Updating Certifications
Microsoft is retiring some certifications and offering others. Steve has a few thoughts on this.
2020-03-13
264 reads
Editorials
Why Containers?
Steve Jones highlights the importance he sees for data professionals in the containerization of software.
2020-03-11
293 reads
2020-03-10
337 reads
The Panjandrum Conundrum
With progress thwarted by a committee of panjandrums, will T-SQL forever remain in the doldrums? So wonders Phil Factor.
2020-03-09 (first published: 2017-07-10)
467 reads
The Developer Arguments for Stored Procedures
Today Steve asks what reasons a developer has for using stored procedures.
2020-03-06
540 reads
Is 100% Security Possible?
A security breach at Microsoft is disconcerting, especially when they don't share details.
2020-03-05
290 reads
2020-03-04
344 reads
The Evolution of AI
Artificial Intelligence systems might dramatically change our world, but they need lots of help and work to get better.
2020-03-03
137 reads
What Happened to Hadoop?
For a time, it seemed that everyone wanted to build a Hadoop system. The world has changed, and that's not as popular an idea as it used to be. Today, Steve has a few thoughts.
2020-03-02
536 reads
Automatic Redaction of PII
Amazon is providing automatic redaction of PII data in there transcription service.
2020-02-29
280 reads
Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
Forums
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Real-time On-prem SQL Server Data in Excel – Over the Internet
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Can You Let Go of Determinism
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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