Should You Learn R or Python?
Both Python and R have become very popular languages in the last few years, especially among data professionals. Which should you learn or use? Steve has a few thoughts.
2021-05-21
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software development
Holding Code in Your Head
Steve has a few thoughts on software development and coding today when working in teams and trying to keep the entire solution in your head.
2021-05-03
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No-code Software Engineering
The idea that software engineers might be better with no-code tools is a direction Steve thinks is misaligned with the problem. We should help developers learn to be better.
2021-05-01
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2021-04-26
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2021-04-15
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2021-04-14
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Generating Art
Using metadata to drive software is very useful, which means that having clean data and lots of metadata can help create better software.
2021-03-30
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How Quickly We Forget
One of the interesting things about modern software is how updates are handled.
2021-03-29
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2021-03-25
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UX Matters
User interface is a part of software development that many technical people pay little attention to during the process of building something. However, it can be a problem for your customers.
2021-02-25
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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