Someone asked if anything was different due to COVID-19. Our customer contact is all done over the internet with miles, sometimes thousands, in between. SteadyCode is fully compliant with Arizona Executive Order 2020-18 (“Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected”). So we’re still steadily coding, consistent with the name. Stay safe, and don’t hesitate to keep in touch.
SteadyCode entered its sixth year of business this fall. Some customers have been upgrading or making changes to projects written long ago. It’s been a while since I’ve written a post and I thought I’d take a few minutes to share. This morning, when upgrading a custom program that imports Excel spreadsheets to Microsoft Dynamics SL 2018, CU2, my customer wondered when I had originally written it. We found comments in a SQL Script that mentioned July 3, 2001. I... Continue reading →
A year ago this week I made the decision to found SteadyCode. It’s been a fantastic journey, in many ways! I could never have guessed where my decision would lead. I was able to travel to the other side of the world and back a couple of times. I began thinking in ways I never had before as an employee. I’ve made new friends and business associates. I stopped blogging for a while because I was focused on things I... Continue reading →
Today I ran across an inspiring six-minute TED talk by psychologist Angela Lee Duckworth on the key to success. It isn’t talent or IQ. In my last post I called it persistence and determination, moving doggedly ahead. She calls it grit. Take a look.
I recently returned from a fun and relaxing cruise from Southampton, U.K., to the Canary Islands. The morning after we left Madeira the sea was rough. I was relieved to hear the captain say the wind would decrease and the ship would steady that afternoon. Throughout the voyage, when covering the greatest distances, the ship sailed at around 19 knots, a little faster than cars are allowed to drive going through school crossings in Colorado. It didn’t seem fast, yet... Continue reading →