Challenging Yourself
Steve is challenging himself to do better, which means he might not hit his goals.
2022-11-18
105 reads
Editorials
Self-Service Databases
When I first started work as a software developer, I knew that getting an environment set up where I could compile a project might take a few hours or a few days. The complexities of how people built software projects, the dependencies, and more were handled in a very immature manner. These days I can […]
2022-11-16
209 reads
What's the Edge Case?
Building software means not only considering the data people expect, but also edge cases. Steve asks if you know what those edge cases are?
2022-11-14
277 reads
Practical IOT
The use of IoT and lots of data is allowing governments to better serve their citizens.
2022-11-12
119 reads
Losing Skills Because of Automation
When I was younger, it seemed that everyone I worked with in technology knew how to build a computer. Most knew how to work with a BIOS, were comfortable with command lines, and could assemble complex compiler directives into a Make file. Over time, it seems many people, especially Windows and MacOS users, became focused […]
2022-11-11
209 reads
Psychological Safety
Building psychological safety inside of a company is hard, but it is important to build trust and develop a team.
2022-11-09
82 reads
DevOps is Culture
A big part of adopting DevOps and becoming better at building software is establishing culture.
2022-11-07
203 reads
Life Organization
For years, those of us in technology have often worked outside of the core working hours for the rest of our organization. Whether this is being on-call, staying late, or coming in when asked. It's not uncommon for many developers and Ops staff to work 60, 70, or more hours to get things built/deployed/supported for […]
2022-11-04
174 reads
From Compass '99 to Data Community Summit 2022
Steve looks back at Summits past and his excitement for this year.
2022-11-03 (first published: 2022-11-02)
77 reads
2022-10-31
229 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...
Forums
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The Microsoft SQL Year in Review
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Question of the Day
The Max PK Length
If I create a multiple column Primary Key constraint, what is the most number of bytes I can include in the constraint?
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