Microsoft, Think DevOps First
Steve has a few issues with the design of the Power BI Service and their format for storing reports.
2019-06-22
393 reads
software development
Building or Buying Analytics
One of the decisions that I've been involved with at the beginning of every software project is whether to buy software to solve the problem or build our own. This might be a quick "is there software anyone knows about to do this?" query, or an in-depth review of the marketplace or something in between. […]
2019-06-08
222 reads
The Change Failure Rate
The number of times that you have a failure when deploying changes is a good metric to watch.
2025-02-17 (first published: 2019-06-03)
1,302 reads
Enhancing your database development using coding standards
Development and IT departments face increasing demands to deliver changes faster, often with increasing complexity and less tolerance for downtime, and without a corresponding growth in team size to...
2019-05-20
Paying down technical debt
One of the cool things that I do as an Evangelist at Redgate is to periodically visit company headquarters in Cambridge. The other Evangelists and I get to meet...
2019-05-07
Really Important Software
Software often controls hardware, which can make it the critical part of a system. That's something we should be learning from the Boeing 737-Max crashes.
2019-05-06
246 reads
Can Azure Stack Reduce Software Development Costs?
Azure Stack provides a hybrid cloud infrastructure platform. Steve wonders if this really helps reduce software development costs.
2019-04-24
208 reads
Excellent Analysis of the Boeing 737 MAX Software Problems
This is the best analysis of the software causes of the Boeing 737 MAX disasters that I have read. Technically this is safety and not security; there was no...
2019-04-22
Building a Database Engine
Someone tried to build a database engine from scratch. While not something Steve wants to do, it's an interesting exercise.
2019-04-15
1,449 reads
Somebody forgot to upgrade: Flights delayed, cancelled by GPS rollover
Date bug on unpatched Honeywell gear likely cause of 777, 787 flight cancellations.
2019-04-09
Blogs
From Couch-Potato to Triathlete – and What This Means for Your SQL Server
Do you know if your SQL Server is really running at its best? To...
Retro Data 2025 – Slidedeck
You can find the slides of my session on the €100 DWH in Azure...
The Book of Redgate: We Value Teams
By Steve Jones
This value is something that I still hear today: our best work is done...
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Single User SQL Server on Linux
How can I start SQL Server on Linux in single-user mode to restore the master database?
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