Category Archives: Editorial

The Pervasive Nature of Open Source

Posted on December 7, 2024 by way0utwest

This week there was a headline that said “Open Source Software Powers 96% of Modern Applications, New Study Finds” and if you stopped reading there, you might think, hey, it’s not in the apps I work on. Or you might … Continue reading →

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Distributed Monoliths

Posted on December 6, 2024 by way0utwest

I was watching a video called Microservices are Technical Debt. In it, the person being interviewed said that a lot of people really have a distributed monolith. That caught my eye since I’ve worked with a number of customers who … Continue reading →

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Reducing the Cycle Time

Posted on December 4, 2024 by way0utwest

There are lots of software development methodologies. This page lists a few, among them waterfall, agile, iterative, rapid, and more. What’s been interesting to me is that the process of deciding what to code and then whether it works doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Doing a Little Research

Posted on December 2, 2024 by way0utwest

I’ve been very pleased with the direction of SSMS the last few years. As it’s been separated from SQL Server releases and gets updated more often, I think the changes from v17 though v20 have been improvements. There are still … Continue reading →

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