Has AI Changed Software Development?
Generative AI is everywhere, but especially in software development. Is it helping us? Steve has a few thoughts.
2024-01-06
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Editorials
Projects To Showcase Your Skills
A good way to showcase your skills is by working through and documenting a project and solution. Steve notes today that this is important in today's hiring market and asks for sample projects you might suggest for others.
2024-01-05
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Fixing Poor Programming Practices
Today Steve has a few stories of how he's fixed poor programming practices and asks you to share your own.
2024-01-03
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Happy New Year 2024
Happy New Year from Steve, with a reminder to work on your career plan for 2024.
2024-01-01
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Being A Bit Less Comfortable in 2024
I hate coming up with ideas for editorials, but my last editorial of the year gives me a very simple topic just staring me in the face: New Year’s Resolutions. Love them or hate them (or it we are honest, a good bit of both,) this end of one year and the start of another […]
2023-12-30
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The 2024 Plan
On the last working day of 2023, Steve says you should think about making a 2024 plan for your career.
2023-12-29
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Some Relief But Still Some Concern
Steve is relieved that he hasn't updated sqlmemorial.org this year, but worries he's missed remembering some of our colleagues.
2023-12-27
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2023-12-25
59 reads
A Thrill of Hope
I realize that this isn’t the last Database Weekly editorial of the year – that honor is reserved for Louis Davidson next week. 😊 However, as we approach the end of the year and various holiday celebrations, one of my favorite Christmas carols has been of particular encouragement to me recently. 2023 hasn’t gone exactly […]
2023-12-23
69 reads
Building CyberSecurity Skills with an Advent Challenge
Steve has been doing a cybersecurity advent challenge and has found it to be interesting, fun, and career building.
2023-12-22
152 reads
Blogs
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion
By DataOnWheels
I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...
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