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As a consultant, I see code written in plenty of different organisations. Some of them have rules about their code, and many don’t. I have
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Coding standards or values?
As a consultant, I see code written in plenty of different organisations. Some of them have rules about their code, and many don’t. I have
New website, thanks to Paper Sword B2B
It’s so exciting! In case you haven’t noticed, you’re reading this on a new design now. And if you followed a URL that was in
My first technical job
Technically my first job was in newspaper delivery, but Ken Fisher (@sqlstudent144)’s challenge is to write about my first technical job, which came much later.
Advice about T-SQL for beginners
Following on from my last post… what advice would I give about T-SQL to my younger-self? Well, for that I’m going back a long way.
Advice, wasted on the young
In 1997, Baz Lurhmann released a song called “Wear Sunscreen“, based on text written by Mary Schmich (although I had to look that up). It
When should your user group meet?
This is a tough question. No matter what kind it is, finding the right time for a group of people to meet is hard. Even
