Tag Archives: software development

Take A Vote and Accept Your Loss

Posted on January 24, 2024 by way0utwest

I feel differently today than in the past about many of the things I’ve seen technical people argue about. I’ve written about Tabs vs. Spaces and Singular vs. Plural, and others have debated commas before or after among other topics. … Continue reading →

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Re-Evaluating the Cloud

Posted on January 10, 2024 by way0utwest

Last year 37 Signals (makers of Basecamp and Hey)  announced they were leaving the cloud. I wrote about the decision, and wondered if they’d look back at this as a great decision or one they’d regret and backtrack to the … Continue reading →

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Fixing Poor Programming Practices

Posted on January 3, 2024 by way0utwest

I see a lot of poor programming practices in real-world code. I’m sure I’ve written a few myself. I’m also sure that many of you see the same thing and sometimes wonder how that code got deployed. One of the … Continue reading →

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Having Data Modeling Standards

Posted on November 22, 2023 by way0utwest

While working with a customer recently, they mentioned that they have certain standards for their objects. They require a PK, and it’s the name of the table with _PK added. They also have some standards, like CustomerName vs. CustomerNames for … Continue reading →

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