Making Video Chat Better
Video chat is how many of us see our colleagues every week. It's not a great system, but maybe it can get better.
2022-01-31
95 reads
Work environment
Poor Work Management
The future of work is uncertain, but not everyone is ready for remote work to continue.
2021-09-20
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2021-05-17
225 reads
Office FOMO
There are many things we may miss about the office, but one of them is the chance to interact with and impress management.
2021-04-23
131 reads
2021-04-22
80 reads
Finding a Break
A year of remote work has made life hard, and harder to get a break from the same environment you are in most of the time.
2021-04-16
91 reads
Easing Back to the Office
Companies are starting to bring people back to the office. Microsoft has announced their policy, and Steve wonders if more will follow.
2021-04-12
126 reads
2021-04-09
142 reads
Working in a Distributed Fashion
With many of us working in a distributed fashion, Steve wonders if things have changed for the process flow you follow.
2021-03-22
142 reads
Every IT Organization is a Snowflake
Some people think every IT department is unique. While that might be literally true, Steve doesn't think that is actually the case.
2021-03-17
209 reads
Blogs
From SQL Saturday to Day of Data
By ReviewMyDB
A behind-the-scenes look at Day of Data Jacksonville 2026, the transition from SQL Saturday,...
PostgreSQL 18 Finally Makes BUFFERS the Default. Here Is Why That Matters
You run EXPLAIN ANALYZE on a slow query, stare at the plan, and something...
A New Word: La Guadière
By Steve Jones
la guadière – n. a glint of goodness you notice in something that you...
Forums
non ascii columns in a utf-8 .txt file
hi, we couldnt get our upstream data source developers to supply what is sometimes...
PolyBase Trace Flags
Are there any good articles on all the trace flags that are enabled on...
The Data Model Matters
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD I
I run the SQLCMD utility as follows:
lcmd -S localhost -EI then type this (the 1> is the prompt):
1> select @@version goIf I hit enter, what happens? See possible answers