Tag Archives: software development

Assembling Your Own Toolbox

Posted on October 7, 2022 by way0utwest

Last month Brent Ozar posted that September was community tools month. He had a number of posts that highlighted tools and a number of other people (Francesco, Erik, VladDBA ) did as well. I didn’t do any blogging because, well, … Continue reading →

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The Challenge of Early Tech Decisions

Posted on September 12, 2022 by way0utwest

When we design software or databases, we have to make decisions right now. If you work in as many environments as I have, this means I’m often picking a tool, platform, version, technology, or something else without a complete set … Continue reading →

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Developer Optimism

Posted on September 7, 2022 by way0utwest

Developers, in general, are very optimistic about the code they write. This is likely one cause of their estimates of the time required being low, as well as the various bugs that slip through because of corner cases that appear … Continue reading →

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The Craziness of Code

Posted on April 25, 2022 by way0utwest

Every once in a while I find a fun post that makes fun of programming. I think because the author is struggling with some piece of code, they write about the craziness of software development, often with an analogy that … Continue reading →

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