Local Database Issues
Steve Jones talks about the issues with using a local database in your application.
2016-11-14
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Editorial
2016-11-11
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2016-11-10
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How Do You Act When You Need to Learn New Technology?
Today we have a guest editorial from Ben Kubicek as Steve is away from the office. It is hard to be humble, but it is needs to learn something new.
2019-11-27 (first published: 2016-11-07)
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I can ODBC clearly now
ODBC is the closest thing we have to a universal standard for data access across platforms, applications and data sources. So why doesn't DocumentDB support it?
2016-11-07
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What's Your Backup Speed?
This week Steve Jones has a bit of a competition. Share with him how fast you can back up a 1TB database.
2016-11-04
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Server Hardware or Coffee?
Today Steve Jones looks at the relative cost of hardware and how we sometimes cause ourselves issues by not spending enough.
2019-12-20 (first published: 2016-11-03)
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Generating Our Own Bad Data
We depend on data quality to run our businesses efficiently. However, it's a problem when we mess that data up on purpose.
2016-11-02
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The Forever Technology War
The differences in our understanding of technologies can make for some communication challenges.
2020-11-05 (first published: 2016-11-01)
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Analysis Services Lives On
The release of Analysis Services in Azure means the platform has a future.
2016-10-31
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
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I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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Presenting Twice in May 2026
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I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers