S.Lott-Software Architect

Making the rounds: Droopy: easy file receiving . Apparently, there were some widely-read blog posts about this. Google "Droopy: A Ti...

Let's say you've found some new, good way to do business. JSON, for example. Or Agile Methods in general. Or TDD specifically. Or...

We do a lot of bulk loads. A lot. So many that we have some standard ETL-like modules for generic "Validate", "Load", ...

Here's the situation. A vendor sent us three separate files which need to be merged. 70,000+ records each. They're CSV files, so co...

They say " You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure ". This isn't quite right, however. You can measure lots of thing...

The SQL database offers a domain-independent NULL value. This is a terrible thing, and should be treated with a depth of respect and fear. ...

I can't say enough good things about TDD. But I'll try. Due to an epic failure to read the documentation ( this , specifically) I c...