Tag Archives: version control

The Control Poll

Posted on September 8, 2017 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on May 17, 2013. It is being re-run as Steve is out of the office. I was reading about version control systems (VCS) recently, brushing up on some skills, and saw this quote in a thread: “There … Continue reading →

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Bringing DevOps to the Database

Posted on September 12, 2016 by way0utwest

Abstract: DevOps is a hot topic in today’s software development world. However most of the knowledge and experience with DevOps is based around application software and ignores the database. We will examine how the concepts and principles of DevOps can … Continue reading →

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Ignoring Database Version Control

Posted on September 12, 2016 by way0utwest

I find myself surprised that so many people resist keeping their code in version control. I think this is less people all the time, but I don’t have good percentages because at this point I think a fair number of … Continue reading →

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The Complexity of Branches

Posted on May 19, 2016 by way0utwest

Branching code is hard.  Well, branching isn’t hard. Just right click in some GUI or or type “git branch” and off you go. The actual branching of code is pretty simple and painless. In some sense, branching might be too … Continue reading →

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