What's the Edge Case?
Building software means not only considering the data people expect, but also edge cases. Steve asks if you know what those edge cases are?
2022-11-14
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software development
Cone of Uncertainty
Our design and modeling is often done with some level of uncertainty. Steve has a few guidelines today.
2022-10-26
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2022-10-24
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2022-10-17
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Code Supply Chain Security
Building software is becoming harder as new attacks try to inject malicious code into products.
2022-10-12
120 reads
How Important is Software?
The user experience from our software is important. Maybe more than many developers realize.
2022-10-01
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The Challenge of Early Tech Decisions
We often live with our early decisions on technology, which can be a challenge over time.
2022-09-12
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2022-06-27
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Flawed Data Integration
These days we often have multiple applications that need to exchange data in use by customers. Steve shares a few thoughts on his recent experiences.
2022-06-13
140 reads
The Craziness of Code
Building software can seem like a crazy process, especially to a developer who joins a project.
2022-04-25
263 reads
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The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
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The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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