Is Your Time "Free"?

Too many people don't value their time appropriately, especially at work. If you don't, likely your boss doesn't either.

The Book of Redgate: No Politics

In today’s world, this might mean something different, but in 2010, we had this value: In our context, this was about being open and transparent. This is the text...

Doing the Little Things

There are a lot of tasks that DBAs and developers struggle to get done. These little things can be important, and perhaps AI can help us keep on top of them.

Historical Data Tracking

Everything is the right question away

When working with an AI LLM, you have so much knowledge at your fingertips.

Odd Sequences

A New Word: los vidados

los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might have forgotten completely if someone hadn’t happened to mention them again – friends of friends,...

Hidden Heroes

DBAs might be the hidden heroes in many organizations.

Identities and Sequences I

The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations

One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if ensure I could easily refresh dev and test environments on demand. In a small startup,...