@lettosprey the fun thing is that MS SQL Server can...

@lettosprey the fun thing is that MS SQL Server can output results in XML and afaik this is why it's part of our bespoke CMS' PHP/XML and client-side XSLT pipeline that's been going on for ages 😁

Like 3 June at 6:50 | Wall-to-wall | Open on meow.social

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Lett Osprey

@arakin And things like XML output from services can make perfect sense.

That a specification could somehow suddenly replace most of the services, not so much :O

3 June at 6:55 | Open on tech.lgbt

Colin

@lettosprey @arakin One thing I hate about "IT" and "Dev" etc is that there's no prof organization part to it, there's no unions, there's no required CE, etc.

Job titles / roles are so meaningless and barely translate between orgs.
Folks can learn a thing in school and they're off to fend for themselves for the rest of their lives - be it keep up w/times and learn more or do nothing & become a dino, or try to adapt every buzzword/trend into everything.

All we have are vendor-specific certs :/

@lettosprey @arakin One thing I hate about "IT" and "Dev" etc is that there's no prof organization part to it, there's no unions, there's no required CE, etc.

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3 June at 14:27 | Open on birdbutt.com

Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE

@colinstu @lettosprey @arakin Depending on where you live, there are professional organisations you can join.

I have on occasion needed to hint to clients/employers that if they were really asking me to do [whatever it was] then sorry but I wouldn't be able to because it would breach the professional code of conduct I'd signed up to.

MBCS, CEng, Eur Ing

4 June at 7:47 | Open on c.im

Vex Machina

@arakin @lettosprey I used to work at a place where we had massive strings of XML crammed into the MySQL database...

4 June at 16:26 | Open on mastodon.me.uk

Pippin

@pikesley @arakin @lettosprey Just sticking my head in to say: don't worry, you aren't the only one. 🤗

4 June at 19:05 | Open on floof.org