Category: Rants
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Assumption is the mother of all Fuckups…
How would you move a file in an atomic fashion? What? Not enough detail for you? Do not worry – I have made some assumptions regarding the scenario, that I just pulled outta my ASS, and you better get the same asnwer I did!!!
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I want to meet the developer(s) of Sybase SQL Advantage…
Version: 12.5.0.3/EBF 10752 IR/P/NT (IX86)/OS 4.0/Wed Jan 15 12:59:30 2003 Why? Because I want to ask them why it takes SQL Advantage ~16 seconds to process a query that returns 674 rows of ~70 columns each and display them in Grid or Text output, when I have written an application that goes through two additional…
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Just not getting it…
I came across a poster some time ago (I think on /.) that had an interesting signature. It read something along the lines of: When someone says: Lead, follow or get out of the way, get in the way! I remember thinking at the time that the poster could likely use some more experience in…
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Sometimes getting your options is not so great…
One of the downsides of getting your company acquired by another larger one is that you may find yourself in a new culture and/or process model that conflicts with your way of life. A new dress code, new time tracking for everything, new and more complicated ways of doing simple things like parking expenses… It…
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Short People and Big Cars
Having driven a decent amount of miles for my age, in a variety of vehicles ranging from motorcycles to my mom’s double-cab dually with a six-horse gooseneck trailer, I can truthfully say that one of the most scary things out there are people driving vehicles that are way to big for them. In general, I…
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Top of the Food Chain, Baby!
Something that has always bothered me… I have always considered Software Developers to be pretty much at the top of the food chain when present in a software company. And that is not just because I happen to be one! Please allow me to explain… If you are a software company, then your whole business…
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7th-Day Laws…
One of the things I never understood were the so-called “7th-day laws”, at least from the religious side of things. Now, I am by no means a fan of (US) organized religion, but if you believe that God created man in His own image, then would He not want man to grow? To accomplish greater…