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18
Sep
Formatting SQL
by mgmb
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Originally posted on StackOverflow. When it comes to dealing with complex SQL, it has been my experience that using vertical space liberally is your best...
13
Sep
Bad Google!
by mgmb
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At this point in history you should not have a page that is about web development that doesn’t handle zooming (in Chrome, no less) elegantly.
11
Sep
Customer Service and Automation
by mgmb
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In an ideal world, application maintenance in the enterprise focuses primarily on making an in-production application operate better by pursuing the 20% that other people can’t....
04
Sep
Arterials: The Lifeblood of a City
by mgmb
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My lovely lady friend is going back to school this fall to do her Master’s degree, and so I’m more keenly aware than usual of...
30
Aug
Requirements
by mgmb
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It’s good to be in the mix. If you want to be an architect, I highly recommend being embedded somewhere long enough to see a...
27
Aug
John Scalzi is Wicked
by mgmb
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If you don’t know who John Scalzi is, here’s why you should.
22
Aug
Being Home and Being Mental
by mgmb
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I used to think about killing myself every day, sometimes more than once a day. You might think that would make a person seek mental...
12
Aug
And Then There are the Things That Drive You Crazy
by mgmb
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As much as I might love the PL/SQL syntax for types, it’s not without flaws: Unit Valid format parameters Day DDD, DD, J Start day...
09
Aug
The Fool’s Gold Standard
by mgmb
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I mentioned that I’d had a suprisingly positive service experience with the local Nissan dealership, and I am happy to report that they followed through on...
05
Aug
This Is Why You Should Know Several Languages
by mgmb
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I’ve been working on PL/SQL a fair bit lately, and one of the things that it does incredibly nicely is type discovery. I’m specifically thinking...