Bad Culture Bad Security
Another company has hard-coded credentials, which Steve feels are a sign of bad culture.
2023-10-23
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Editorials
Celebrate THEIR Accomplishments
I can't hide this in any way. I love it when I accomplish something. It's such a great feeling. Even more than that, I really do love getting some acknowledgement for it. Almost as good, is when I see others, especially friends and acquaintances, doing well. So many people I know, regularly just knock it […]
2023-10-21
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Declining Work for Mental Health
A busy year got a little too busy for Steve and he is taking steps to improve his work life balance.
2023-10-20
155 reads
Practicing (Annoying) Better Security
Steve has had to change his security, which is good, but annoying.
2023-10-18
161 reads
The Code Review Checklist
Code reviews are a part of many software development processes, but not used that often with database work. Today Steve has a few thoughts and asks if you have any formal code review process.
2023-10-16
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2023-10-14
88 reads
You Always Have a Software Pipeline
If you build software for customers, you have a pipeline. It might not be good, but you have one. Steve recommends you work to make sure this is a repeatable, reliable pipeline.
2023-10-13
91 reads
Modern Development
In some ways, development tasks haven't changed much in decades, but in others the way we build software has changed a lot, especially with regards to data.
2023-10-11
170 reads
How Much Code Can You Review?
Code reviews are a part of many developers' lives, but is there a limit to what you can do effectively?
2023-10-09 (first published: 2017-01-27)
252 reads
Confidence
Today, I want to blog about something I have only limited knowledge of … confidence. Okay, I understand what confidence is, and I have seen it before in the real world and not just in biographical movies. In fact, I have met quite a few highly confident people. In almost every case, it was immediately […]
2023-10-07
83 reads
Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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