Tag Archives: software development

Trade-offs

Posted on September 25, 2012 by way0utwest

I’ve always told my managers that building software is a trade off. We can do things cheaply, or we can do them quickly, but we can rarely do both. We can certainly fail in both ways, and many people do, … Continue reading →

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Rewrite the Coding Rules

Posted on September 24, 2012 by way0utwest

Security is a problem in technology. Whether it’s technological misconfiguration, social engineering, or brute force attacks, we see a constant stream of headlines about security issues. The situation is not likely to change anytime soon as security isn’t seen as … Continue reading →

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Three Rules for Database Development

Posted on September 17, 2012 by way0utwest

I’ve always followed a few maxims over the years that have guided me well. One of those is that we must all agree on how we are going to perform any process and then all work that way. We can … Continue reading →

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Rogue Algorithms

Posted on September 5, 2012 by way0utwest

I have always thought that computers do some amazing things, but they tend to do what we tell them to do, even if what we tell them to do is not what we want them to do. In those cases … Continue reading →

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