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Just use Version Control

Posted on January 28, 2014 by way0utwest

There are free systems out there. If you have no budget, and want to get started, download one of these: Subversion: http://subversion.tigris.org Git: http://git-scm.com/ Mercurial: http://mercurial.selenic.com/ There are good ones to pay for as well, and some of them have … Continue reading →

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Too Much Choice

Posted on January 23, 2014 by way0utwest

As this piece shows, more information can be bad. As drivers get more choices, options, and opportunities to interact with information, they may not be driving as well as they otherwise might. Restaurants and retailers have seen something similar. Too much information … Continue reading →

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Uncontrolled Code

Posted on January 21, 2014 by way0utwest

Wow, Excel really sucks. To be fair, that isn’t just Excel, but any spreadsheet that’s used to make decisions in business (or government) and hasn’t had proper auditing or checking. Spreadsheets are amazingly powerful and useful, and so ubiquitous that Microsoft … Continue reading →

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DBAs Need to Learn to Develop

Posted on January 7, 2014 by way0utwest

My first exposure to computers was as a child, learning to program in BASIC, Assembler, and Pascal. From there I moved into other areas, such as networking and system administration. I learned about a variety of technologies before focusing on … Continue reading →

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