<!--more-->I've been WFH for eight years. When this all happened it felt like everything around me was changing but nothing was changing for me. And I was fascinated by...

I do have access to the SQL Server that's used by TFS. I got onto it, then got into SQL Jobs (it's a SQL Server 2012 server). There are 6...

You're telling me that 'Error' isn't giving you enough information? I'm shocked.

I know you know your stuff, but just in case the obvious has passed you by (I'm an...

I believe that, down the road, we'll be able to do that as we bring the new, replacement app online. But given how slowly we move at getting something in...

I just finished reading Mike Cisneros, "the old way is better" blog post. It reminded me of an experience I had back in the late 90's, coincidentally working for the...

I watched Kevin Scott's presentation live. It was very interesting. Highly motivational.

I hear you Chris. Where I currently work we require someone enter a message in the check-in. I've seen many messages that say, "asdf".

I do agree with you that good commit messages are important. I am guilty of not writing good check-in (we using TFVC, instead of Git). Often I am too verbose....

While I do like a space, and do have an office that is mostly mine, I miss interactions as well. My hope is that we get to go back...

Steve, this editorial has really fired my imagination! My wife has been talking about something like this for a long time. I've thought of it, as something to do "some...

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Totally agreed on the Modified_By and Created_By columns being fix length like an INT column with an FK but, if an application has a generic login, that would mean...

It's (a separate table) is a better practice for multiple reasons especially if it can't be altered without all hell breaking loose.  The 4 columns you speak of (I...

I think the main issue with the lack of live retail shopping is the lack of much detail on the configuration of much of the hardware.  When looking at...

I like the focus of this article. Improving code, making it more efficient, is a great goal. However I've been around long enough to not see much enthusiasm to improve...

I also work with numerous databases (PostgreSQL, Redshift, SQL Server, DB2, Oracle, and others) and therefore use dBeaver. I found it works quite well with a consistent approach across...