2019-08-02
367 reads
Steve Jones
- Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball
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- Website: https://www.voiceofthedba.com
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2019-08-02 (first published: 2015-11-23)
523 reads
The Problem with Users
Users cause lots of security issues, and we ought to try to work within that framework, with the understanding the we can't prevent all problems.
2019-08-01
204 reads
Working with People
One of the more important things that we can do as a professional is learn to work we well with others.
2019-07-30 (first published: 2015-09-09)
390 reads
More MVPs Than Awards
Every year, July 1 is the Microsoft MVP Renewal date and quite a few people received good news that day. I was one of those renewed for another year, and I am honored that Microsoft chose me again. I also congratulate all the others that received the award for the first time as well as […]
2019-07-29
273 reads
A Clock With Benefits
Explaining how computers work can be hard for technical people, but it's important for us to help our clients, customers, and managers appreciate why building new software is hard.
2019-07-25 (first published: 2015-08-26)
373 reads
Data Challenges and Travel
A few problems in travel have Steve thinking about the complexities and challenges of companies that coordinate lots of data.
2019-07-23
265 reads
Changing Hardware
AMD has new chips coming out and Glenn Berry changes his recommendation against using AMD in SQL Servers.
2019-07-20
188 reads
Are Windows Containers a Good Choice?
Steve doesn't think Windows containers are the future for the data platform.
2019-07-19
509 reads
The AI Manager
AI software is being used to manage the daily work of some employees. Is this a trend that is good or bad?
2019-07-18
194 reads
Blogs
A Prompt AI Experiment
By Steve Jones
Prompt AI released recently and I decided to try a few things with the...
SQL Server Is Slow (part 1 of 4)
By Kevin3NF
How should you respond when you get the dreaded Email/Slack/Text/DriveBy from someone yelling at...
Scaling PowerShell – Lessons from a Technical Interview
By gbargsley
Recently, I was in a technical interview where the topic of running PowerShell at...
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SQL Server, Heaps and Fragmentation
A table without a clustered index (heap) will NOT suffer from fragmentation during frequent updates or deletes. True or False?
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