Missing Chinese Surnames

Planning for a Bad Day

If you found out you were being laid off, would you be ready? Steve thinks you should be lightly planning for this to happen.

The New Redgate Office in Cambridge

I’m in Cambridge, UK this week for the internal Global Marketing Week and Level Up Conference. This is my first visit to Cambridge in 2023, and we have a...

Changing Context in Procs

Securing All Your Connections

Microsoft is recommending more security for SQL Servers, including dev and test instances. Do you agree this is a good idea? Would you implement this?

Typing Strange Characters–#SQLNewBlogger

I’ve had to type a few non-English characters lately, and this blog talks about how to do this. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as...

Catching a Deleted Column

Concurrency Challenges Around Schema Changes

A post on distributed systems and how schema changes are handled caught Steve's eye. See if you agree with how he thinks this should work.

The Best Career Advice

This week Steve gives links to career advice from the community.

A New Word: Volander

volander: n. the ethereal feeling of looking down at the world through an airplane window, able to catch a glimpse of far-flung places you’d never see in person, free...