'If you do a search in the article for the first reference, you'll find where Phil states "Remember that, like Marcel Proust's 'À la recherche du temps perdu', everyone will...

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@pwo311

Thank you for your interest. Perhaps you can show an example of the sort of thing you have in mind. Since writing this article, I've done a lot...

Robert,

I'm not sure that I understand what you wrote.  What list?

Phil

@wingenious

Yes, the Dunning-Kruger syndrome is the more typical institutional mental illness of IT people.  Whereas Imposter syndrome is really a neurotic symptom, Dunning-Kruger and Imposture  is a psychosis. ...

@ganotedp Yes, I agree that Agile experts are  very quick to come out with this as an advantage,  but for an old fogey like me, being told this...

@Rocker. I agree entirely. There seems to be no future in a Windows machine hosting a docker SQL Server container. I'm still experimenting to try to find the ideal Linux...

The strange human behaviour I'm seeing  in this, or any other, pandemic is that it confirms everyone's world view, whatever their beliefs. I makes me think that the true spirit...

please feel free to translate it into Russian.

It makes a lot of sense. Once a team realises the advantages, they rarely go back to the old ways. I'm currently working on a PowerShell script that takes a...

scdecade

Yes, IsJSON() is a good start. The 'Strict' option is an excellent precaution against Typos, but neither of these tackle the issues of how your data should behave.  In a...

tsalha  Yes, I'm using System.Data.SqlClient generally for this. I use a temporary stored procedure on the connection, (create or edit) and then execute it with parameters. I usually just have...

@GeorgeCopela

A DBA in a London Bank I remember used to occasionally carry a lightening bolt made from papier mache and painted fiery gold when the Developers did something that merited...

@gpo

Consultancy is a job for which there is almost no training or body of expertise for the newcomer to use. Few people make a go of it successfully....

@david.Poole  One of my favourite articles, that one. Written with feeling. You're right about deflecting the blame from the guilty.  The blame game just takes too long, though...

Thanks for the kind words, DeafEater. Much appreciated.