Software and business articles by Ovid

Many people are now working from home for the first time.

When I get called in to fix a client's software, I find that most large codebases have common errors.

Spaces versus tabs?

We had 14 days to increase a client's performance from 39 transactions per second, to 500.

Moving from Oracle to PostgreSQL can save you a lot of money and pain.

More and more companies are discovering that hiring remote workers gives them access to more workers an is better for the environment.

New to project management or product ownership?

Many people struggled with my article about Alan Kay and OO programming, so let's talk about the main objection.

A short rant about one of the worst job offers I've received, from a company I very much wanted to work for.

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Budgets are important, but their constraints can cost you more money than if you didn't have them.

A long, detailed explanation of what a "Facebook killer" would really look like.

Almost every example of "MVC for the Web" makes the same mistakes, costing my clients money.

When I get called in to fix a client's software, I find that most large codebases have common errors.

Every manager wants an estimate of the cost of developing a new software project.

A/B testing is about testing your customers, not your software.

If you have EU customers and you're uncertain how GDPR impacts you, stop reading this and hire a lawyer.

A true story of a company that had a very, very simple feature request.

Me ranting about agile again.

Agile is wonderful, but there are times when you don't want it.

Fixing a legacy codebase is hard, but safer than rewriting.

The sad truth is that most developers don't know how to design a database and that's an expensive mistake.

An overview of some basic test suite tips that are nonetheless overlooked.