My wife and I have a fairly common routine that helps us and apparently helps some neighbors also.  We've been retired for about 12 years.  About six years ago we...

One thing I believe makes a good engineer is the wise use of available resources to accomplish a job.  I regularly use two applications that seem to have questionable design...

Grant, I heartily agree with your feelings regarding responsibility for creating and maintaining good code.  Unlike a good bottle of scotch, code does NOT get better with age.  Throughout my...

This is exactly why I am not in favor of the idea of the 'teaching coding' approach.  While I'm not against providing opportunities in IT I believe that these opportunities...

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Grant, I really appreciate where the world has taken all of you folks at SSC.  You all keep me thinking with what you provide for us all.

To me there are...

Eric, I heartily agree with you on this.  Looking back in my computer data it appears that my first employment involving...

lol, I have neither a 3.5, nor a Zip drive anymore. Tossed most of the media years ago. I think we're down to one DVD drive in the house...

I think regular archiving plans are likely one of the most overlooked features in systems design.  The most inefficient method I ever experienced was when we had no option but...

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Talent is always there and never hard to find!  The problem is employers not wanting to pay for that talent! Yes thats great to offer training to those who...

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Ok, Brian, sorry I'm so slow on this.  Now I get it.  That's where they keep the porn collection.

Tell them to fund a personal liability policy for you before you...

"I do have one database that is STUPID critical to the company - in order to get access to it, you must first sign a waiver saying that in the...

While I do agree that having the code go live quickly to fix a problem is nice, what if things go wrong?  What if that code release halts production...

Just saw your reply there skeleton567 and thought I'd reply too as our process has changed a bit as we changed managers.  Now, the process is still that it...

"It's been said that the person closest to the work is often the best person to judge if it should be released, but that's only partially true. Deploying code is...

2021 was the year I was tired all the time - perhaps it was recovery from 2020.

In regards to SQL Server, auditing and compliance was front and center. I...