Tag Archives: software development

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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Coding Magic Values

Posted on February 4, 2023 by way0utwest

It’s 2023. I would hope all software developers would learn that hard coding specific values in your system is more likely to cause issues than not. Across the years, we’ve learned not everything is installed on the c: drive, or … Continue reading →

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Forgoing Tech Investments

Posted on January 16, 2023 by way0utwest

The US was hit with a number of storms over the Christmas holiday weekend. This disrupted air travel for many airlines and their customers, but one of the worst hit was Southwest Airlines. They accounted for most of the cancellations, … Continue reading →

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Self-Service Databases

Posted on November 16, 2022 by way0utwest

When I first started work as a software developer, I knew that getting an environment set up where I could compile a project might take a few hours or a few days. The complexities of how people built software projects, … Continue reading →

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