Tag Archives: software development

The Cost of Switching

Posted on January 20, 2015 by way0utwest

I read the book Space Prison a few years ago. It’s about a group of humans, attacked and left as prisoners on a harsh planet. There’s a few hundred of them, many dying in the first few weeks. They must fight just … Continue reading →

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Debugging SQL Server

Posted on January 16, 2015 by way0utwest

One of the tools that I found useful early in my development career was the debugger. Being able to track the values of variables, check the call stack, and pause execution of programs was handy. Early in my career, the … Continue reading →

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Selling Automation to Ops

Posted on January 12, 2015 by way0utwest

The DevOps movement isn’t new in some companies. It’s the same coordination and teamwork that has existed for a long time between the development and operations staffs. Developers take advantage of the skills in Operations to get standardized environments for their work, … Continue reading →

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Testing

Posted on January 8, 2015 by way0utwest

It seems that software always contains bugs. No matter how much time and effort is spent building an application, there will be issues. Sometimes this is because of a lack of testing, and sometimes this is because of poor testing, … Continue reading →

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