Data Science Sanity Checks
Phil Factor on three "sanity checks" that any data scientist must perform in order to prevent businesses from interpreting data analysis errors, or fraudulent activity, as real trends.
2013-05-13
159 reads
Editorial
Better Coding, More Savings
The way we write code impacts our users, but it can also impact our wallet, especially in cloud computing. Steve Jones wonders how many people bother to profile and test their code.
2016-12-19 (first published: 2013-05-13)
379 reads
Visualizations
A picture can express a thousand words. That's a phrase that many of us understand well, and one we embrace when we try to present large amounts of data in reports and dashboards. This week Steve Jones asks you what visualizations you use.
2013-05-10
165 reads
A Broken Data Model
After a recent trip, Steve Jones noted a problem somewhere with the way airlines are handling passenger data.
2013-05-09
161 reads
Our Race with Machines
A future world where the machines rule, as shown in films like Terminator and the Matrix, isn't what most people want. However the fears of machines taking over much of our world are very real. Steve Jones thinks it's not as bad as you might believe.
2013-05-08
119 reads
Small Data
With all the talk about Big Data recently, Steve Jones looks at some of the issues with Big Data and how small data might be more important to you.
2013-05-07
183 reads
Microsoft Research
Research in industry can help a company leap ahead of it's peers. Steve Jones thinks this is a good idea for many companies to engage in and highlights some of the great work being done at Microsoft Research.
2013-05-06
97 reads
The State of the Cloud
The state of cloud computing is confusing and unstable. Steve Jones has a few thoughts about the good and bad things in this industry.
2013-05-06
114 reads
If you're confident about a change in your DB, triple check
Even planning allows for failure, sometimes you can't see everything else where you're standing.
2013-05-01
166 reads
2013-04-30
692 reads
Blogs
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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