Database APIs
Today Steve talks APIs, which are important in much of software development. He thinks we ought to treat our database schema as part of an API.
2023-05-22
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DevOps and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
2023-05-10
170 reads
How Important is Zero Downtime?
Zero downtime used to be more important in Steve's job, but lately it seems customers aren't as concerned.
2023-03-24
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How to Implement CI/CD in Azure Data Factory (ADF)
Learn how you can use CI/CD with your ADF Pipelines and Azure DevOps using ARM templates.
2023-03-10
13,411 reads
A Version Control Strategy for Branch-based Database Development
The migration to a different VCS should not be underestimated, as there is a lot more involved than just switching tools, and that’s what Tonie Huizer covers in this article.
First, the team needed to migrate the monolithic repos over to Git, second the team needed to make sure we had a branching strategy and workflow in place.
It involved a big process change for the team as well, but this switch is mandatory to make full use of branch-based database development.
2023-02-08
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2023-01-20
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Self-Service Databases
When I first started work as a software developer, I knew that getting an environment set up where I could compile a project might take a few hours or a few days. The complexities of how people built software projects, the dependencies, and more were handled in a very immature manner. These days I can […]
2022-11-16
206 reads
Losing Skills Because of Automation
When I was younger, it seemed that everyone I worked with in technology knew how to build a computer. Most knew how to work with a BIOS, were comfortable with command lines, and could assemble complex compiler directives into a Make file. Over time, it seems many people, especially Windows and MacOS users, became focused […]
2022-11-11
208 reads
Psychological Safety
Building psychological safety inside of a company is hard, but it is important to build trust and develop a team.
2022-11-09
79 reads
DevOps is Culture
A big part of adopting DevOps and becoming better at building software is establishing culture.
2022-11-07
198 reads
Blogs
Down the Rabbit Hole: Dealing with Ad-Hoc Data Requests
By Rayis Imayev
"But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked."Oh, you can’t help...
Adding a Local Model to Ollama through the GUI
By Steve Jones
I saw some good reviews of the small gemma3 model in a few places...
Connect resiliently to SQL Server
Why you should connect resiliently to SQL Server Transient failures happen — in the cloud...
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