Tag Archives: software development

Mission Critical Deployments

Posted on August 17, 2015 by way0utwest

Talk about a lot of pressure to get a software deployment correct. A software install on an Airbus airplane resulted in a file containing parameters being wiped. This error caused (apparently) an airplane to crash when three engines cut off in … Continue reading →

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How many environments?

Posted on August 14, 2015 by way0utwest

One of the things I’ve learned over time is that in order to develop software, you need multiple environments. I think that outside of school projects, I’ve always used at least two environments: development and production. At school there were … Continue reading →

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Deploy from VCS

Posted on August 10, 2015 by way0utwest

Are you confident in your version control practices and code backups? If so, are you willing to do this? Wipe your applications and database schema from your servers and redeploy things from your Version Control System (VCS). I’ve typically maintained … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Refactoring

Posted on June 15, 2015 by way0utwest

I’ve listened to, and been a part of, no shortage of arguments about the technical merits of a particular programming solution. I’ve seen two (or more) developers argue about the way to solve a particular problem for hours, even days … Continue reading →

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