Are We Engineers?
Steve Jones continues the never ending argument of whether software developers deserve the moniker of engineer.
2015-12-10
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Editorials
2015-12-09
124 reads
Building Better Communication Skills
Today Steve Jones reminds us that our communication skills are important. They are something that we use constantly at work and are worth developing.
2015-12-08 (first published: 2011-01-10)
439 reads
IT Data Governance and the Insider Job
Good IT data governance is about crime-prevention as well as crime-detection. Legal action runs war a close second as being one of the more futile and debilitating of human activities, so prevention is always better.
2015-12-07
120 reads
The Office
Would you be more productive outside of an office? Would you take a pay cut to work outside of an office? Steve Jones notes that a number of IT professionals said they would.
2015-12-07 (first published: 2010-12-29)
295 reads
Gratitude
Today we have a guest editorial from Erin Stellato that reminds us that we have had support from many, and it's important to thank them from time to time.
2015-12-04
153 reads
What is DevOps?
The DevOps moniker seems to bring together good practices that some companies have followed for years. However lots don't, and today Steve Jones tries to get inspire a few of you to give it a try.
2015-12-03
222 reads
Rethinking Hiring
Today Steve Jones looks at the problems we have with hiring staff and the troubles we go through. Perhaps we can do better with an investment in our people.
2015-12-02
175 reads
2015-12-01
151 reads
Giving Thanks
Phil Factor is gratified to see just how much many developers and DBAs give back to their technical communities as well as society in general.
2015-11-30
49 reads
Blogs
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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