For the record, I'm an application developer first and a database developer second (as determined by time devoted to each category), but I took no offense. To the contrary, my...

By far, the most common mistake I've seen my fellow developers make is to deliberately avoid implementing foreign key constraints. In fact, I've inherited nearly every app I've worked on...

These two objectives are...

Some aren't impressed by the consensus among climatologists across the globe. So for their benefit, here are just a few organizations and reports with statements concurring with the conclusion that...

On the global warming "debate" (akin to debating whether the earth is round or flat), you wouldn't request to see a podiatrist if your left arm started feeling numb and...

Unless I missed it, nobody has mentioned "Milk". Our friends had to drag me and my wife kicking and screaming to see this movie, and in the end, we all...

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I agree with this statement entirely...with the exception...

Yes you are.

"...the idea that there is yet more that can be extracted from an employer in terms of salary belies the belief that the employer is avaricious, intent on paying someone...

Apparently, I need to back up to state that, by definition, applying usability principles means including multiple doses of user testing. User testing involves creating user scenarious and then watching...

Mia-- Thanks for disagreeing without being disagreeable.

I promise that I didn't see dld's post before writing mine. Great minds and all that...

In my experience, most of the inefficiencies in technology projects take place during the requirements gathering phase. DBAs aren't typically involved in that stage, but for those of us in...

"Well there is nothing stopping employees from telling each other how much they make, so if this is something that employees really wanted they could make it happen with or...