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I think of comments as an apology to the engineer reading the code. I'm apologising because the code isn't obvious, or the language not sufficiently expressive, or the good-idea-at…

The first rule of data modelling is that you should model only what you care about. A good model allows you to store and retrieve what you need to meet your requirements. Maybe you…

I am called apon to investigate database performance problems. Teams using Hibernate sometimes send me the Hibernate query. This is not enough to understand the SQL which has been …

I've considered if a discussion site like this would work solely based on the headline without actually needing TFA. Often it feels like people who comment just want to share their…

I'm the developer of a Virtual Terminal web page which allows a merchant to accept credit card payments. I would love to turn-off autocomplete for the credit card details. The pers…

Yes and it was simultaneously a fantastic experience and a waste of time. I say a fantastic experience because I played lots of people from around the world, some of whom I eventua…