Segments for Protection

Computer network security is important, and it's something we ought to be more concerned with as data professionals.

Three Times a Day

The latest work trend report from Microsoft shows people have peak work three times a day, and often out of normal working hours.

A Six Week Break

Today is my last day of work for six weeks. I start my sabbatical Monday, or maybe this afternoon, and will be gone. I may or may not blog,...

A Well Deserved Break

Steve leaves on sabbatical after today.

Advice I Like: Focus on what’s important

Don’t let someone else’s urgency becomes your emergency. In fact, don’t be governed by the urgent of any sort. Focus on the important. The urgent is a tyrant. –...

Multiple Defaults

The Book of Redgate: Motivation

Another of our values is this: Motivation isn’t about carrots and sticks. Constant oversight and the threat of punishment are incompatible with great, fulfilling work. We believe in creating...

Using a GenAI to Help Brent

Brent had a query exercise recently about train stations moving in some order and having overrides to this order in emergencies. I suppose he’s been traveling a lot lately...

Getting the Updated Column List

The Technical Debt Anchor

Technical debt is something all of us deal with in our systems, and today Steve has a few thoughts on the impact of debt on database sysstems.