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
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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
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Having a good process for managing security is important, but how many of us enforce that?
2023-10-25 (first published: 2019-01-18)
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Another company has hard-coded credentials, which Steve feels are a sign of bad culture.
2023-10-23
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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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A busy year got a little too busy for Steve and he is taking steps to improve his work life balance.
2023-10-20
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Steve has had to change his security, which is good, but annoying.
2023-10-18
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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
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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
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By Steve Jones
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