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'If you do a search in the article for the first reference, you'll find where Phil states "Remember that, like Marcel Proust's 'À la recherche du temps perdu', everyone will...
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July 6, 2021 at 9:59 am
Thank you for your interest. Perhaps you can show an example of the sort of thing you have in mind. Since writing this article, I've done a lot...
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January 13, 2021 at 4:45 pm
Robert,
I'm not sure that I understand what you wrote. What list?
Phil
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January 13, 2021 at 4:42 pm
Yes, the Dunning-Kruger syndrome is the more typical institutional mental illness of IT people. Whereas Imposter syndrome is really a neurotic symptom, Dunning-Kruger and Imposture is a psychosis. ...
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September 20, 2020 at 5:47 pm
@ganotedp Yes, I agree that Agile experts are very quick to come out with this as an advantage, but for an old fogey like me, being told this...
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June 28, 2020 at 4:01 pm
@Rocker. I agree entirely. There seems to be no future in a Windows machine hosting a docker SQL Server container. I'm still experimenting to try to find the ideal Linux...
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May 31, 2020 at 9:59 am
The strange human behaviour I'm seeing in this, or any other, pandemic is that it confirms everyone's world view, whatever their beliefs. I makes me think that the true spirit...
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May 4, 2020 at 8:28 am
please feel free to translate it into Russian.
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April 23, 2020 at 8:41 am
It makes a lot of sense. Once a team realises the advantages, they rarely go back to the old ways. I'm currently working on a PowerShell script that takes a...
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March 18, 2020 at 4:49 pm
scdecade
Yes, IsJSON() is a good start. The 'Strict' option is an excellent precaution against Typos, but neither of these tackle the issues of how your data should behave. In a...
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January 27, 2020 at 5:29 pm
tsalha Yes, I'm using System.Data.SqlClient generally for this. I use a temporary stored procedure on the connection, (create or edit) and then execute it with parameters. I usually just have...
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January 27, 2020 at 9:26 am
@GeorgeCopela
A DBA in a London Bank I remember used to occasionally carry a lightening bolt made from papier mache and painted fiery gold when the Developers did something that merited...
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January 20, 2020 at 5:37 pm
Consultancy is a job for which there is almost no training or body of expertise for the newcomer to use. Few people make a go of it successfully....
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January 20, 2020 at 9:15 am
@david.Poole One of my favourite articles, that one. Written with feeling. You're right about deflecting the blame from the guilty. The blame game just takes too long, though...
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January 20, 2020 at 9:03 am
Thanks for the kind words, DeafEater. Much appreciated.
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January 19, 2020 at 7:35 pm
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