Looking Back
Today Steve talks about retrospectives and how we learn and grow as software professionals.
2022-08-24 (first published: 2020-03-30)
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software development
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
513 reads
The Art of Commenting
This week Steve talks about the ways in which comments are important in our code.
2020-01-04
290 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
159 reads
T-SQL Context Switching
Being a standards advocate, Steve has a few thoughts on team code structure.
2019-10-07
421 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
233 reads
2024-07-31 (first published: 2019-09-20)
633 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
376 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
413 reads
2024-04-08 (first published: 2019-08-21)
940 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #198–Change Detection
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, Meagan Longoria, who graciously agreed to help...
Redgate and Rome
By Steve Jones
I’m at the UK Redgate office today, meeting with senior leaders in all areas...
Quick Tip: Check Most DTU Expensive Queries in Azure SQL Database
Optimizing Azure SQL Database performance often begins with identifying the most resource-intensive queries. Understanding...
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Permissions Removal When Changing Object Schema
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SSRS Is Dead. Here Are Your Real Options
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The Distance Metric
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Question of the Day
The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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