Jeff Moden (12/9/2015)

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Ah... sorry Gary. I knew what you were getting at. Didn't mean to make it look like I was sniping you. It's just that...

Jeff Moden (12/9/2015)

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Gary Varga (12/8/2015)

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There are technical fundamentals that I would expect practitioners at the applicable level to understand and be able to describe, however, I never expect anyone to...

Someone please point her to the option in her email client that enforces a spellcheck before sending!!!

below86 (12/9/2015)

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Yeah really, I think my first computer...

Perhaps it is three orders of magnitude Steve?

Tavis Reddick (12/9/2015)

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Could there be a tendency, over time and in a successful devops team, for individuals to learn new skills from the 'other' side, to the detriment of learning...

Using the wrong sized data type means that it is harder to get it right. The perfect example is the use of a date & time type when only a...

I guess that suggests that you visualise Steve. I can't. I tend to conceptualise (which markedconn referred to as cognitive thinking as opposed visual thinking in a recent thread).

This means...

There are technical fundamentals that I would expect practitioners at the applicable level to understand and be able to describe, however, I never expect anyone to remember syntax accurately. For...

It seems that there is a midway point where people can write eloquently but not simply. The best writers produce books, articles, blogs, letters, emails, texts and Tweets that are...

Over four years later...

cs_troyk (12/7/2015)

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Sure - Stephen King's next novel has been outsourced to Bangalore....

What a ludicrous blog post...and a sensible Editorial response.

A database might not need Foreign Keys but a RDBMS is less without them.

The blogger says "There’s a hint that your system...

I think that most meetings can be virtual but there are some that benefit from...

It seems to me that the established professions either have a more rigorous framework for estimation and change control (e.g. construction) or have expectations of the unknown accepted in advance...