Is source control especially hard in WIndows? Or is it all compiled languages? - (drook) - (5) - June 3, 2017, 02:41:12 PM EDT
         My experience with Visual Studio - (malraux) - June 3, 2017, 06:30:34 PM EDT
         It is not the languages - (scoenye) - June 3, 2017, 08:28:40 PM EDT
         I wonder if there's a Microsoft attitude somewhere. - (static) - June 3, 2017, 11:06:50 PM EDT
         My guess: PEBCAK. [Edit:] Caused by Windows. [/Edit] - (CRConrad) - (1) - June 4, 2017, 08:32:12 PM EDT
             On compiled language and dependencies - (drook) - June 4, 2017, 09:11:48 PM EDT

     You know it's going to be a long night ... - (drook) - (11) - May 11, 2017, 11:44:30 AM EDT
         LRPD that sucker! :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - May 11, 2017, 02:38:49 PM EDT
         Re: You know it's going to be a long night ... - (mvitale) - (9) - May 11, 2017, 07:36:58 PM EDT
             Last time I was on a death march ... - (drook) - May 11, 2017, 10:16:53 PM EDT
             I am so glad I don't work in a place like that. - (static) - (7) - May 12, 2017, 01:05:28 AM EDT
                 High bus factor* there... - (mvitale) - (1) - May 12, 2017, 07:11:47 AM EDT
                     No, others can code in it. - (static) - May 12, 2017, 09:01:49 PM EDT
                 In bid-world, it happens - (pwhysall) - (4) - May 12, 2017, 10:34:09 AM EDT
                     Unintended annoying consequence for developers: - (CRConrad) - (3) - May 15, 2017, 03:31:29 AM EDT
                         Nah - (pwhysall) - (2) - May 15, 2017, 03:37:52 PM EDT
                             I don't think they tried to sell us as "has X years practical experience in Y", just "knows Y." - (CRConrad) - (1) - May 16, 2017, 09:19:51 AM EDT
                                 I wasn't contradicting you - (pwhysall) - May 16, 2017, 12:47:25 PM EDT

     Are stored procs "hiding functionality"? - (drook) - (23) - Dec. 1, 2016, 09:58:23 AM EST
         wag, the same as a shared library, you dont know where it came from -NT - (boxley) - Dec. 1, 2016, 10:39:13 AM EST
         Interesting question. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Dec. 1, 2016, 10:43:42 AM EST
             Better to manage that sort of problem through services - (malraux) - Dec. 1, 2016, 01:29:20 PM EST
         Depends on how they're managed. - (malraux) - (10) - Dec. 1, 2016, 01:28:01 PM EST
             And don't forget about sp's providing better performance on the database. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (9) - Dec. 1, 2016, 01:37:54 PM EST
                 That depends - (malraux) - (8) - Dec. 1, 2016, 05:29:11 PM EST
                     For OLTP applications, I disagree, with MS Sql Server anyway. - (mmoffitt) - (7) - Dec. 2, 2016, 11:07:32 AM EST
                         Performance is the least of my concerns at this point - (drook) - (1) - Dec. 2, 2016, 02:39:34 PM EST
                             Until it isn't any more. :-) - (malraux) - Dec. 4, 2016, 10:59:35 AM EST
                         Performance != throughput - (malraux) - (4) - Dec. 4, 2016, 10:58:19 AM EST
                             Interesting - (drook) - (2) - Dec. 4, 2016, 11:07:14 AM EST
                                 I've looked at DB scale out, though not recently. - (static) - Dec. 5, 2016, 04:05:45 AM EST
                                 Eventually the amount of work exceeds the capacity of a single machine to do it - (malraux) - Dec. 5, 2016, 09:15:44 AM EST
                             sure, lets take the speed out of the cpu and replace it in multiple small connected units, :-) -NT - (boxley) - Dec. 4, 2016, 05:15:50 PM EST
         Implementation detail, someone else's problem. - (pwhysall) - Dec. 1, 2016, 02:01:23 PM EST
         Who is responsible for what? - (crazy) - (5) - Dec. 2, 2016, 03:11:10 AM EST
             I'm coming down on the side of your data integrity comment - (drook) - (4) - Dec. 2, 2016, 09:53:40 AM EST
                 Sounds like a management problem. - (static) - (2) - Dec. 3, 2016, 05:05:28 AM EST
                     You think? - (drook) - (1) - Dec. 3, 2016, 10:02:22 AM EST
                         Not surprised at all. - (static) - Dec. 3, 2016, 10:20:51 PM EST
                 Someone's going to be writing something that deals with integrity. - (malraux) - Dec. 4, 2016, 11:03:23 AM EST
         Re: Are stored procs "hiding functionality"? - (mvitale) - (1) - Dec. 3, 2016, 06:08:26 PM EST
             I used utPLSQL in a former life. - (malraux) - Dec. 4, 2016, 10:52:24 AM EST

