Category Archives: Editorial

Declining Work for Mental Health

Posted on October 20, 2023 by way0utwest

This year has been a busy one for me. I had 30 trips on airplanes away from home and around 100 nights not in my own bed. It’s been quite a year, and a little overloaded. There have been a … Continue reading →

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Practicing (Annoying) Better Security

Posted on October 18, 2023 by way0utwest

At Redgate Software, we’ve been looking to “level up” our internal security game. While we have had very good security during the 16 years I’ve been there, there have been a few security issues with our products. The speed at … Continue reading →

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The Code Review Checklist

Posted on October 16, 2023 by way0utwest

Early in my career as a developer, I was required to follow a formal process to get the code I’d written deployed to production environments. Each time I’d written code, I had to document what I’d tested and then print … Continue reading →

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You Always Have a Software Pipeline

Posted on October 13, 2023 by way0utwest

I was working with a customer recently and they said they didn’t want to set up a pipeline. Somehow they wanted magically to see changes that developers made to their database appear in their production database without making any effort … Continue reading →

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