Best Practice in the IT world
I really don’t like the term “Best Practice”, because that implies that it can’t get any better, that’s not true as it’s the constant changing, modifying and improving of standards, methods, techniques and processes that makes best practice. This is especially true in the IT world. I would like to enter this topic with a non-IT related example. A few months ago, I was sick; this illness caused some internal imbalance that eventually lead to a high build-up of wax in my one ear. It was so bad, my ear was completely blocked, and it remained blocked for days. I had to go to the doctor. I was expecting the doctor to use some special ear-scope to find the wax build-up and then pluck it out with a tweezer or any other thin long medical device, it seems like the obvious solution, it would be quick and effective. Instead, the doctor poured warm, soapy water into my ear, she poured and poured into the ear for about 1 and a half hours until the wax started t...