How Perfect Should Our Software Be?
Steve talks about the level of engineering effort we need in software development.
2019-02-19
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Editorial
You Need Offline Backups
Steve talks about the need to be careful with backups in this age of malicious attackers.
2019-02-18
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2019-02-15
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2019-02-14
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Google's Expensive Confusing Rules
Google was recently fined for GDPR violations. Steve wonders if their confusing documentation and tools are the problem.
2019-02-13
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Hard Drive Reliability
Backblaze releases their new hard drive stats and there are some interesting items in the report.
2019-02-12
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A Capital Error
It's not the zero'th time Phil Factor has complained about the madness of a binary collation.
2019-02-11
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DR Prep Can Miss the Little Things
A minor disaster for Steve reveals some cracks in his pre-DR planning.
2019-02-11
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Learn More than Technology
There is more to our lives than work, and Steve asks that we learn more about other parts of life.
2019-02-08
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Forgiveness
Learning active forgiveness can be a challenge, but it may help you build a better team.
2019-02-07
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Blogs
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...
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
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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