Category Archives: Editorial

A Nice Holiday

Posted on February 20, 2023 by way0utwest

It’s President’s Day in the US today, which is a holiday for me. I don’t think of it as much of a celebration, but it is a day off.  So, I’m taking the day off and republishing some content. This … Continue reading →

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Building Recommended Software Practices

Posted on February 17, 2023 by way0utwest

Many of us work inside an organization that has a process for building and deploying software. We may find our org doing this well, or we may feel our process is poor with lots of room for improvement. A lot … Continue reading →

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The Cost of the Cloud

Posted on February 15, 2023 by way0utwest

Basecamp (formerly 37 Signals) is quitting the cloud. One of the founders gives some reasons, and he had some detail in a tweet on what they’ve spent in the cloud the last few years. Over USD$3mm on various services, though … Continue reading →

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The Growth of T-SQL

Posted on February 13, 2023 by way0utwest

I saw this tweet recently, where Richie Rump asked what has changed in T-SQL since the SQL Server 2012 version. A few people from Microsoft responded that there were changes in all versions, and while I think some versions have … Continue reading →

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