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
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software development
T-SQL Context Switching
Being a standards advocate, Steve has a few thoughts on team code structure.
2019-10-07
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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
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2024-07-31 (first published: 2019-09-20)
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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
385 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
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2024-04-08 (first published: 2019-08-21)
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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
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DevOps and OSS Can Scale
Microsoft has embraced open source software, and has opened much of their code. They have also proven that DevOps development can scale in this environment.
2019-07-17
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How can we close the tech skills gap?
One of the most profound challenges faced by technology companies today is talent. According to the latest Harvey Nash survey, 65% of CIOs believe that a shortage of tech skills is affecting their ability to respond to change.
2019-06-27
Blogs
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
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I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
How to Check TDE Progress and Elapsed Time in SQL Server
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