How minimal can an agile process really go? Brad Cross has described his lightweight process and it does seem pretty lightweight
Several projects I have been woreking on have moved away from standard relational models to a more fluid, attribute-based, approach.
One of my biggest worries in all thee cases is scalability and efficiency. It would be tough to find out that a working installation becomes unusable as data sizes and/or loads grow.
Bret Taylor has some really interesting suggestions on how to address this sort of issue using MySQL as a “schema-less” database.
How FriendFeed uses MySQL to store schema-less data – Bret Taylor’s blog.
VMware and Windows Update
12-Nov-08
One of my older Windows boxes at home is only used sporadically, and for a very small number of specific tasks. I’m thinking that it makes sense to try and “virtualise” the machine and run it in a VM on one of the other more-powerful ones.
With that in mind I wanted to take note of a fix for Windows Update not working in a VM, in case I find I need it.