The rumor of the beeping server started out as a hushed whisper between network administrators.
As an independent .NET consultant, Steve was often called in to help smaller development teams transition to the platform.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 03/01/2010
Suddenly, and for no apparent reason, an internal support application at Joe R.'s company suffered a slowdown in executing queries and returning data.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 02/01/2010
After nearly eight years of working as a C++ developer at Rik V.'s insurance company, a certain coworker was finally laid off.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 01/01/2010
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.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 12/01/2009
DEVDISASTERS: After three long interviews for a .NET developer position, Maxim received a fairly generous offer and accepted it on the spot.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 10/01/2009
When all you have is a hammer, should everything look like SMS?
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 09/01/2009
A Junior Developer Learns that Seniority Doesn't Mean Smarter.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 08/01/2009
Software development gone wrong: ASP plus Access not equal to secure Web portal.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 05/01/2009
A painful legacy and death by aptitude -- software development gone wrong.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 04/01/2009
The day(s) when leap years create havoc for programmers. A DevDisaster of many years.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 02/01/2009
One database, one delete statement, one big disaster for a small chain of pet stores.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 01/01/2009
Small software shop's Internet security redefines job security.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 12/15/2008
The loan-underwriting system that was "practically done" -- software development gone wrong.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 12/01/2008
Software development gone wrong.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 11/15/2008