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  • Silverboat
  • Linux Experiences
  • React: What a mess
  • Spring + Hibernate
  • Web services: The basics (Cockpit, MySQL, Tomcat, etc.)
  • Migrating from hardware RAID to software RAID


2023

It's been a long time. I hope to pick this up again and use it to convey some of my experiences in the hopes someone will find it useful.

Delphi Remote Debugging
Indy Components -- dead?

2022

This year was a huge year of change. Several companies I worked with went under or changed direction, and I started relationships with new companies that required extensive onboarding. Some of that happened without much fanfare, and some of it was stressful. And before I knew it, the year had flown by and it was now 2023...

2021

COVID struck, and for a year I was scrambling on a number of projects, all centered around either helping companies deal with COVID restrictions or helping retailers get their online stores up and running as fast as possible just so their businesses could survive. Along the way, various family members fell ill, and two of our elders died. It was a crazy time, and at the end of every day, I was too wiped out to even think about keeping this up. I sincerely hope you all came out the other side okay.

2020

Multi-tenancy in cloud database applications
Coming soon: The continuing Silverboat saga
Agile: My love-hate relationship with over-engineered process
When NOT to take a project, example #1
When NOT to take a project, example #2
Business advice for the independent contractor: billing
Delphi: buh-bye

2019

... Hey, it was a busy year, whaddaya want, huh?

2018

Server Side Java
"Multiple-step operation generated errors"
Why I Won't Be Implementing PATCH

2017

Crap services
Java: Struts2 REST
XSLT Testing
REST vs. not-REST
ASUS vs. Linksys

2016

Video Editors
Windows: Can't open a port. Need to see what process has the port open.
Delphi: TBlobStream.Create fails with "Invalid typecast"
Delphi: JCL error during compile, "Expected ':' but an identifier found"
Delphi: Where it went so, so wrong...

2015

"The type or namespace name 'Oracle' could not be found"
Linksys Smart Wi-Fi

2014

Chilkat Encryption Libraries
Dell Inspiron 15, 3000 Series
ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2 tests not running
Priorities
IDTech Swipe Won't Work
Where Delphi Went Off the Tracks
JVM terminated: Exit code=13
Graphics Done Right

2013

HP Printers: Complete Crap
Graphics Done Right

2012

Android Fragment Frustration


Todd Grigsby