Are You a Good Engineer?

A thread about what it takes to be a good engineer has Steve commenting on those characteristics that are important to him.

CosmosDB and Consistency

I was doing a little work with CosmosDB recently, and there were a few things that surprised me about the platform.  I’m also not 100% sure I completely understand...

Daily Coping 28 Jan 2022

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

VS Live Cancelled

I got a note this week from the organizers of VS Live. They let me know the March event in Las Vegas was being cancelled.  That was disappointing to...

Daily Coping 27 Jan 2022

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Checking if a database has a master key–#SQLNewBlogger

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I’ve been working with encryption in SQL Server...

Daily Coping 26 Jan 2022

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Defining DevOps

Many people ask about DevOps and what it entails. Steve has a few thoughts on the challenges of adopting DevOps in a company.

Fully Indexing Views

Daily Coping 25 Jan 2022

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...