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Today we migrated millerdatabases.com from Ghost to a static Astro site, with a Claude Code agent doing most of the keystroking. Here's how it went.

Code quality analysis is essential as AI transforms development workflows. With developers working faster and trusting AI autocomplete, subtle bugs and…

You can add a little semantic organization to the folders in a large VS Code project directory without nesting them into subfolders. It’s easy to do with a…

Adding a few ounces of sanity to your database schema today can save you from a metric ton of trouble and confusion later.

The first time I saw the term "Headless CMS", I thought of the horseman in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Needless to say, the term "headless" means something…

CQRS+ES is a software architecture pattern based on the principle of cause and effect, and it guarantees an audit log with perfect fidelity. Commands write…

Recently we migrated over a hundred pages from a custom website content management system into Ghost with a simple homegrown ETL utility — and it took less…

I enjoy watching chess grandmasters who stream their games online. It is especially fascinating when they encounter an opponent who tries to win by cheating…

This article presents the structure for a consolidated documentation portal to support multiple audiences and promote the long-term maintainability of a…

Jira API + Tempo API + .NET 9 = Extract the data you need! Jira and Tempo are incredibly powerful together. Jira gives you customizable workflows and issue…

Whenever I inherit a database from another developer, I always start by analyzing its size and schema to identify any immediate quick wins to improve its…

Attraction isn't about luck or charm - it's about alignment. In his book, The Portable Coach, Thomas Leonard lays out a bold, practical framework for…

When you plan the cost and effort for a new software development project, there is often a lot of motivation (some of it good, some of it bad) to…

This code of ethics was developed by the IEEE-CS/ACM joint task force on Software Engineering Ethics and Professional Practices . It was jointly approved by…