Category Archives: Editorial

Poor Names

Posted on April 13, 2026 by way0utwest

It’s always interesting to me when I give product feedback to engineers at Redgate on their demos. Quite often they’ve built a feature that uses AdventureWorks or Pagila (PostgreSQL) or some other well known schema to evaluate how their particular … Continue reading →

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Acting with Confidence

Posted on April 10, 2026 by way0utwest

Recently, I saw a graph about making decisions that showed the impact of both reversibility and consequences. Here is an example of such a graph and how one might approach decisions. If things are easily reversible or have a low … Continue reading →

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Barely Reviewed Code

Posted on April 8, 2026 by way0utwest

Years ago I was giving a talk on software development and asked the audience how long it takes to review a PR that has 10 lines changed. Answers were in the minutes to tens of minutes range. I then asked … Continue reading →

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Republish: A Great Case for Powershell

Posted on April 6, 2026 by way0utwest

I’m still in Las Vegas coaching 13 year olds at the Red Rock Rave. Hopefully things are going well, though day 3 is often tough. It’s been a long weekend and players are tired (and coaches). I’ll be surviving today … Continue reading →

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