Zsolt Miskolczi
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Zsolt Miskolczi

Father of two, back-end engineer who is interested in soft skill related topics. Have no love or hate relationship with programming languages - except php.

SQL Server date times explained

Mar 16, 20221 min read 14 views

declare @this_datetime datetime = getutcdate() declare @this_datetime2 datetime2 = getutcdate() declare @this_smaldatetime smalldatetime = getutcdate() select @this_datetime, @this_datetime2, @this_smaldatetime select datalength(@this_datetime), da...

SQL Server date times explained

The fast way of learning a new programming language - Part II

Feb 27, 20224 min read 10 views

Collect the learning materials and narrow them down to the minimum necessary amount. And 10x your learning speed.

The fast way of learning a new programming language - Part II

The fast way of learning a new programming language - Part I

Jan 13, 20225 min read 24 views

How to boost the learning process and save time

New year plan: build productive systems, not goals and resolutions

Jan 2, 20222 min read 26 views

The previous year was a huge fail: I had tons of goals and I've completed almost nothing. I've mastered procrastination, put on some extra weight, and played a terrifying amount of hours with Dota 2. At the end of the year, finally, I was able to ta...

Outlook for Mac - a broken thing?

Aug 31, 20211 min read 36 views

I have several colleagues who told me not to use Outlook for Mac. I thought it must be some kind of we love to hate M$ thing. After almost missing a couple of meetings, I think I have to agree with them. I have really no idea how it is possible hav...

Soft Skill book recommendations for wanna be senior developers

Jul 30, 20212 min read 71 views

I just got a request recently about an introduction set of soft-skill books for developers grinding to their promotion of being a senior developer. So that, I've collected my favorite ones. There are some that I literally read every single year. Most...