2021-05-07
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Virtualization, containers, and k8s
The Ease of Containers
Containers have changed how to develop and deploy software. They haven't caught on with databases as much, but Steve thinks this will change.
2021-03-10
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2020-10-22
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2020-10-15
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2020-10-08
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Experimenting with PostgreSQL in a Container
Learn how to get started using a container to run PostgreSQL, or really any other RDBMS, including a gotcha to watch out for.
2020-10-06
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2020-10-01
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The Challenges of Resetting Databases
The challenges of state in databases can impact our development efforts.
2020-08-31
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2020-09-21 (first published: 2020-08-25)
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2020-08-03
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Blogs
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
Generate Embeddings in SQL with Aurora and Bedrock
Most embedding pipelines on AWS have the same shape: a job reads rows out...
Resolving SQL Server Transaction Log Issues Efficiently
By Arun Sirpal
Transaction log issues are one of the quietest ways a healthy database turns into...
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Building Your Own Software
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Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers