Tag Archives: software development

Message Queues in Software

Posted on January 16, 2013 by way0utwest

I had high hopes for Service Broker when it was introduced in SQL Server 2005, but it doesn’t seem that many people have bothered to architect their applications to take advantage of it. I do see some people starting to use it, … Continue reading →

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The Shortage of Programmers

Posted on December 26, 2012 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on May 12, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is on vacation. At least at the top. I was reading the Joel on Software latest entry the other day about architecture astronauts and it … Continue reading →

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The Principle of Least Privilege

Posted on December 17, 2012 by way0utwest

One of the tenets of good security is that no person or process is granted more rights than it needs to accomplish a task. This is the Principle of Least Privilege, and is designed to ensure that your system is … Continue reading →

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Deployment Failures

Posted on December 14, 2012 by way0utwest

Years ago the company I worked for would patch the majority of our servers one Friday night each month. The Microsoft patches for the month, and other software patches, would be bundled up into SMS (Systems Management Server) packages and … Continue reading →

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