"Boring is beautiful." In today's Throwback Thursday, we're confronted with the uncomfortable truth that the best software is often uninteresting to write.

Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is all about testing: Python-inspired doc tests, my B-BEAR quick and dirty T-SQL test technique, and a proper SQL Server unit testing tool.

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we look back at past Access DevCon Vienna conferences (and forward to next week's conference).

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore how to create GUIDs in your Access applications and how you can use them to simplify creating temporary files.

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore the role of "feature gates" (aka, "feature flags") in Microsoft Access (and Microsoft Office more broadly).

Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is about one of VBA's most underappreciated features: the humble Enum statement.

Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is chock full of tips and tricks to emulate your client's production environment during development.

Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is all about 64-bit VBA: updating your 32-bit code to run in 64-bit, 32 vs. 64-bit Office, and tools to help with the conversion.

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore a few of my favorite AutoHotkey scripts for Access development.

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore the greatest gift we can give to future programmers: writing readable code.

We dive into the deep end of debugging VBA in today's edition of Throwback Thursday. We cover the Watch window, including how to avoid some nasty performance side effects.

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we dive into one of my core programming principles: some bugs are better than others (with a "real-life" lesson from Office Space).

We dive into the difference between IIf() and IIf()--that's not a typo--in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.

We explore the value of learning other programming languages and incorporating elements from them into VBA in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.

Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is all about the DoEvents function: What it is; Where to use it; When to use it; Why it works; and How it works.

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit some of my favorite Allen Browne-inspired articles.

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we tackle every programmer's favorite topic: Technical Debt.

How do you loop by month in VBA? Coding it clearly is surprisingly difficult. We explore several approaches in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.

Check out my three most-used everyday tools in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.

Learn how to enhance TempVars with type safety, IntelliSense, and compile-time checking in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.

Discover three mindset shifts that can transform you from a developer into a high-value consultant in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit my annual twinBASIC talks at DevCon Vienna in honor of my presentation to the UK Access User Group yesterday.

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore a topic near and dear to my heart: Version Control with Microsoft Access.

Follow along to see how I used Test-Driven Development to replace hard-coded holiday dates with a robust, history-aware date engine in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit my RegEx wrapper functions for VBA, while looking ahead to a future without VBScript.dll.