Tag Archives: software development

Is the Database a Series of Microservices?

Posted on November 12, 2021 by way0utwest

Not too long ago I was explaining to a group of developers a few reasons why database development and deployment is more challenging than application work. As I was talking about the different objects and the dependencies between them, an … Continue reading →

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Making Software Decisions

Posted on September 27, 2021 by way0utwest

I work for a company that builds software. At Redgate, we are constantly debating what to build and how, and more importantly, how to structure something that is easy for our customers to use. There’s a lot that goes into … Continue reading →

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New Old Architectures

Posted on September 10, 2021 by way0utwest

Many years ago I was starting in a software development role using dBase and Clipper. I needed to upgrade a DOS based dBase program to Clipper to take advantage of some graphical libraries. Around this time, we were also moving … Continue reading →

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Patterns and Potential Problems

Posted on September 8, 2021 by way0utwest

I saw a post recently from a developer that needed to refactor and rename a table in a live system. The post describes a pattern for doing so and gives the steps taken, though not the actual code. I like … Continue reading →

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