     Spaces! Tabs! Vim! Emacs! - (drook) - (24) - Sept. 1, 2016, 01:27:08 PM EDT
         unalias vi -NT - (boxley) - Sept. 1, 2016, 01:39:50 PM EDT
         Heh - (pwhysall) - Sept. 2, 2016, 05:36:19 AM EDT
         I agree with him - (crazy) - Sept. 2, 2016, 06:17:51 PM EDT
         Re: Spaces! Tabs! Vim! Emacs! - (mvitale) - (19) - Sept. 2, 2016, 06:25:33 PM EDT
             Neat. - (Another Scott) - (18) - Sept. 2, 2016, 06:31:50 PM EDT
                 When I work on someone else's code I don't reformat the whole thing - (drook) - (17) - Sept. 2, 2016, 07:09:58 PM EDT
                     Ah, excellent point. -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 2, 2016, 07:17:40 PM EDT
                     +5, Useful. - (static) - Sept. 3, 2016, 01:10:08 AM EDT
                     Never mind that - (pwhysall) - (6) - Sept. 3, 2016, 04:56:23 AM EDT
                         You mean ... ? - (drook) - (1) - Sept. 3, 2016, 08:33:59 AM EDT
                             Exactly so. -NT - (pwhysall) - Sept. 3, 2016, 09:32:48 AM EDT
                         Ooh. That's evil. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Sept. 3, 2016, 10:06:32 AM EDT
                             Yes and no - (drook) - Sept. 3, 2016, 10:43:06 AM EDT
                             Most proper software shops... - (pwhysall) - Sept. 3, 2016, 11:47:08 AM EDT
                         Definitely comes down to standards. - (malraux) - Sept. 13, 2016, 06:27:03 PM EDT
                     My solution for mutlple authors... - (hnick) - (7) - Sept. 3, 2016, 11:32:26 AM EDT
                         Command line Emacs is pretty fancy... ;-) -NT - (malraux) - (6) - Sept. 13, 2016, 06:24:24 PM EDT
                             True... - (hnick) - (5) - Sept. 13, 2016, 07:20:49 PM EDT
                                 "Just edit files" - (malraux) - (4) - Sept. 13, 2016, 07:51:21 PM EDT
                                     I notice you didn't dispute "second operating system" -NT - (drook) - (1) - Sept. 13, 2016, 07:54:23 PM EDT
                                         UNIX is a subprocess that runs under Emacs. -NT - (malraux) - Sept. 13, 2016, 08:40:22 PM EDT
                                     Oh, I know... - (hnick) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2016, 05:40:44 AM EDT
                                         :-) -NT - (malraux) - Sept. 14, 2016, 01:00:16 PM EDT
         Silly. - (malraux) - Sept. 13, 2016, 06:22:20 PM EDT

     Rapt so D - (drook) - Aug. 31, 2016, 12:31:38 PM EDT

     Underhanded C winner - (drook) - (1) - Feb. 3, 2016, 03:41:07 PM EST
         Neat. Thanks for the pointer. I Я A Programmer today, also too. - (Another Scott) - Feb. 3, 2016, 03:04:28 PM EST