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Testers needed for beta.netdev.co.za

Hi all, NetDev’s beta community site has been up for a while and I’d like to ask you to go there, create an account and play around with it. Once you’re signed up, you can use the “Messages” feature to get ahold of me (I’m GarethStephenson, in case you’re wondering ) regarding bugs, feature requests, …

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Broken builds and the idiots who ridicule you for it

This is something that’s been annoying me for a good long while, but never posted about. I’ve discussed it with a few people before over a beer or six, and tonight, finally decided to put my thoughts down on digital paper. The Perception You broke the build, and you’re a complete n00b, idiot or some …

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SSIS and Aggregations

I recently spotted a question about the aggregation task in SSIS, asking if there was an easy way to determine the maximum or minimum value of a group.  This had me confused… I distinctly recall having seen these options in the standard aggregate transformation.  I quickly setup a dataflow and found exactly that: So, on …

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A good day at the office

In May this year, I was asked to take over as tech-lead on a project at the company I’m contracted out to. The current tech-lead resigned and decided to move on to greener pastures. What I discovered when I took over the reigns was a little unnerving… The solution is more than 5 years old, …

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A new initiative

So, at the company that I’m currently contracted / outsourced to, we’ve decided to setup a guidance forum among a few of the senior developers here, some of them from the company of employ, some of them from external vendors (like myself). The purpose of this forum is to expose us to patterns, practices and …

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