http://reddevnews.com/rss-feeds/devdisasters.aspx As an independent .NET consultant, Steve was often called in to help smaller development teams transition to the platform. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2010/03/01/the-storray-engine.aspx Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2010/03/01/the-storray-engine.aspx Suddenly, and for no apparent reason, an internal support application at Joe R.'s company suffered a slowdown in executing queries and returning data. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2010/02/01/weekend-drive.aspx Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2010/02/01/weekend-drive.aspx After nearly eight years of working as a C++ developer at Rik V.'s insurance company, a certain coworker was finally laid off. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2010/01/01/modular-process-improvement.aspx Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2010/01/01/modular-process-improvement.aspx With more than 340 billion trillion quadrillion (and that's no typo) possible values, the probability of having two identical GUIDs is basically non-existent. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/12/01/a-more-unique-identifier.aspx Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/12/01/a-more-unique-identifier.aspx DEVDISASTERS: After three long interviews for a .NET developer position, Maxim received a fairly generous offer and accepted it on the spot. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/10/01/oldmail-method.aspx Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/10/01/oldmail-method.aspx When all you have is a hammer, should everything look like SMS? http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/09/01/cell-phone-buzz.aspx Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/09/01/cell-phone-buzz.aspx A Junior Developer Learns that Seniority Doesn't Mean Smarter. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/08/01/collections-class.aspx Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/08/01/collections-class.aspx Software development gone wrong: ASP plus Access not equal to secure Web portal. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/05/01/gatekeepers-of-bad-software.aspx Fri, 01 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/05/01/gatekeepers-of-bad-software.aspx A painful legacy and death by aptitude -- software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/04/01/coding-catastrophes.aspx Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/04/01/coding-catastrophes.aspx The day(s) when leap years create havoc for programmers. A DevDisaster of many years. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/02/01/a-familiar-zune.aspx Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/02/01/a-familiar-zune.aspx One database, one delete statement, one big disaster for a small chain of pet stores. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/01/01/death-by-delete.aspx Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2009/01/01/death-by-delete.aspx Small software shop's Internet security redefines job security. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/12/15/devdisaster-for-security-purposes-of-course.aspx Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/12/15/devdisaster-for-security-purposes-of-course.aspx The loan-underwriting system that was "practically done" -- software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/12/01/devdisaster-the-expert-system.aspx Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/12/01/devdisaster-the-expert-system.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/11/15/the-daily-fix.aspx Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/11/15/the-daily-fix.aspx A single Excel spreadsheet on a network share drive that hundreds of developers update daily leads to disaster. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/11/01/change-management.aspx Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/11/01/change-management.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/10/15/google-botched.aspx Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/10/15/google-botched.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/10/01/waiting-to-excel.aspx Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/10/01/waiting-to-excel.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/09/15/hidden-tax-moves.aspx Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/09/15/hidden-tax-moves.aspx Software development gone wrong -- terribly wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/09/01/slowmotion-automation.aspx Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/09/01/slowmotion-automation.aspx A Dev Disaster: Out-of-control caching grinds Web site to a crawl. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/08/15/aspnet-app-needs-slimfast.aspx Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/08/15/aspnet-app-needs-slimfast.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/08/01/the-net-bridge-to-nowhere.aspx Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/08/01/the-net-bridge-to-nowhere.aspx A sampling of letters from the developer community. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/07/15/greatest-improvement-idea-contest.aspx Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/07/15/greatest-improvement-idea-contest.aspx The stress kept mounting, morale kept declining, the death marches kept getting longer and no one was happy. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/07/01/forgetting-to-flush.aspx Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/07/01/forgetting-to-flush.aspx Finnish bank acquisition goes very awry. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/06/15/sampo-uhoh.aspx Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/06/15/sampo-uhoh.aspx Software development gone wrong -- very wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/06/01/a-barely-accessible-system.aspx Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/06/01/a-barely-accessible-system.aspx A bank's ATM uptime becomes so downtime-prone at the fick of a switch. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/05/15/failover-software.aspx Thu, 15 May 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/05/15/failover-software.aspx Things are amiss at the Oklahoma Department of Corrections' (DOC) Information Technology operations. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/05/01/public-records-at-the-doc.aspx Thu, 01 May 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/05/01/public-records-at-the-doc.aspx Roof shingles and meters of documentation. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/04/15/two-tales-from-the-lighter-side-of-development.aspx Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/04/15/two-tales-from-the-lighter-side-of-development.aspx Software development gone wrong -- very wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/04/01/price-in-nonsense.aspx Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/04/01/price-in-nonsense.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/03/15/skillsequalsnull.aspx Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/03/15/skillsequalsnull.aspx Development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/03/01/whos-got-the-monkey-now.aspx Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/03/01/whos-got-the-monkey-now.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/02/15/the-defect-black-market.aspx Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/02/15/the-defect-black-market.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/02/01/not-on-your-life-support.aspx Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/02/01/not-on-your-life-support.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/01/15/making-a-difference.aspx Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/01/15/making-a-difference.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/01/01/jurassic-programmers.aspx Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2008/01/01/jurassic-programmers.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/12/15/perls-of-wisdom.aspx Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/12/15/perls-of-wisdom.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/12/01/corporate-image.aspx Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/12/01/corporate-image.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/11/15/the-most-favoritest-icon.aspx Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/11/15/the-most-favoritest-icon.aspx This issue's DevDisater is served up by Jake Vinson. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/11/01/lock-and-key.aspx Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/11/01/lock-and-key.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/10/15/access-abomination.aspx Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/10/15/access-abomination.aspx Software development gone wrong. Shortly after they delivered the software, the retailer rejected the QA testers' build and sent the company a list of bugs ... a list of bugs that it didn’t have. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/10/01/faulty-by-design.aspx Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/10/01/faulty-by-design.aspx Software development gone wrong. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/09/15/identity-crisis.aspx Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/09/15/identity-crisis.aspx Software development gone wrong -- extreme security. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/09/01/secure-this.aspx Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/09/01/secure-this.aspx A company's far-reaching initiative to technologize all things bureaucratic goes awry. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/08/15/software-development-gone-wrong-paperless-pto.aspx Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/08/15/software-development-gone-wrong-paperless-pto.aspx New DevDisasters: In each issue of RDN, Alex Papadimoulis will recount tales of failed software development, and perhaps offer all of us some powerful lessons in the process. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/08/01/software-development-gone-wrong.aspx Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:00:00 GMT http://reddevnews.com/articles/2007/08/01/software-development-gone-wrong.aspx