Representative Data Challenges
We need data that represents the problem we want to solve, or we might not achieve our aims.
2026-01-19 (first published: 2021-01-21)
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Editorials
No Defaults Passwords Ever
Steve doesn't see a reason why we should have default passwords on systems ever.
2026-01-17
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Eight Minutes
When I was at the Small Data 2025 conference, one of the speakers was talking about their work with AI technologies. This person uses it a lot in their day job, often to complete tasks that they would have struggled to work on in the past, mostly because of time constraints, but also a lack […]
2026-01-16
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JSON Has a Cost
JSON has become a very popular data format used in many software applications. However, it's not magic.
2026-01-14
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An SSIS Upgrade
SSIS is still in use by many customers. Steve discusses a few changes to SSIS in SQL Server 2025.
2026-01-12
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Where Your Value Separates You from Others
Many of us aspire to be senior level professionals at some point in our careers, but what separates us from others? Steve has a few thoughts today.
2026-01-09
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2026-01-07
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Minimally Viable Security
Today Steve talks about the need for a basic level of security in our software.
2026-01-05
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2026-01-02
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2025-12-31
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Blogs
Lift and shift vs modernizing your data warehouse
By James Serra
If you are migrating a data warehouse, there is a question worth asking before...
Power BI Fun With Travels
By Steve Jones
I’m back from a great vacation. I had the chance to visit two new...
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
Forums
Communication, For Incidents and Life
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Tables
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Building a Support Ticket Triage Report with IIF() and CHOOSE() in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Tables
Which of the following psql meta commands (also called backslash or slash commands) will provide information about tables within a database?
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