It’s frustrated me a few times how difficult it is to drop a column in SQL Server when that column has a default value set on it.  You’ll get an error message like this: Msg 5074, Level 16, State 1,… Continue reading ‘How to drop a column with a default value constraint in SQL Server’ →

It breaks my heart to read Tom Howard’s post on his struggles with his startup. On many levels, I can relate to his story.  When Stephen and I started Archon a few years ago, we had no money and no funding.  We… Continue reading ‘Back to basic – Your startup should make money’ →

We are looking for another awesome web app programmer to join our dev team on the *secret stealth project*! If you think you have some serious front-end chops (HTML/CSS/JS) and had done some Ruby on Rails code before, then join… Continue reading ‘We are hiring!’ →

Woohoo, after like 2 months of hard work, the WiX Burn installer (which I talked about in the previous post) is finally launched on our website at www.inflowinventory.com/Download, as well as www.download.com! Check out the installer to get a taste… Continue reading ‘Burn Installer Officially Launched!’ →

Lets say, you wanted to store contact information such as emails, phone numbers, and websites. These contact information can be associated with an employee of a business or the business itself. A business can have multiple emails and multiple phone… Continue reading ‘Rails single table inheritance with polymorphic association’ →