2026-04-17
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DevOps and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
DevOps anti-patterns: what they are and how to avoid them
In software development, DevOps promises faster delivery, increased collaboration, and more reliable deployments. However, many teams unknowingly fall into anti-patterns.
2026-04-10
Multiple Deployment Processes
Many organizations haven't standardized the way they deploy code to databases, even when they do so for applications. Steve has a few thoughts on this today.
2026-03-13
78 reads
A Full Shutdown
Steve used to shut down systems to upgrade them, but lately he makes changes while they're running.
2026-03-11
120 reads
Being Mindful of Design Time
Do you take the time to model and design your database? Steve thinks this is important, even while trying to make changes quicker to adapt to changing requirements.
2025-11-14
103 reads
DevOps is DevOps
DevOps includes a lot of practices, but no matter which technology that you use, the ideas are the same.
2025-10-27
123 reads
Requiring Technical Debt Payments
Steve found someone using an interesting approach to get developers to address some technical debt.
2025-09-08
156 reads
DevOps vs. SRE: Bridging the Gap, Not Building Walls
In Part 2, we shift focus from theory to practice. We will explore how organizations can harmoniously integrate both practi: the agility of DevOps and the resilience of SRE. During integration, it requires deliberate changes to culture, tooling, metrics, and collaboration patterns.
2025-08-29
What are the Key DevOps Performance Metrics You Should Track?
Successful DevOps teams rely on data-driven decision-making to continuously improve software delivery and operational performance. Understanding the right DevOps performance metrics is crucial for identifying bottlenecks, improving efficiency, and maintaining high availability. Metrics provide insight into how well your team deploys software, how quickly issues are resolved, and how stable the production environment remains over time.
2025-06-16
Patching the Patch
If you have had to fix the thing you just fixed with a fix, you might enjoy today's editorial.
2025-06-16
109 reads
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The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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