Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL, A Thank you message
A Thank You message to the original founds of the PostgreSQL project and members of the community that have been working so hard for 30 years.
2026-05-30
226 reads
Database Weekly
What Are You Waiting For?
This editorial discusses how to help others take their first step into contributing to the community
2026-05-02
99 reads
2026-04-25
36 reads
Dancing Robot Goes Rogue
The headline says it all and Steve thinks this could be a problem in the digital world as well.
2026-03-28
69 reads
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
Windows is changing its security, which will affect SQL Server.
2026-02-14
485 reads
No Defaults Passwords Ever
Steve doesn't see a reason why we should have default passwords on systems ever.
2026-01-17
68 reads
The Microsoft SQL Year in Review
Microsoft gives a year in review from the SQL Server and Azure SQL teams. Steve sees a lot of accomplishments from this past year.
2025-12-20
113 reads
FinOps - the new name for performance tuning
This year I have been speaking with an increasing number of people about FinOps and what it means. Fundamentally, it is all about getting a handle on the cost for our technology spend. When we step back and look at the bigger picture it also has ramifications on corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) programs […]
2025-11-29
138 reads
2025-11-15
104 reads
Why Data Modelling Still Matters - More Than Ever
In today’s fast-paced landscape, where agile development and cloud-native platforms dominate, data modelling might seem like a relic of the past.
2025-10-25
248 reads
Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
Forums
Backup Availability Group
Please I am hoping for some feedback Specifications: Windows Server 2022 SQL Server 2022...
How Do the Experts Become Experts?
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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
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Question of the Day
Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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