A Kafka Introduction

Steve had the chance to learn a bit about Kafka and has a few thoughts today.

Converting Integers

Moving One File Across Git Branches: #SQLNewBlogger

I was working on some branching and merging with a customer and they wanted to move a file from one branch to another without taking the entire commit. I...

Stairway to Database Containers Level 4: Using a Docker Compose File

In the next level of the Stairway to Database Containers, let's learn to use a compose file to specify a number of options for our container.

Big Northwind with AI

As part of my work with Redgate, I wanted to do some testing on our subsetting and masking tools. Subsetting needs a big data set, and while Stack Overflow is big, it's kind of simple. I wanted something a little different. Since our engineers use Northwind to do a lot of demos, I decided to […]

Less Junior Staff

One of the strange side effects of AI might be junior staff struggle to get hired and get experience. Where does that leave the industry when senior staff retires?

The SQL Server 2022 32 Bit Upgrade

A New Word: Midding

midding – n. the tranquil pleasure of being near a gathering but not quite in it – hovering on the perimeter of a campfire, talking quietly outside a party,...

Finding Data Types

One Month with the Dell Latitude 7450

It was just over a month ago that I got a Dell Latitude 7450 from our corporate IT group. It wasn’t my first choice, but as Redgate grows, they’re...