Changes

    Ian Scarlett (11/16/2015)


    Maybe not quite as bad as the VW situation, but Peugeot were caught a few years ago manipulating the odometer on vehicles. Every so often, it would...

  • RE: Rogue Software Changes

    I still haven't seen anything that says the other manufacturers aren't doing it. If anything VW are cleaner than the average.

    I can imagine a senior manager insisting that system...

  • RE: Do You Have Scary Code?

    Jeff Moden (11/10/2015)

    It does, indeed. It sounds like it could become a full time job just keeping such tests up to date almost as if it were an application...

  • RE: Do You Have Scary Code?

    I've done a fair bit of software archaeology and what I have found is that quick fixes are built upon quick fixes. This isn't to imply that this is...

  • RE: The Command Line is Back

    As much of the stuff I use is in the Linux world the command line features heavily in !y day to day role. To be honest it did before...

  • RE: Secret Software Security

    The problem with vehicles is the long fix cycle which in some cases is infinite i.e. won't ever be fixed.

    We've seen the size of the problem that Volkswagen are facing...

  • RE: SQL Injection - The Revenge

    The problem is always convincing the decision makers to make the correct choice:-

    • New shiny ball that will make you look good in front of your boss and peers
    • Thing that you...

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