High Scalability

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Today I have the pleasure of announcing my new app— Max reHIT Workout —on Product Hunt. Max reHIT Workout is an exercise app that guides you through interval workouts. I won’t pitch the app here. I'll just say I’m proud of how it turned out and if you want an optimal algorithm for exercising, you might like it. I know I haven’t been writing much lately.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It’s That Time Of The Year (December 2021 Desktop Wallpapers Edition). It’s That Time Of The Year (December 2021 Desktop Wallpapers Edition). Cosima Mielke. 2021-11-30T09:45:00+00:00. 2021-11-30T11:34:54+00:00. Slowly but surely, 2021 is coming to an end. And, well, could there be a better way to celebrate the last few weeks of the year than with some cheerful desktop wallpapers?

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TechBeacon Testing

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In the late 1970s, IBM's Edgar Todd created SEQUEL, the Structured English Query Language, so that database requests could be created in plain English by the people that needed the information. In practice, however, joins and SELECTS and WHERE clauses require a kind of precise thinking that's generally best handled by programmers.

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The Agile Manager

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The WSJ carried a guest analysis piece on Monday proclaiming the need to eliminate the IT department. While meant to be an attention-grabbing headline, it is not a new proposition. Twenty years ago, the argument for eliminating the IT function went like this: while IT was once a differentiator that drove internal efficiency, it was clearly evolving into utility services that could be easily contracted.

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Innovation Software Engineering Efficiency Design 52

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Smashing Podcast Episode 44 With Chris Ferdinandi: Is The Web Dead? Smashing Podcast Episode 44 With Chris Ferdinandi: Is The Web Dead? Drew McLellan. 2021-11-30T14:00:00+00:00. 2021-11-30T16:05:13+00:00. In this episode, we’re asking if changes to best practises over the last year have negatively impacted the web. Is it all downhill from here? Drew McLellan talks to expert Chris Ferdinandi to find out.

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SQL Performance

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

SQL Server has a cost-based optimizer that uses knowledge about the various tables involved in a query to produce what it decides is the most optimal plan in the time available to it during compilation. This knowledge includes whatever indexes exist and their sizes and whatever column statistics exist. Part of what goes into finding the optimal query plan is trying to minimize the number of physical reads needed during plan execution.

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