As a manager, you can’t get deeply involved just because you are bored or because you do not trust your team. Those are the ...

MySQL's storage engine determines how data is stored. InnoDB (the default) is ACID-compliant with row-level locking, ideal for OLTP. MyISAM is best for read-only tasks, while MEMORY offers fast ...

The MEMORY storage engine stores all data in memory (RAM), and is used for fast lookup of data. InnoDB supports a buffer pool ...

Occasionally, I hear someone maintain that you can’t have too much communication. I disagree. In matters of communication, more is not necessarily better. Sure, too little communication can result in ...

This is the age of speed dating, speed networking, speed yoga, and, yes, even speed meditation. It’s a time of rush-rush-rush in the attempt to do more, sooner, faster. But there doesn’t seem to be a ...

Managing software development projects involves a lot of moving parts. You might come across considerable bottlenecks and challenges that you will be required to overcome in order to accomplish ...

Most of the advice on meetings concerns how to run them. But what about when you’re attending the meeting rather than running it, and the meeting is endless or boring? Certainly, it can help to stay ...

A transition to agile can be confusing for everyone in the organization. Agile changes many roles, as it works in a much different way from traditional software development processes. Some might argue ...

Everybody knows that the later you find defects, the more expensive they are to fix. Everybody knows that, right? Well, back in 1976, a software engineer named Barry Boehm said defects are more ...

Amazon made headlines recently with its new patent for an anticipatory shipping model. The model predicts what users would likely buy, when they would buy it, and where they would need it. Amazon ...

When I came across an article titled “Thinking on Your Feet,” I assumed it was about how to act in the moment when questions are flung at you in a high-pressure situation. Responding articulately and ...