Will learning multiple coding styles make you a better programmer? And, does it make sense to import those coding styles into your primary language?

Even if you only write code professionally in a single language, learning the concepts and idioms of other languages will make you a better programmer.

What type of Microsoft Access developer are you? Being a robot is easy, being a technician is fun, but being a fixer is valuable.

Microsoft does not make it easy to buy old versions of Access, even though you need them to distribute compiled .accde files for *still-supported* runtimes.

Publishing an article every day is not for the faint of heart. But the benefits compound if you can stick with it.

My nine-year-old son got hit in the head at soccer practice the other day. His reaction reminds me of my own professional software development journey.

The most consequential piece of business advice I ever received came from the fictional owner of Pritchett's Closets & Blinds.

If you weren't able to make it to virtual Access DevCon Vienna 2021, here's what you missed on Day 2.

If you weren't able to make it to virtual Access DevCon Vienna 2021, here's what you missed on Day 1.

You know you’ve found a worthy challenge when you are equal parts excited and terrified to take it on. Because that is how you grow.

I used to think owning a business was scary. And then I decided to start growing it.

To reach great heights, take small steps.

A morass of Word documents and Excel workbooks--the invasive plant species of the Windows world--overgrowing your file system like so much digital kudzu.

The weirdos who enjoy spending lots of time to avoid doing mundane tasks that only take a little time have their own special name: programmers. Welcome to our very weird club.

Many of the best Microsoft Access applications are written by people with no formal background in software development. Your origin story starts here.