The Lost Art – Defensive Programming

July 9, 2009 – 9:41 pm | by Karl Rohde
Nearly twenty years ago, when I first got into software development, one of the things drummed into me was “always assume the worst, be defensive in your coding”. Somewhere in the last twenty years, that seems to have changed to “don’t worry, the framework will look after that”. I recently undertook a code review for a client, [...]
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Discovery – Just Do it.

March 31, 2009 – 9:00 am | by Karl Rohde
Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, and Verify. Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. While Red Toad Solutions does not rigorously follow Lean Six Sigma, the underlying focus of the business is the last two of each of the above. However, the first three common aspects of Lean Six Sigma are critical as well. Any business can Define, Measure, Analyze, [...]

Tags: Design, Discovery, IT Projects, Measurable Results, Quality Assurance

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Free Technology

January 31, 2009 – 9:00 am | by Karl Rohde
Welcome to the new and improved web site for Red Toad Solutions. Technology is an amazing thing. In many ways the use of technology levels the playing field for business. Where corporates may spend tens of thousands of dollars on relatively simple requirements, small and medium business can take a step back and find a good [...]

Tags: Blog, CMS, Lamp, Marketing, MySql, Open Source, PHP, Technology, Wordpress

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