S.Lott-Software Architect

In general, Software Engineering Metrics are not without value. Expecting magic from metrics is what devalues them, reducing metrics to dumb...

Common Complaint: " This was the nth time that someone was up in arms that [X] was broken ... PL/SQL that ... has one function that is...

Check this SD Times article out: Future of data analysis lies in tools for humans, not automatic systems . "Andreas Weigend... said tha...

Enterprise Applications really make people sweat. Look at this selection of StackOverflow questions. There are hundreds. People really g...

In an organization with more than one layer of management, the default answer must be "no". Folks get needlessly frustrated by th...

I finally figured out what is so bad about folks who need to "control the message." Architecture is as much politics as technology...

There's a Special Report in the January 15 SDTimes with a headline that bothers me -- a lot. In the print edition, it's called ...