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📅 July 10, 2020

Performance Tuning Benefits – More Than The Obvious Points

There are countless performance tuning benefits. Well, maybe not countless, but there are a number of them that are readily apparent. However, the typical outcomes from a performance tuning project are just some of the upside to doing this work. …

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📅 July 8, 2020

The Benefits Of Planning

As annoying things go, planning is not at the top of the list. However, developers tend to feel they are most productive when they are writing code. Therefore, planning can be frustrating. It almost forces us to be patient and…

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📅 July 6, 2020

The Positives From Meetings

Almost all Developers prefer to skip most meetings. These are not activities we tend to look forward to with joy. However, we can get positives from meetings. Not all of these activities are created the same. Nevertheless, an appropriate agenda…

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📅 July 3, 2020

The Positives of Grunt Work

Grunt work is often a significant portion of our job that makes it feel like “work.” It is not the fun part of our day. However, there are pros and cons to this well-known task. What is Grunt Work? Let’s…

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📅 July 1, 2020

The Upsides of Niche Requests – Not All Outliers Are Bad

Outliers and niche requests can often push us over the line from a simple solution to a complex one. We commonly can get that eighty percent of the cases addressed in our initial code. However, an outlier gets into the…

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📅 June 29, 2020

The Bright Side of Office Politics

Office politics are one of the most frustrating things in the business world. There are people that live for this challenge. However, they are often seen as detrimental to productivity. We even have some arguments that this as something that…

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