2016-06-06
138 reads
Editorials
Accept Failure
Today Steve Jones talks about the risk inherent in any project, and how we should be aware of our mistakes, learn from them, and sometimes just give up when we've made too many.
2016-06-03 (first published: 2012-02-22)
234 reads
2016-06-02
94 reads
2016-06-01
130 reads
More Overloads
The overloading of terms creates confusion, which means that communication is more difficult.
2016-05-31
95 reads
Great Developers
A great developer is worth more than an average one, but how much more? Steve Jones has a few thoughts for you to think about.
2016-05-30 (first published: 2012-03-12)
601 reads
Mentors and Professional Groups
When wrestling with technical problems or ideas, it is good to discuss with, argue against, present ideas to, and listen to your colleagues. This is true of anyone working in IT, but really important for the likes of database professionals who are engaged in a very rapidly-developing engineering specialism that demands that you keep up […]
2016-05-30
55 reads
Bias, the Serial Killer of Diversity
Today we have a guest editorial from Kellyn Pot'Vin that tackles the tough topic of diversity.
2016-05-27
166 reads
Should I Stay or Go?
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at the decision to leave a job. Or not.
2016-05-26
165 reads
The Clustered Index is not the Primary Key
As the title says, the clustered index doesn't have to the primary key and vice versa.
2016-05-24
1,487 reads
Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Forums
The New World Of AI Robots
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The New World Of AI...
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
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