Another View of DevOps

Steve does a lot of work with teams trying to adopt DevOps, and today has another description of what this can mean for your team.

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The Profiler Extension in Azure Data Studio (ADS)

This article covers the basics of the Profiler extension in Azure Data Studio, a handy way to trace your application calls.

Auto Renew Subscriptions

Reserved resources in Azure can auto renew now, but Steve isn't sure if that makes our jobs easier.

A New Word: Rubatosis

rubatosis– n. the unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat, whose tenuous muscular throbbing feels less like a metronome than a nervous ditty your heart is tapping to itself, as...

An Experimental Mindset

Steve wonders how many of you have an experimental mindset. He finds those that embrace this do better in their careers.

Friday Flyway Tips – Inserting Column in the Middle of a Table

I had a customer question whether Flyway Desktop (FWD) would cause problems if developers were adding columns into the middle of tables. It’s a valid concern, and this post...

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Re-platforming

Sometimes you need to completely change your software, perhaps on a new platform. Steve has a few thoughts on this drastic action.

Protecting Off Hours

There is new legislation in Australia that is supposed to allow employees to ignore messages outside of working hours. Steve has a few thoughts on how he balances his workload.