The Survivors
There have been a lot of layoffs in the last year. Steve has some empathy for both those let go and those that remain. He also reminds us to manage our own careers.
2023-04-28
162 reads
Editorials
Creating Documentation
Who should create documentation for software? In many companies, it's the developers. In fact, in Redgate, often our developers are tasked with updating articles for products on our documentation site. We do have a streamlined process that has developers can submitting changes in some format (markdown? ) and an automation process that automatically updates the […]
2023-04-26
221 reads
A Case for Document Storage
Someone makes a case for using a Document DB rather than a RDBMS. Steve has a few thoughts.
2023-04-24
173 reads
AI Concerns
With the ChatGPT and AI crazy sweeping through the media, Steve has a few thoughts on what this might mean for data professionals.
2023-04-22
198 reads
A Third Break
Steve talks about a sabbatical as an amazing corporate benefit and is planning his third.
2023-04-21
126 reads
Data Modeling Information
Data modeling can be challenging for many reasons. Steve talks about the choices you make in how you store data should be a part of that.
2023-04-19
286 reads
Coming Out of the Cloud
Google announced a local version of their cloud databases that companies can install for developers.
2023-04-17
198 reads
Moore's Law: Navigating the Pace of Technological Change
Technology has always been a driving force in shaping our world, propelling us forward into new realms of innovation and progress. One of the most famous concepts in technology is Moore's Law, which suggests that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles approximately every two years, leading to exponential increases in computing power. In […]
2023-04-15
152 reads
The Loss of Knowledge
The loss of developer knowledge can be impactful for an organization. Steve notes that they should do more to retain their staff.
2023-04-14
187 reads
Big Data Downsides
Too much data, especially for some data analysis isn't good for diversity of any product domain.
2023-04-12
159 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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