DevOps includes the idea of measuring how code flows through your organization and looking for ways to improve your software development process. Steve has a few thoughts on the four main metrics many developments use.
2025-04-02
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GenAI technologies have created a lot of concern among many tech workers. Steve has a few thoughts on how these technologies might impact data professionals.
2025-03-31
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Old habits are hard to change sometimes. Time and again, regardless of what the task or query for information might be, my go-to source of information is Google. Whether on my phone or computer, my muscle memory instinctively opens a browser window or clicks into the search widget and starts typing. My “google foo” has […]
2025-03-30 (first published: 2025-03-29)
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Kubernetes hasn't proved to be as useful to many companies as they expected.
2025-03-28
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Steve has a few thoughts after the end of mainstream support for SQL Server 2019.
2025-03-26
219 reads
Should we build modern software as monoliths or microservices? Or something else? Steve has a few thoughts today.
2025-03-24
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I won't even try to hide it. I got a huge kick out of the penguin characters in the animated movie, Madagascar. For those who don't know, they're trying to escape the zoo, but are trying to hide that from anyone discovering it. So, they put up a front, "Smile and wave boys. Smile and […]
2025-03-22
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Code is vulnerable to supply chain attacks, which aren't something many of us think about.
2025-03-21
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We all know security is important, but we sometimes make the job harder when we don't handle data appropriately.
2025-03-19
142 reads
Phil Factor explains the enduring attachment of database developers to wildcards, despite their current deficiencies.
2025-03-17 (first published: 2018-12-17)
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Understanding how permissions work in Microsoft Fabric can be essential for anyone managing access...
By Kevin3NF
Does skipping a DBA save money? Wait until your system grinds to a halt,...
By Brian Kelley
I admit that until I read the article, Who are you as a Leader?,...
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What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2022?
DECLARE @value INT = NULL , @value2 VARCHAR(20) = NULL; SELECT COALESCE (@value, @value2, 100.5) AS Result; GOSee possible answers