Microservices in SQL Server
In SQL Server 2017 consuming or providing JSON data is so efficient that you can implement effective microservices right from the database, argues Phil Factor.
2017-11-13
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Phil Factor
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Timing is Everything
Phil Factor on the wise habit of timing your database routines, to avoid relying on received wisdom about performance.
2017-10-16
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The Achilles Heel
In a long career in IT, Phil Factor cannot recall a 'major incident', where the failure or breach was due to a single 'Achilles Heel', or even a single team of people. They are always due to a whole plethora of slack and ignorant practices.
2017-10-09
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The Worms-eye View
Even the most elaborate team-based development methodology won't compensate for the blinkered attitudes and tribal cultures that come from over-specialization in IT.
2017-10-02
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Avoiding the Hell of having to Remember DDL syntax
What's your favorite productivity tool when writing SQL? Phil Factor has has flirted with most of them, from templates and snippets to a programmer's clipboard and back again.
2017-09-18
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The struggle to renormalize data
You are given an export of a NoSQL database, in JSON, and asked to import it into a relational database. Sounds easy? It isn't and Phil Factor explain why.
2017-09-11
185 reads
The art of getting it right
Phil Factor advocates paying attention when it doesn't matter to prepare for when it does.
2017-08-14
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The Tethered Goat
Phil Factor's a 'tethered goat' database taught in the value of database intrusion detection and of "defense in depth".
2017-08-07
74 reads
The Forgotten Editorial
Phil Factor reflects on the occasional benefits of document loss, whether accidental or less so.
2017-06-26
57 reads
The Value of Surveys
Phil Factor on the perils of trying to squeeze good insights out of bad surveys.
2017-06-12
50 reads
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