I will use some current technical debt. PostgreSQL is an awesome DB system. But early on, they decided to use FORK() [processes] over threads. It made a lot of things easier. Now the hard part is that threads are smaller, lighter and don't need as much initialization. But they also don't work the same. So, if you have a parallel query, they are FORKING a process, with all that baggage, because it's the easiest thing to do. But now the number of DB connections become constrained more before you run out of resources. And what makes it a great example. To change this to use Threads would be a gigantic rewrite, with a lot of inherent risk and expense. Other tools show up (pgBouncer) to do session pooling, etc. So you can push this off for a future day. One that may never arrive! Times change, and older software shows it's age. Also, I think OpenSource is the right model to view Technical Debt through. If you can add a feature that you are NOT getting paid to add, and there are 2 approaches to handling it. One with obvious technical debt, and the other approach that would take you so much longer that you would abandon the original project over... There's you choice. Now, you can sale both of those options inward towards each other. And the purpose of the community and the maintainers is to pick a reasonable level of limiting the accumulation of Technical Debt. I believe PG does this pretty well, although I have heard many complain that they will NEVER bother submitting anything because it's just such a long, drawn out, and painful process... And even after jumping through the hoops, the code may never be accepted. I believe the Point Martin Fowler made was: There is always a level of Technical Debt... And we can choose to build our software in ways that allows us to address it safely! (TDD, etc). He was using this as the Iron Man for test-driven development... And why testing adds confidence, which increases developer productivity. I think he would chuckle at 100% debt-free code as the goal. Like PG. When will we see the debts? (mostly when things change, or the software becomes WILDLY popular)

I've found new hires are set to much higher standards than own employees :rolleyes: Although I worked at a consulting firm, and with, and the average did seem to be a bit higher. Best, Sander Azure DevOps Succinctly (free eBook) Azure Serverless Succinctly (free eBook) Migrating Apps to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript

For the most part I have no qualms with data about me being obtained and used to verify fair use/behaviour/whatever, or allow me to use some service and the likes. What I do have a problem with is those data being stored anywhere that's accessible through the internet. Nowadays, no database is secure from getting hacked, and the data it contains is therefore potentially available for abuse of any kind. This problem gets real when data are obtained in large amounts: large amounts of data means large databases, and that makes it a high priority target for hackers. Not that any hacker may have interest in any of those records, but these data can be sold for a nice profit to those that have. You might say that it's a good thing the police can use these databases to help them find identify criminals. And I would concur. But, remember: the criminals typically have much better equipment and expertise on their hands than the police, they are not limited by legislation, and they have the option to obtain any data they want, provided it has been recorded somewhere. Therefore, for any criminal caught by the police with the help of such data, 10 innocent people are harmed by criminals using the very same data. I say, better not have that data in the first place. The crimes being prevented by not having these data stored anywhere would easily outnumber the crimes being prevented by criminals getting caught. tl;dr.: Cyber criminalty wouldn't exist without cyber data. Less data means less crimes. GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)

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Have you noticed that a new house has the same house basic architecture and shape as all other houses previously built. A new car has the same architecture and basic shape as all other cars built. A new building has the same basic architecture and shape as all other buildings previously built. A new bridge has the same basic architecture and slightly varying shape as previously built bridges. But new software is different in its intended audiences and functions. Its architecture and shape will vary from product to product. Therefore it difficult to nail down specific engineering principles for software development.

I am sure there are some left but Flash has died... I, for one, like Roman Numerals.

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You know if they would just quit doing that we would all be just fine.

No, I was commenting on Griff's "Most the of time" and "the the" that he slipped into his reply...

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I guess this is not much help but any of those options are fine with me. :-D Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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I use a Microsoft Surface Pro for my bring everywhere with me computer. It is so light I hardly know I'm carrying it. And the display is wonderful! They have a pretty wide range of models so you should be able to find the balance between speed, storage and and cost you like. If you do get one with low storage to save money, you can expand the storage with a micro-SD card. It will of course fulfill your tablet use, simply tear off the keyboard, or fold it behind (you do have pay extra for the keyboard and pen though).

Are you making the suggestion to ensure the cut-and-paste "developers" have even less to do on their own?

I know. I remember that particular misfeature being one of a number of showstoppers with me seriously using a Macbook (ca 2000 PowerPC model). I was very pleased that my new ASUS Zenbook supports function keys by default without having to hack the BIOS. The only thing they did wrong was put the page up and page down as the alternate meaning of F11 and F12 - I ended up repurposing the useless key with a box and 3 horizontal lines and the only somewhat useful right control key as the page up and page down keys, using an xmodmap script. At least they could be repurposed, on the aforementioned Macbook, modifier keys could not be repurposed in that way, so I had useless keys, and nowhere to bind page up/page down.

I had never used Join before, and after looking it up, it doesn't do the same thing as split, so my original response is crap. Join concatenates strings together, while split breaks a string up based on a delimiter character. ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

You should read @Marc-Clifton's excellent article: Web Frameworks - A Solution Looking for a Problem?[^].

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