Tag Archives: software development

Saying Thank You

Posted on April 21, 2011 by way0utwest

Recently I had problems with one of my flights. That’s nothing new, and as Grant Fritchey noted, I tend to anger the travel gods for some reason and often find myself in situations that make me regret ever leaving the … Continue reading →

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You Don’t Know Enough

Posted on April 6, 2011 by way0utwest

We always expect developers to test their own code and be sure that it works as expected before they release it for anyone else to use. However we should be aware that developers won’t think of all the edge cases … Continue reading →

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How to Fix Connect

Posted on April 5, 2011 by way0utwest

The Connect system is the main way that all of us can feed back information on SQL Server to Microsoft . You can use this system to submit a bug or a suggestion, and your submission will go to the … Continue reading →

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Quality Over Timing

Posted on March 9, 2011 by way0utwest

Is quality really the number one job of software developers? I think we’d all like this to be the case, but I suspect that in many companies it’s not. This piece is a few years old, and it talks about how … Continue reading →

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