A Problem with Cowboy Coding
Cowboy coding can be a problem, and in a case Steve talks about, a temptation for someone to get more work.
2020-01-08
511 reads
software development
The Art of Commenting
This week Steve talks about the ways in which comments are important in our code.
2020-01-04
286 reads
Become a Technological Historian
This week Grant muses on how history can impact our decisions moving forward, and having a little empathy can be useful when re-examining the past.
2019-10-26
140 reads
T-SQL Context Switching
Being a standards advocate, Steve has a few thoughts on team code structure.
2019-10-07
417 reads
It's Natural to Avoid Problems
Culture change is hard, and it's one of the most difficult things to implement when trying to get your team to work in a DevOps fashion.
2019-10-01
229 reads
2024-07-31 (first published: 2019-09-20)
625 reads
What You Should Know About Coding
Today Steve thinks about the skills and approach we ought to be taught before we start building software as a career.
2019-09-17
372 reads
Grounded
Some laptops are being banned from flights. This could be a hassle, but more, how can anyone tell if you have a banned one?
2019-08-29
400 reads
2024-04-08 (first published: 2019-08-21)
930 reads
Demo Data for Everyone
Steve thinks having a known set of data for your system is one way to improve your software development process and make salespeople happy.
2019-08-14
560 reads
Blogs
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Forums
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Fabric Mirroring
In which versions can I mirror a database from an on-premises SQL Server to a Fabric data warehouse?
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