HAHAHA! I completely relate to what you're saying, Jeff. Yeah, those old military surplus desks are great monsters. And heavy! But really solid.

Hey Rick,

What I meant by wearing gloves in the winter is half finger gloves. I bought a packet of 50 from Amazon for a good price. Unfortunately, I can't find...

I have a dedicated workspace at home. We've got an old metal, military desk from a bygone era. We got it several years ago at a military surplus sale. It...

I wish I could take time out  to relax somewhere for at least a week. I don't see that happening. There are too many demands and responsibilities in my personal...

I wish you all the best in your new position at RedGate, Kathi

Two excellent points,  m60freeman

Very well put, David. I think I'm like you in that I think I've not risked much, either. Mostly due to fear of getting in trouble. There have been times...

Very relevant topic. I've interviewed at Amazon once I think. They ask the toughest technical questions.

Where I work now, I've been asked to sit in some interviews for candidates applying...

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Thank you very much, Steve. I look forward to reading that article when its ready to be published.

Thank you, Steve, for those additional links! I've got more learning to do, which is great!

Rod, take a look at a package called pre-commit. The idea is that when you attempt to commit code to git it will run a whole bunch of checks.

Each...

I like your approach, Jason. I agree with you that not every legacy project needs to be refactored, just for refactoring's sake. If it works, it is secure and I'll...

I get less concerned over the formatting of code. These days we have products like SQL Prompt and other tools that can reformat things as we need them. I...

I appreciate what you said, Jason. And the difficulties of standards in code writing, Steve. In all the years I've been writing code, I've only worked at one place that...

Currently I am still working from home (WFH), and I LOVE IT! I've mentioned before in these forums, how prior to the pandemic I had to endure horrendously long commutes...