When you become your code

Chaos is not a good development pattern

Just a short blurb. If life and experience has taught me anything. It is to not ignore creating a project plan. It will lead to chaos, and chaos is not optimal for efficiency. Whether you are creating the plan or hoping to rely upon. The moral, always insist upon it being done sooner than later. [...]

It's 3:56 AM - do you know where your spouse is?

If your spouse is anything like myself, they probably are locked in front of a monitor or laptop. While some might describe this as an addiction to technology, being a work-a-holic, etc. I prefer to describe those of us who are hard core engineers as 'Work Enthusiasts'. We take great pride in our work and can solve vast problems. [...]

Upcoming Topics

Object Oriented  vs. Procedural design patterns Making yourself invaluable to your client, give them more than they expect SOAP or XML? Stored Procedures vs. Client Side data handling Project management [...]

PHP – Zend Certified Engineer

Stardate -319008.87 and, it has come to my attention that there is a web scripting engine largely ignored. While I have been aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise for many years, and web centric development since -323906. In my own mind, I had learned all my tricks from Montgomery Scott. I had been able to avoid the PHP quadrant while keeping the dilythium crystals charged….

New three part series – Stored Procedures

I’ll be covering database stored procedures in a three part series.

* Part 1 – What are stored procedures and how do they work?
* Part 2 – Determining when to use. What are the benefits, restrictions and so on.
* Part 3 – Extensibility, security and server efficiency

Chaos is not a good development pattern

Just a short blurb. If life and experience has taught me anything. It is to not ignore creating a project plan. It will lead to chaos, and chaos is not optimal for efficiency.
Whether you are creating the plan or hoping to rely upon. The moral, always insist upon it being done sooner than later.