Simple problems are often solved by simple solutions. Other times, simple problems are solved with an end user running a Web site from Visual Studio on their machine.
After Wayne's employer decided to bring some outsourced code back in house, he discovered that developers in Kerbleckistan were doing some serious innovating in the science of passing parameters.
A critical auditing app was as down as the floor of the Grand Canyon. And each day it was down was a six-figure fine.
What's proper etiquette for handling code snafus when working for -- literally -- a mom-and-pop company?
It's a situation a coder should never have to face: perpetuating bad coding practices from years ago, or just fixing the darn thing!
Would going above and beyond when fixing terrible code have serious consequences?
Why user requests shouldn't always be granted.
That dinosaur of an office appliance -- the fax machine -- plays an unexpected role in Jason's Web site registration puzzle.
When fewer SQL Server columns does not mean better performance.
Everything at Henry's company revolved around contracts with vendors. The IT department had relied on the aptly named Contract Manager -- the sole remaining Visual Basic 6 client-server application -- to support that business for the past 12 years.
The office where Peter L. works was abuzz with excitement one morning a few months ago when the familiar, bland corporate art was missing from the wall opposite the elevators.
When Brett was hired on as a senior analyst, he wasn't surprised to learn that the older platforms were built around Visual Basic 6 (VB6), which was no longer supported by Microsoft.
Dueling developers create an unappetizing code stew.
Usually, when a multi-megabyte e-mail lands in Jerry's inbox, it means that someone tried to be fancy by including some silly photos or graphic images in intra-office correspondence.
A major validation error in the code resulted in a 60 percent failure rate for an expense form.