I write this post with a mix of excitement and sadness. The exciting part is that I am helping form a new developer community site at http://www.TheRuntime.com . The sad part is that I will no longer be blogging at Codebetter. When Codebetter was first formed, myself and several other bloggers from DotNetJunkies...

When I actually get some free time and surf around the blogosphere I often see people referring to software as "engineering". I've always had a problem with this term because it implies things about software development that simply are not. Let's take a look at Dictionary.com for a...

When I actually get some free time and surf around the blogosphere I often see people referring to software as "engineering". I've always had a problem with this term because it implies things about software development that simply are not. Let's take a look at Dictionary.com for a...

Ya know, I really tried to give team foundation server a fair shake. My opinion on it is as follows: It's a generally better source control system than source safe. It's really expensive. It's a pain in the ass to administrate. It's a pain in the ass to troubleshoot. So, I haven't...

I think most people who have been in the IT industry for an average amount of time can agree with my perception that for the most part, the consulting industry is garbage. Consultants are expensive, usually on par or worse than your full time employees, and for the most part are willing to bend a client...

Nothing is more dangerous than a programmer pushed into a DBA role who doesn't know crap about databases. Too often, you see consultancies, smaller organizations, and people in general trying to save a buck and not bring any DBA presence on board. Too often I see arrogant developers claim that "DBAs...

Jay had a little mini rant this morning about passwords and security. It's Friday, should be a happy day, so I'm just going to list out some rather absurd security practices I've encountered in my years of consulting and development. A major (fortune 500) company has an ordering system that in the order...