Category: Programming

Here’s a stored procedure which generates PIVOT (or crosstab) queries in MySQL, sort of like what you used to be able to do in Microsoft Access, before everything

I’ve produced some more software. This one creates diagrams of query execution plans for MySQL.

Joining the dots So it turns out that a lot of people are incapable of reading, or if they can read, to actually absorb the information in that

So following on from ‘every piece of software eventually becomes microsoft office’ post, one day you’ll find yourself reimplementing powerpoint. You’ll be doing this in javascript and html,

Some guy who spouts aphorisms and the occasional web browser once said that “all software expands until it is capable of sending emails”. And a not insignificant number

This post has been written in two parts, The first part, slagging off about YAML, and YAML in swagger in particular (“the problem”), and The second part, presenting

So let’s say you’ve got a database. It holds your recipes or bird-watching notes or juggling instructions or client’s bank details or the solubility of different types of

In the begining there was C

Righteo. Here’s to 2015 and my ability to write things on an infrequent basis. *rummages through old code* Here’s some possibly buggy code that someone else might find

Some background information The progress bar. Not just the name of a sadly defunct bar in London or a sign depicting the prevention of egress, progress bars serve