Planning for Change
Change is inevitable, so Steve says we ought to plan, and prepare, for things to be different in the future.
2026-11-04
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Career Growth
Making an Impression
The job market is tough and Steve has some advice today on how you approach your career.
2026-10-26
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Communication, For Incidents and Life
Many years ago, I was on call for a production system. This was common for me since I was one of several production DBA’s for the company. It was a normal weekend for me, and I got up and started playing with my kids. They were heavily into trains, and we were laying out our […]
2026-10-21
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Training the next generation
Many years ago, I started at a smaller-sized company. About 150 employees; it was a SaaS company that provided survey software. It was growing quickly, and I was the primary DBA. I was hired not only to be a DBA, but to build a DB team to handle many of the issues the company faced […]
2026-10-19
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2026-10-02
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Get Along
Steve chats with a few developers and gets some insights into how they are coping with AI.
2026-09-25
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Database Animations: The Interview Question Everybody Gets Wrong
No no, I'm not just talking about the people answering the interview question. I'm talking about the people asking the question.
2026-09-23
What does a modern DBA actually do? 6 key points from a senior DBA
We sat down with Lee Brownhill, a senior DBA and Redgate Ambassador with 20 years of experience, to get his honest take on where the role is heading – and what database professionals are actually focused on right now.
2026-08-21
Forward Deployed Engineers
A new job title, the forward deployed engineer, is becoming more popular.
2026-07-13
248 reads
I Can't Make You Learn
Steve believes that his career and life have become better as he learns more everything. It's the key to improvement.
2026-07-10
180 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images
By Steve Jones
We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate –...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Discover how Palantir connects enterprise data, supports AI-driven decision-making and helps companies turn insights...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Palantir is an American software platform that brings together business data from different sources...
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SQL Server Audit Failures
If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?
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