‘Test your assumptions’ is an important step in any kind of analysis and design exercise. It appears calibre’s database design is not entirely the cause of poor performance at higher record volumes. Don’t get me wrong, the design and implementation of the database can certainly be tightened up… but I …
So far, I have What I haven’t talked about yet is what I’m going to do with the information once I’ve got it, how I’m going to present it and use it. Short answer? I think it’s going to look a lot like calibre… but there will be some differences. …
This post is mostly to capture the spurious thoughts that pop up while designing a data model. Specifically, things that could be captured and managed by this tool, that strictly speaking are not ‘media’. I’m sure more will come to mind as I go.
Yesterday I explored some data objects I expect to need in my media library. That’s a good start, but a relational database is not particularly useful until it has relationships. Thus, I’ll want an Entity Relationship (ER) Diagram showing how the different pieces are related. In this post I’ll also …
It seems almost certain that the data engine for this application is going to be a relational database. My analyses so far have concluded the data is pretty structured. Most applications I’ve worked on have had pretty specific requirements when it comes to their data. These have mostly been business …
Yesterday I posted a feature wish list, design elements I’d like to see in my media library. How does calibre measure up? All in all, calibre doesn’t appear to fit my needs very well. To be fair, much of my wish list is specifically to address the elements of calibre …
This post was almost ‘Business Requirements’, but I didn’t call it that for two reasons. First, even inasmuch as my background is in software development, this isn’t about ‘business’, this is a personal itch I’m trying to scratch. Second, ‘requirements’ are, by definition, measurable: it must be possible to decide …
As I understand it, much of the open source movement is driven not by ideals, but by an itch. A developer has a need to create something, usually a tool or an app or a library or the like, to address a need the developer has. I have a mighty …
Primary Drive: delivers power from the Engine to the clockwork tower in the Abandoned Tower. Node-Based Megadungeon: Clockwork Hell Primary Transmission Room This is a fairly large circular room with a broad cylinder projecting from the floor to the ceiling and rotating steadily. There are passages leading radially from this …
I’ve already done the heavy lifting, I have an outline — even a detailed outline! — and the size I described ten years ago aligns with the target. All I need to do is fill it in. That shouldn’t take much, right? Right?! I mean, it’s only 108 areas, each …
