Tag Archives: software development

You Should Know

What skills don’t you get taught about being a good database developer? If you are like most people, there is a whole list of things that are good practices for writing code, but you weren’t aware of. And like most … Continue reading

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Operating in Failure

This editorial was originally published on Sept 25, 2006. This quote is great: “Any large system is going to be operating in failure mode most of the time.” It’s from Peter Coffee’s essay on learning from paper based systems and … Continue reading

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Strike Force

Would you want to be part of an elite strike force inside your company? An IT team that can solve complex problems and save the day when there’s a crisis? Or even a large challenge facing your department? It sounds … Continue reading

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Hyper-V Guests

Virtualization has really changed the way that we deal with software. It seems that more and more often I find people using virtualization for all sorts of systems, both production and non-production servers. The ability to run multiple operating systems … Continue reading

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