{"id":16156,"date":"2012-03-09T10:53:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T08:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16156"},"modified":"2012-03-09T10:53:13","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T08:53:13","slug":"thank-god-not-everything-is-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/09\/thank-god-not-everything-is-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank God Not Everything Is Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>On an average day I&#8217;d see <a href=\"http:\/\/geekandpoke.typepad.com\/geekandpoke\/2012\/03\/thank-god-not-everything-is-software.html\">a comics like this<\/a>, smile and walk by. \u00a0But I am currently involved in a project that makes me feel stronger about it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/not-software.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16157\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/09\/thank-god-not-everything-is-software\/not-software\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/not-software.jpg?fit=800%2C565&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,565\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"not software\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/not-software.jpg?fit=660%2C466&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16157\" title=\"not software\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/not-software-500x353.jpg?resize=500%2C353&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/not-software.jpg?resize=500%2C353&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/not-software.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Consider, for example, a client request I got a couple of days ago:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We are using the database for this project, right? \u00a0We are using it for a reason &#8211; to store data. \u00a0If we store data, we should be able to retrieve data. \u00a0So I want a report that retrieves data. \u00a0I want a report with all data, all on a single page. \u00a0But it shouldn&#8217;t be too much or too complicated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Funny? \u00a0Well, I laughed at first too. \u00a0But when I actually managed to build that report, I had a few things to think about. \u00a0And a few to reconsider.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>On an average day I&#8217;d see a comics like this, smile and walk by. \u00a0But I am currently involved in a project that makes me feel stronger about it. 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