Practice makes perfect:” right? Well, not exactly. The reality of it all is that this saying is an untrustworthy aphorism. I discovered this in my “younger” days when I was a passionate tennis player, practicing and playing 20+ hours a week. No matter what my passion level was, without some serious coaching (and perhaps a […]
2021-08-14
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Some organizations see their IT organization as an expense, and not as valuable as it might otherwise be. Steve has a few comments on why this might not be a good idea, or a good place to work.
2021-08-13
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One of the more analog industries is embracing digital change faster and faster./
2021-08-11
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Sometimes just running a backup isn't enough, especially in this era of ransomware. Steve has a few thoughts on backup strategies and recovery skills.
2021-08-09
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Steve is asking for others to contribute to the sqlmemorial site for our #sqlfamily.
2021-08-06
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Steve wishes that Microsoft would follow some of their own advice on SQL Server development in their other software.
2021-08-04
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Links between systems can become a problem if an issue in one system affects the others.
2021-08-02
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I've had to install SQL Server many times over the years. Often it has felt that most of these installs were one-offs, a dev server, a new QA instance, a production server for a brand new application. A few times I've had to recover from disaster, including restoring master, but often, I just installed SQL […]
2021-07-31
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There are a lot of metrics you can track and many ways to use them to improve how you build and manage software. Steve has a few thoughts on MTTR and similar metrics.
2021-07-30
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Learning to lead is a valued skill to have, and you can do this no matter what your role. You don't need to be a manager to become a leader.
2021-07-28
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Continuing from Day 4 where we learned Encoder, Decoder, and Attention Mechanism, today we...
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