Tag Archives: software development

Simple(r) Coffee

Posted on January 13, 2025 by way0utwest

Starbucks has too many order combinations. This article about the challenges for their new CEO notes there are over 170,000 combinations of things customers can order. As someone who has visited a store often and stood behind someone placing an … Continue reading →

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Why Would You Do That?

Posted on December 9, 2024 by way0utwest

I was listening to someone at Microsoft talk about their product recently. I can’t disclose which one it was, but lots of people use this product and are impacted by changes. The particular thing that caught my attention was that … Continue reading →

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Reducing the Cycle Time

Posted on December 4, 2024 by way0utwest

There are lots of software development methodologies. This page lists a few, among them waterfall, agile, iterative, rapid, and more. What’s been interesting to me is that the process of deciding what to code and then whether it works doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Simple Talks Episode 9–Data masking and subsetting

Posted on November 12, 2024 by way0utwest

The episode on data masking and subetting is out. You can see it here: Youtube Spotify Watch and check this out. This is especially close to my heart as I’ve been pushing for subsetting from Redgate for a long time. … Continue reading →

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