Creating Placeholder Files

I recently wrote about placeholders for disk space. While you can use any file, like large images, video, etc., I’ve...

Your Best Work

Interviewing people is hard to do well. Steve Jones talks about a technique that might help you better choose good employees for your organization.

Personal Development

Steve Jones thinks that a personal development plan is important and talks today a little about how you should build one.

Minimal Meetings

Too many meetings happen in software teams. Steve Jones says that when scheduling meeting, you should be aware of the cost, and only include those people that need to be there.

Use -eq in Powershell

I was writing a quick script to work with files and I only wanted to process one file for each...

Thanksgiving 2014

Consolidating Again and Again and Again

This editorial was originally published on November 12, 2009. It is being re-run as Steve is on holiday. Virtualization is touted as a great way to save money, but it's a one time event. Once you've consolidated a server, you can't do it again. However consolidation isn't necessarily the same and Steve Jones tells us why.

T-SQL Tricks – Custom Templates

I wrote about the Template Explorer, which comes with the SQL Server tools and is visible in Management Studio (SSMS)....

How Often Does Production Drift?

Database drift is the difference between two database schemas. Today Steve Jones discusses the concept and wonders how often it happens.

Real World T-SQL Tricks

This week Steve Jones wonders if you're taking advantage of the changes in the T-SQL language.