Tag Archives: software development

Code Building Code

Posted on April 9, 2019 by way0utwest

The dream for some people is to have an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that you use to describe some requirements and it will build an application that meets your needs. Certainly some AI and ML systems have reduced the need … Continue reading →

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Trunk Based Database Development

Posted on March 29, 2019 by way0utwest

Early in my career we had a folder that contained our source code. Each of us developers would copy the folder to our workstation and work on our code. To prevent issues, we had read only access to the main … Continue reading →

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Giving Computers Ethics

Posted on March 27, 2019 by way0utwest

I was reading a fascinating paper recently about autonomous cars. I’m actually excited about having a car that can drive itself, though I think this is likely quite a few years away, despite the hype. Ever since I read Red Thunder, … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Technical Debt

Posted on March 13, 2019 by way0utwest

Stop for a minute and think. How much technical debt do you have in your code? Let’s make this easy, take a break from this, close your eyes, and take thirty seconds or so and think about just your code. … Continue reading →

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