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Musings about Version Control (and other development tools)

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Tim King

Today, I had a conversation with a small company that doesn’t use version control. It’s hard to remember what it was like before version control. I know I did get started in a world without it. When I started in … Continue reading →

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More Reasons to Avoid SourceSafe

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Tim King

I’m helping out with a project I used to work on, one in an organization that uses SourceSafe to manage its source code. Fortunately, this time, I don’t have to deal with SourceSafe this time. All I have to do … Continue reading →

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Top Eight Reasons to Abandon SourceSafe

Posted on August 9, 2006 by Tim King

How many of us work in Microsoft shops? I’m ashamed to admit that I do. When I took the job, I thought the benefits of working in a new domain with new technologies would outweigh the fact that I had … Continue reading →

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When the Best Tool Isn’t, and Why a Growing Team Doesn’t Care

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Tim King

Kathy Sierra excellent post on When the “best tool for the job”… isn’t misses an important point. It’s not that she missed the point so much as she just didn’t go into it. But I think it deserves going into. … Continue reading →

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