DevScope
The lighter side of development.
Dev Disaster: Death by Delete
January 2009 | by Alex Papadimoulis
One database, one delete statement, one big disaster for a small chain of pet stores.
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DevDisaster: For Security Purposes, of Course
December 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
Small software shop's Internet security redefines job security.
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DevDisaster: The Expert System
December 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
The loan-underwriting system that was "practically done" -- software development gone wrong.
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The Daily Fix
November 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
Software development gone wrong.
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Change Management
November 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
A single Excel spreadsheet on a network share drive that hundreds of developers update daily leads to disaster.
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Google Botched
October 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
Software development gone wrong.
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DevDisaster: Waiting to Excel
October 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
Software development gone wrong.
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DevDisaster: Hidden Tax Moves
September 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
Software development gone wrong.
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DevDisaster: Slow-Motion Automation
September 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
Software development gone wrong -- terribly wrong.
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ASP.NET App Needs Slim-Fast
August 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
A Dev Disaster: Out-of-control caching grinds Web site to a crawl.
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DevDistasters: The .NET Bridge to Nowhere
August 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
Software development gone wrong.
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DevDisasters: Greatest Improvement Idea Contest
July 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
A sampling of letters from the developer community.
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Dev Disaster: Forgetting to Flush
July 2008 | by Jake Vinson
The stress kept mounting, morale kept declining, the death marches kept getting longer and no one was happy.
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Dev Disaster: Sampo Uh-Oh
June 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
Finnish bank acquisition goes very awry.
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DevDisasters: Public Records at the DOC
May 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
Things are amiss at the Oklahoma Department of Corrections' (DOC) Information Technology operations.
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DevDisasters: Two Tales from the Lighter Side of Development.
April 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
Roof shingles and meters of documentation.
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Dev Disasters: Price in Nonsense
April 2008 | by Jake Vinson
Software development gone wrong -- very wrong.
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DevDisasters: Skills.Equals(null)
March 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
Software development gone wrong.
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DevDisasters: Who's Got the Monkey Now?
March 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
Development gone wrong.
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DevDisasters: The Defect Black Market
February 2008 | by Alex Papadimoulis
Software development gone wrong.
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