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These are the famous last words of a developer who is hoping that what exists will solve your problem.  They might not fully understand your problem – where the should comes in – but they have some pretty solid confidence in their code in which it will work. It’s hard to go through your career as a developer and never utter this statement – I have done it myself many times at the end of…

Everyone needs something to pick them up when they are down and the best way to do this is to find a theme song.  This doesn’t have to be a Top 40 hit, it could be anything  – a song you enjoy, the theme song to a favourite TV show or perhaps even a song from a musical you just saw – the point is – Get a Theme Song. Components for a successful Theme…

Every time I take my family to a certain Coffee Outlet, I am simply gobsmacked by the number of times our order is wrong.  It was got to the point where my wife and I now split up the kids to make the order smaller but even then it still comes back as something we didn’t ask for. In my most recent encounter, I stood at the cash looking at my kids (the customers) who…