Degree Apprenticeships
Training more people on the job, while still allowing them to continue their education is something Steve thinks would help more people get started in technology.
2023-10-30
115 reads
Editorials
Learning with Sample Data
I just had my one-year anniversary working for Redgate, and I must tell you, it’s been one of the best years of my professional career of 25 years. People aside (and there are a lot of really great people!), one of the reasons I’ve enjoyed this year so much is that Redgate understands and believes […]
2023-10-28
146 reads
Be Valuable, Not Critical
One piece of advice for engineers is to be valuable, but not critical. It's a mistake Steve made early in his career, but he hopes you can do better.
2023-10-27
974 reads
The Justification Database
Having a good process for managing security is important, but how many of us enforce that?
2023-10-25 (first published: 2019-01-18)
425 reads
Bad Culture Bad Security
Another company has hard-coded credentials, which Steve feels are a sign of bad culture.
2023-10-23
141 reads
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
62 reads
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
156 reads
Practicing (Annoying) Better Security
Steve has had to change his security, which is good, but annoying.
2023-10-18
162 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
459 reads
2023-10-14
92 reads
Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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