Rogue Algorithms
As computers get more complex and automated, the chance for rogue algorithms grows. Steve Jones reminds us that we should be careful in how we code and that a little forethought from managers can help.
2012-09-05
207 reads
Editorials
Ridiculous
Bad behavior at conferences hasn't been a problem at SQL Server events, but it has been elsewhere. Steve Jones thinks this is unacceptable.
2012-09-04
339 reads
2012-09-03
66 reads
Finding a Balance
This editorial was originally published on Nov 19, 2007. It is being republished as Steve is on vacation. With the tremendous amount of digital storage that people can carry around these days, how do you balance the security risks.
2012-08-31 (first published: 2007-11-16)
161 reads
The Personal Checksum
An interesting method of preventing restaurant fraud and a poll for other ways to determine the accuracy of data. This editorial was originally published on Nov 2, 2007. It is being republished as Steve is on vacation.
2012-08-30 (first published: 2007-11-02)
280 reads
Watch Your Mouth
The way you talk creates an impression at others. Steve Jones reminds us that we should be careful about using foul language.
2012-08-29
251 reads
Shadow IT
There are often Shadow IT groups in many companies. Steve Jones talks about the potential problems of these groups, and how he has dealt with them in the past.
2012-08-28
223 reads
Outsourcing Jobs
This week Steve Jones looks at some of the jobs being outsourced and how that might affect data professionals.
2012-08-27
186 reads
Ten Million Lines of Code
Intuit manages ten million lines of code in a single codebase and does a great job of it. Read a little about what they do.
2012-08-27
230 reads
Fix v. Create
This Friday Steve Jones wants to know how you spend your time. Do you get to do a lot of new development or do you end up fixing, tuning, and improving old code. Let us know.
2012-08-24
130 reads
Blogs
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....
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
Forums
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
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