Simon FosterinDiaries of ITModel View Controller (MVC)Model View Controller or MVC is a software architectural pattern for implementing user interfaces on computers. It divides a given software…3 min read·Mar 17, 2016----
Simon FosterinDiaries of ITSurface Book ReviewI have just bought myself a new laptop, but it is not just any laptop it is a Microsoft Surface Book.4 min read·Mar 10, 2016----
Simon FosterinDiaries of ITTrying Out Azure Active DirectoryOne of my plans is to create new MVC Webapps for my companies databases. Once I publish these I will need to secure them so only staff have…3 min read·Mar 3, 2016----
Simon FosterinDiaries of ITCoding myself into a cornerI spend an awful lot of my working life adding new features and improvements to a legacy database system.2 min read·Feb 25, 2016----
Simon FosterinDiaries of ITMy git repository is too large!Today I did a clone of one of my git repositories and it took ages to download. Looking into what got downloaded it was easy to see why…3 min read·Feb 11, 2016----
Simon FosterinDiaries of ITSQL Transaction Log BackupsLike many DBAs I spend a lot of time maintaining my SQL Server backups.3 min read·Feb 4, 2016----
Simon FosterinDiaries of ITDevelopment AnnoyanceI spend a lot of my time creating new features that simplify my companies business processes.3 min read·Jan 29, 2016----
Simon FosterinDiaries of ITDisaster PlanningOver the Christmas break the city of York experienced the worst flooding disaster it has seen in recent years. If you want to help…3 min read·Jan 14, 2016----
Simon FosterinDiaries of ITA look back at 2015Wow! What an amazing year 2015 has been and with 2015 about to end I thought it would be good to look back at what happened in this amazing…4 min read·Dec 31, 2015----
Simon FosterinDiaries of ITChristmas 2015 with the FostersFour months ago James David Martin Foster was born. And he is even more awesome now than when he was born.2 min read·Dec 24, 2015----