Minimal Meetings
Too many meetings happen in software teams. Steve Jones says that when scheduling meeting, you should be aware of the cost, and only include those people that need to be there.
2014-11-27 (first published: 2010-04-26)
221 reads
Editorials
Consolidating Again and Again and Again
This editorial was originally published on November 12, 2009. It is being re-run as Steve is on holiday. Virtualization is touted as a great way to save money, but it's a one time event. Once you've consolidated a server, you can't do it again. However consolidation isn't necessarily the same and Steve Jones tells us why.
2014-11-25 (first published: 2009-11-12)
241 reads
How Often Does Production Drift?
Database drift is the difference between two database schemas. Today Steve Jones discusses the concept and wonders how often it happens.
2014-11-24
147 reads
2014-11-24
173 reads
Real World T-SQL Tricks
This week Steve Jones wonders if you're taking advantage of the changes in the T-SQL language.
2014-11-21
721 reads
Achievement Unlocked: Balance 0
Steve Jones completed a task this year that he's rarely completed in the past.
2014-11-20
117 reads
The SQL Server Container
There's an interesting idea that exists for lightweight, application separation on a host that's different from virtualization. It's Docker, and Steve Jones talks about it today.
2014-11-19
270 reads
Continuous Learning
It pays to continuously learn more about your job. SQL Server is so large, it really is a lifelong effort to drive yourself forward to master more and more.
2014-11-17
197 reads
Prepping for Winter
As winter approaches, many of us get ready in our personal lives, but Steve Jones notes that we might want to make sure we have regular preparation taking place on our systems for difficult times.
2014-11-17
80 reads
Bucket List Data
This Friday Steve Jones is looking to see what data you're tracking about your life.
2014-11-14
157 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
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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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