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...

• This reply was modified 5 years, 12 months ago by Rod at work.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 12 months ago by Rod at work.

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...

Thank you for this information, Rick. I've tried to refinance my home a couple times before, but never got anywhere with it. I've no idea why, because when I went...

The office cost is the big item, and I think it's like the cloud v my data center. If I own the data center and equipment, not sure the...

Being able to work from home (WFH) is one of my top 5 goals, for a job. Until this pandemic hit, working from home wasn't an option. However, it isn't...

Yep and I'm one of those who unwittingly put too much faith (is that the right word?) in just the tools. ("Look how cool it is that I can assign...

According to the NDC Database website, they update their database daily. So, if I take your approach, we could have a job do it daily. Probably overnight.

I experimented a bit...

I've seen this throughout my career. Agile doesn't work. Scrum isn't helping. Lean can't solve our issue, etc.

Rather than debate what went wrong, someone talks about the problem with...

Donovan Brown, of Microsoft, famously said, "DevOps is the union of people, process, and products to enable continuous delivery of value to our end users." I've been witnessing just how...

Lots of interesting things here. I thought the suggestion of working slow was poignant. Great reminder, to me, to do a good job, rather than just enough to get by.

I...