The one thing I miss about working in an office is having lunch with other people in IT but outside my area. Just random conversation about "what are you...

Just because no one else has mentioned it, I'm going to bring up COVID-19. It still isn't gone, lots of people are high risk or immunocompromised, and pretty much...

Very good advice, Grant. It is something I've tried to do whenever I can. I do my best to not work anyplace that has on-call. That's not always possible, but...

Seagull management! That's great!! I'm experiencing that today! (Too lengthy, so I won't go into it.) I hope I will recognize it if I ever start doing seagull management.

Well, maybe Eric. I have to deal with a manager (whose my boss's boss) who has started to push things in a situation which already was in motion. But her...

I prefer silence, as noise distracts me. During the pandemic, when I was working from home, it was my most productive period of time. My family would normally be quiet...

There's a small image that has been going around on social media that sums up a lot of the "worker" perspective.  Some people are excited to get back in...

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The office environment you described, Steve, would be a nightmare for me. I've been forced back to the office, with no reason given. It was an order. I now work...

I think your point about humans needing a change of pace rings true.

I know it sounds daft but I used to enjoy the excitement that surrounded a major...

Both at my last job and this job, we had code freezes. At the last job it was tied to billing periods. In my current job, it is tied do...

WOW, FORTRAN, that brings back memories. Well, I'm glad that's in my rear-view mirror.

Something my wife taught me soon after we got hitched which works well for personal finances.

Don't track the emails coming in monitor the bank moneys going out. Its a...

I like this article a lot. And like David Poole said, DevOps isn't a dogma so much as a principle to follow, with flexibility in mind.

The three pillars of DevOps...

I never thought of what you brought up in this article, until I read it. I've got auto renewal turned on for some website domains I own. The website registrar...

Agreed, David. I've not been involved in that many re-platforming projects. I was hired here to assist with re-platforming some Excel and MS Access apps into .NET applications, so that...