Advice I Like: In 100 Years

In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will be proved to be wrong, maybe even embarrassingly wrong. A good question to ask yourself...

String Similarity II

The Book of Redgate: Mistakes

This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has more detail. This is the text from the facing page: What we do is very...

Writing as an Art and a Job

Steve thinks communication is a core sill for technology people, especially in the age of AI.

A Quick Restore

Flyway Tips: Multiple Projects

One of the nice things about Flyway Desktop is that it helps you manage your database code as a project and see what changes are being built. However, many...

Fun with JSON I

Microsoft Power BI Performance Best Practices: Learn practical techniques for building high-speed Power BI solutions Microsoft Power BI Performance Best Practices

In a world dominated by data, organizations heavily rely on business intelligence tools like Power BI for deriving insights and informed decision-making. Yet, as data volumes grow and user demands increase, achieving optimal performance becomes challenging.

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Rollback vs. Roll Forward

Today Steve talks about deployments and whether you should roll forward or roll back.

Rolling Back a Broken Release

We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward or back from the point when you discover a problem. You can watch the episode...