Not Useless Features
There are some useless features in SQL Server, but Steve Jones wants to know which ones aren't and need investment.
2023-11-01 (first published: 2017-12-01)
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Editorial
Certifying Schools
Schools don't necessarily teach people how to code, but they could do a better job.
2017-11-30
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2017-11-29
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We Need DevOps for Performance
CosmosDB has ways to tune performance based on throttle metrics. We probably need some DevOps style feedback and adjustment for relational systems.
2017-11-28
59 reads
A well-earned break from the database
Databases, like sheep, get get into some surprising scrapes. However, as long as you've planned for all the common mishaps, your conscience should be clear to take a well-earned holiday.
2017-11-27
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Practice Until You Don't Get It Wrong
We will all make mistakes, but practice can help reduce the errors we cause.
2025-09-22 (first published: 2017-11-27)
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2017-11-24
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2017-11-23
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The Pressure to Perform
Steve Jones wonders how things might be different is developers were treated more like salespeople with quotas.
2017-11-22
70 reads
Avoiding Development Taxes
Anytime we adopt a new technology, framework, platform, language, etc., we will pay a tax in development output.
2017-11-21
57 reads
Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
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The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
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