Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.This year I was fortunate enough to attend the KCDCย conference here in lovely Kansas City. One of the sessions I attended was on Behavior-Driven …
An argument against defaulting to auto-increment primary keys
Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.The de-facto โeasyโ primary key for ages has been the auto-incrementing integer. Upon insertion of a new record, the database simply increments a counter …
Perls of Wisdom
Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Recently I was called upon to interview for a consulting position with a client that focuses on transaction processing. They noticed Perl on my …
Whatโs up with WITH?
Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Ah, the WITH statement. A (mostly) loved holdover from such languages as Python and VB(A) that still finds some questionable use today in JavaScript. …
MongoDB Geo-Spatial Mobile Demo
Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Mongo: noun (pl mongo or mongos) โ a monetary unit of Mongolia. Equal to one hundredth of a tugrik. Origin from Mongolian โsilverโ Iโve …





