Holiday Fun for Your Career
The Advent of Code is live, and Steve finds it to be a fun way to take a break during your day.
2021-12-04
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Editorials
When to Use a Database
While relational developers and administrators might always want to use a database, that might not be the case for those that analyze data. Steve suggests you help them see the value of a database platform.
2021-12-03
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Building a Production Database
Lessons learned from building a database caught Steve's eye, and he has a few comments.
2021-12-01
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2021-11-29
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It's All About the Gratitude
I'm writing this the day after the US holiday of Thanksgiving. Lots of things are said about Thanksgiving, positive, negative, in between. The core concept of the holiday is to take a moment to take stock of what you have. It's a good idea. Every so often, look around and acknowledge, depending on anyone's situation, […]
2021-11-27
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2021-11-26
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2021-11-24
116 reads
The Complexity of Modern Systems
Building software is hard, and our systems are very complex these days.
2021-11-22
157 reads
PASS Data Community Summit 2021 Report
The 2021 virtual PASS Data Community Summit was held from November 8th through the 12th. PASS Summit has always been the biggest yearly conference for database professionals, and this year’s virtual conference had over 18,000 individuals registered! If you signed up for the event, you may now stream the sessions on-demand. This is an exclusive […]
2021-11-20
38 reads
Where is the Puck Going?
In which direction should you drive your career? Steve has a few thoughts today.
2021-11-19
129 reads
Blogs
Dec 8 Webinar with Pavilion – Boost SQL Server on VMware Performance 400% with 2-Step Tuning
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Daily Coping 3 Dec 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Daily Coping 2 Dec 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
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