Patching the Patch
If you have had to fix the thing you just fixed with a fix, you might enjoy today's editorial.
2025-06-16
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Editorials
Can You Ask for a Raise?
Steve talks a bit about the choice to ask for a raise in the current climate.
2025-06-14
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What is a Failed Deployment?
Today Steve talks about the concept of what a failure is when deploying changes.
2025-06-13
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2025-06-11 (first published: 2019-05-24)
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Shorten the Debate
Steve talks about the process of decision making with idea for shortening the time taken.
2025-06-09
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Reflecting on the Mythical Man Month
Steve looks back at the Mythical Man Month, a book every software engineer and manager should read.
2025-06-06
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2025-06-04
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Helping Students with a Data Professional Career
Steve has advice for students looking to become data professionals.
2025-06-02
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Deleting a Database
Who among us hasn't deleted a production data file? Steve hopes most of us have not.
2025-05-30 (first published: 2025-05-12)
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Changing the Paradigm of Work
AI is changing work, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. Steve continues to examine and evaluate how GenAI systems might be used in today's world and asks if there is work that might help you.
2025-05-28
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
Question of the Day
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On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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