A Buggy Release
Releasing software is stressful, and as Steve Jones notes today, can cause bankruptcy if you don't have a solid process.
2016-07-26
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Editorials
2016-07-25
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Where's the Unit Testing?
Today Steve Jones wonders why we don't unit test more, especially for databases.
2016-07-25
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How do you know when it is time to leave a job?
Today we have a guest editorial from Ben Kubicek as Steve is traveling out of town. I discovered I had stayed at a job about two years too long. Why was that?
2016-07-22
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The Relentless Cloud
The march to the cloud is ongoing and Steve Jones says you should prepare yourself. Even if your company doesn't move.
2016-07-20
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Scary Deployments
Today Steve Jones talks about the problem of having code that people are afraid to change or deploy.
2016-07-19
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Security is Getting Serious
Today Steve Jones notes that back doors could be inserted into chips, which would be a huge problem.
2016-07-18
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The Remote DBA
This Friday, Steve Jones asks if you're like to work remotely. With the trend moving this way, mostly for extra hours, maybe you'd like to move that way for most of your work time.
2016-07-15
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Losing Rows
MongoDB can lose some rows in queries run very close together. Is that bad? Steve Jones thinks so, though this doesn't mean you shouldn't use MongoDB or any other NoSQL database.
2016-07-13
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2016-07-12
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Blogs
Fighting Procrastination?
By Brian Kelley
Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...
A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Steve Jones
I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...
How to Measure AI Value: A 6-Branch AI Maturity Model for Use Cases and Agents
Your AI is busy. But do you know what it's worth? Most companies can...
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In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?
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