The Scary DBA
Archives: May 2017
Database Fundamentals
One of my favorite things about being a technologist is constantly learning new things, but, this can lead us to forget about the fundamentals. More importantly, in our pursuit of the latest and greatest things, it’s very easy for those of us who teach to forget to reach back and… Read more
7 comments, 2,744 reads
Posted in The Scary DBA on 31 May 2017
Technology Gender Gap By State
This is my first ever guest blog post. Take it away Hazel Garcia.
Though the gender gap narrows by the year, there remains a noticeable lack of balance in the professional workplace. This gap reflects in everything from gender-based pay scale discrepancies to the ratio of women to men… Read more
8 comments, 1,404 reads
Posted in The Scary DBA on 22 May 2017
MySQL and Backups As A Service
With today’s announcement that MySQL is available as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering through Azure, a lot more exciting opportunities have presented themselves for companies to build and manage their information. According to the DB-Engines Ranking, MySQL is the second most popular data management system out there.… Read more
4 comments, 585 reads
Posted in The Scary DBA on 10 May 2017
General Notes on Security in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
I’m still learning about Azure SQL Data Warehouse (ADW, cause I’m lazy). ADW is a deceptively deep topic. Initially you think that it’s just SQL Server, what’s the big deal. Then you start to understand the underlying architecture and things get complicated. Then you begin to understand the implications of… Read more
9 comments, 1,118 reads
Posted in The Scary DBA on 8 May 2017
Redgate Alexa Contest Winners!
A couple of weeks ago we had a small contest here to pick a skill for Alexa. The entries were all wonderful, but I could only pick five as winners with one of them being the top winner. Thanks everyone for playing.
In no particular order, here are the four… Read more
1 comments, 460 reads
Posted in The Scary DBA on 5 May 2017